Needham, MA|News|
Needham Select Board Address Burned American Flags Found In Town
Nearly two dozen American flags were found burned at Memorial Field the day after Independence Day.
Samantha Mercado, Patch Staff
Samantha Mercado, Patch Staff
- Jersey City, NJ
Samantha lives in and covers Jersey City for Patch. She previously worked as a TV news producer at Fios1 News and wrote freelance for magazines and newspapers in New York. She is an avid traveler and when she's not rollerblading through Liberty State Park, she's home photographing her rabbit.
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Samantha vive y escribe sobre Jersey City para Patch. Trabajó como productora de noticias de televisión en Fios1 News y escribió para revistas y periódicos en Nueva York. Es una viajera ávida y cuando no está patinando por Liberty State Park, está en casa fotografiando a su conejo.
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Belmont, MA|News|
Belmont Center Parking Meters Back In Effect Friday
Parking meters go back into effect on Friday.
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Bedford, MA|News|
Bedford Summer Adventures Celebrates End Of Session 1 With Video
Watch campers, staff and counselors freeze in place for the mannequin challenge.
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Norwood, MA|News|
Norwood Flood Damages At $1.5 Million
The final estimate on damages isn't in yet, but as more claims roll in the number could go up as high as $3 million.
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Concord, MA|News|
Concord Internet Outage Was From Animal Damage To Wires
The town's broadband technicians found a fiber break cause by an animal.
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Natick, MA|News|
Destructive Beetle Found In MetroWest: Patch PM
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Weston, MA|News|
Weston Police Offer Autism Awareness Seatbelt Covers
The seatbelt covers help first responders identify someone in the car who is on the autism spectrum.
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Northborough, MA|News|
Northborough's Annual Town Meeting Postponed To July 18
This time the Annual Town Meeting wasn't postponed because of the coronavirus.
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Wellesley, MA|News|
Wellesley Coronavirus Grants Fund New Technology At Nursing Home
Elizabeth Seton Residence in Wellesley was able to buy tablets, speakers and headphones with the coronavirus relief funds from the town.
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Holliston-Hopkinton, MA|News|
Holliston Schools Welcome Susan Kustka As Interim Supterintendent
The Holliston School Committee unanimously voted Kastka in as interim superintendent.
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Watertown, MA|News|
MBTA's The Ride Drivers Strike Amid Contract Negotiations
Two unions representing drivers for the program are negotiating contracts with a focus on health insurance.
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Concord, MA|News|
Missing Concord Bird: Have You Seen Larry?
Larry is only six months old and his owners want to bring him home.
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Dedham, MA|News|
Dedham Town Hall Returns To Summer Hours
Town Hall offices will close earlier on Fridays throughout the summer.
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Wellesley, MA|News|
Obituary: Wellesley's Maureen Kunert Dies
Kunert died on July 9th after a battle with the effects of a recent hemorrhagic stroke.
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Westborough, MA|News|
Westborough Police Dog Helps Find Suicidal Man
K9 Lukas worked with the Berlin Police Department to find a missing man who police believed was suicidal.
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Dedham, MA|News|
Dedham School Committee Looking To Fill Vacancy
The open position is unexpired three-year term that ends at the 2021 Annual Town Election.
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Hamilton-Wenham, MA|News|
Hamilton-Wenham School Committee Adopts Anti-Racism Resolution
The resolution includes commitments to recruiting and retaining diverse teachers as well as adding diverse perspectives to the curriculum.
Samantha Mercado, Patch Staff
Lexington, MA|News|
Lexington's New Visitors Center Opens Just In Time For Phase 3
The newly-built visitors center is opening and offering -small- guided tours just in time for the start of phase three in the state.
Samantha Mercado, Patch Staff
Holliston-Hopkinton, MA|News|
Holliston Water Main Break On Dorset Road, Surrounding Roads
The Water Department sent crews to fix the break.
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Shrewsbury, MA|News|
Shrewsbury Dean Park Pond Closed
High levels of E. Coli were detected in the waters.
Samantha Mercado, Patch Staff
