12 Feb, 2025

Dorchester woman wins $1 million Powerball prize

Local News Tiffany Brown purchased her winning ticket at Supreme Liquors in Dorchester. Dorchester resident Tiffany Brown won a $1 million Powerball prize this week. Massachusetts State Lottery Commission A Dorchester woman won a $1 million Powerball prize this week. Tiffany Brown got lucky when the first five numbers of her Quic Pic ticket matched […]

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Melrose woman receives probation for assault on Muslim city councilor’s husband

Crime Joan Ditomaso, 68, was also ordered to stay away from Melrose City Councilor Maya Jamaleddine’s family and take an online course about the treatment of Muslims in the U.S. At Malden District Court, Melrose City Councilor Maya Jamaleddine, left, speaks with the media after Joan Ditomaso was sentenced for assaulting Jamaleddine’s husband last year. […]

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DA: Man hit victim with brass knuckles for buying woman a drink at Seaport bar

Crime The victim “bled heavily” and had surgery after he was attacked with brass knuckles outside of a Seaport bar, the Suffolk County DA’s office said. A Charlestown man who allegedly attacked another man with brass knuckles outside of a bar in Seaport in May was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon […]

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Saugus woman murdered in 1992 featured on cold case podcast

Crime Susan Taraskiewicz, 27, was found stabbed and badly beaten in the trunk of her car in Revere on Sept. 14, 1992. Thursday marks the 31st anniversary of the discovery of 27-year-old Saugus resident Susan Taraskiewicz’s body inside the trunk of her car. Susan Taraskiewicz was killed in 1992 when she was 27 years old. […]

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Woman in critical condition after being struck by lightning on Dorchester beach

Weather The 31-year-old Dorchester woman was walking her dog when lightning struck the Savin Hill Beach boardwalk. A tree is scarred by lightning at Savin Hill Beach in Dorchester where a woman was struck on Sept. 9, 2023. Craig Walker/The Boston Globe A woman is in critical condition after being struck by lightning on a […]

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Unborn child’s father and associate indicted for murder of pregnant Brockton woman found in Rhode Island pond

Crime Rhode Island residents Gary Gromkiewicz and Michael Lambert are accused of killing Leila Duarte DaLuz on Dec. 21, 2022. Rhode Island residents Gary Gromkiewicz and Michael Lambert are accused of killing Leila Duarte DaLuz, of Brockton, on Dec. 21, 2022. Rhode Island State Police A grand jury has indicted two men for the murder […]

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