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2 Men Charged In Theft Of 1,000 Mail Pieces In Newton, Wellesley

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November 28, 2023

2 Men Charged In Theft Of 1,000 Mail Pieces In Newton, Wellesley

NEWTON, MA — A New York man and Massachusetts man appeared in Newton District Court on Monday to face charges after police said they recovered more than 1,000 pieces of stolen mail from a vehicle the men crashed in Brookline after fleeing a traffic stop in Newton early morning.

Newton police said an officer spotted a vehicle being followed for suspected mail theft in Wellesley at about 4 a.m. on Monday and attempted to conduct a stop near Hammond Pond Parkway. Police said that the driver sped away from the traffic stop toward Brookline and was found crashed on Newton Street in Brookline a short time later.

Police said there was a brief foot pursuit before the two men in the car, Yasser Teixeira Mendonca of New York and Dahshein Karon Perry of Massachusetts, were caught and charged with receiving stolen property and failure to stop for police.

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“Over a thousand pieces of stolen mail were recovered,” police said.

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Person sledding injured in collision with tree in Sherborn

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January 13, 2025

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Person sledding injured in collision with tree in Sherborn

One person was injured while sledding with their family in Sherborn, Massachusetts, on Sunday.

Sherborn Fire and Rescue says they were called to Pine Hill off of Pine Hill Lane for a technical rescue after an adult struck a tree while sledding.

Firefighters were able to rig a hoist system to safely lower the patient down the hill to the field where their UTV was waiting to take them to an ambulance.

The injured person was transported to a local hospital for treatment. There was no immediate update on the extent of their injuries.

Further details were not provided.

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New Hampshire man plays Mass. lottery, wins $25,000 a year for life prize

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January 12, 2025

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New Hampshire man plays Mass. lottery, wins ,000 a year for life prize

A New Hampshire man who played the lottery in Massachusetts won $25,000 a year for life.

Joseph DeFeudis, of Pelham, N.H. won $25,000 a year for life during a “Lucky for Life” drawing held on Nov. 16, 2024. The first five numbers on DeFeudis’ ticket matched the drawn numbers.

He bought his winning ticket Ted’s Stateline Mobil at 551 Broadway in Methuen.

DeFeudis claimed his prize on Jan. 2, and chose the cash option to receive a one-time payment of $390,000 before taxes.

The New Hampshire man told the Massachusetts State Lottery officials he plans on retiring with his prize.

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How much snow fell in Massachusetts? Here are the totals for January 11

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January 12, 2025

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How much snow fell in Massachusetts? Here are the totals for January 11

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BOSTON – Parts of Massachusetts saw a coating of snow on Saturday that was above the expected flurries in some areas. Several cities reported well over an inch of snow.

Here are the latest snow totals from the National Weather Service, Rob Macedo, the SKYWARN Coordinator for the National Weather Service in Taunton, and WBZ-TV Weather Watchers.

Fitchburg 4.0

Methuen 3.5

Andover 3.5

Sterling 3.5

Topsfield 3.5

Gardner 3.5

Saugus 3.3

Swampscott 3.2

Grafton 3.1

Haverhill 3.0

Groton 3.0

Wakefield 3.0

Peabody 3.0

Westboro 2.6

Gloucester 2.5

Cambridge 2.4

Billerica 2.4

Worcester 2.1

Shrewsbury 2.0

Milford 2.0

Brockton 1.8

Walpole 1.3

Needham 1.3

North Attleboro .05

How much snow did Boston and Worcester get?

The storm brought in an additional 1.8 inches of snow at Boston’s Logan Airport, bringing the season total to 7.5 inches. That’s still only half of the average snowfall for the season, which begins July 1.