Massachusetts
Food Bank of Western Massachusetts feeling impact of inflation
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The Meals Financial institution of Western Massachusetts says inflation is impacting its work offering meals to low-income individuals.
The meals financial institution provides greater than a 100 meals pantries throughout the area. Final 12 months, it distributed nearly 14 million kilos of meals.
Christina Maxwell, director of applications for the non-profit, stated greater costs are being felt on a number of fronts.
“We’re not in a position to buy as a lot meals as we usually would and fuel costs are having an impression on our capacity to distribute meals as nicely,” she stated.
The meals financial institution additionally helps individuals apply for federal meals advantages. Maxwell stated her group is listening to from extra individuals who say they’ve by no means had to try this earlier than.
“They by no means actually felt like they wanted to,” she stated. “And even some individuals who stated ‘most likely I might have certified however I did not apply’ and now they’re feeling like they need to — like they don’t have any different choice. It is simply gotten that dire for them.”
Maxwell says households are additionally being impacted by the tip of some federal pandemic-related advantages, together with the expanded youngster tax credit score.
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Massachusetts
Two from Massachusetts allegedly break into a dispensary, then a restaurant
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They say marijuana can give you the munchies. That may explain the alleged break-in spree of two from Massachusetts.
According to police, on Saturday, at approximately 5:36 a.m., Blackstone Police received multiple reports of car break-ins on Michelle Lane and Ascension Street, and break-ins at multiple businesses including, First Choice Dispensary and Casa Burrito.
Officers responded to the area. Through a preliminary investigation, which included reviewing surveillance footage and through the cooperation of the public, officers were able to identify two juveniles, a 15-year-old male and 17-year-old male both from Blackstone.
Both juveniles are being charged with the following:
- Breaking and Entering into a Vehicle in the Nighttime
- Breaking and Entering into a Building in the Nighttime (Two Counts)
- Larceny from a Building
- Larceny under $1,200
- Larceny of a Credit Card
- Malicious Destruction Under $1,200
- Trespassing
- Larceny Under $1,200 by False Pretense
Both juveniles are expected to be charged in Milford District Court next week.
Massachusetts
Trump campaign HQ opens in Massachusetts
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — A new campaign headquarters opened up in Massachusetts for former President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign on Sunday.
The office is located at the DeMello International Center on Union Street in New Bedford.
Massachusetts GOP Chair Amy Carnevale and former Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson, chairman for Trump’s campaign in Massachusetts, delivered remarks.
Another office in Massachusetts opened up a couple of weeks prior in Northborough.
Massachusetts
Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for Massachusetts throughout Sunday
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A week after a tornado watch was issued to Massachusetts and some parts of New England, more inclement weather could hit the region Sunday.
A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 7 p.m. Sunday for the Bay State, Rhode Island and most of Connecticut, according to the National Weather Service Forecast office. Southern New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont face a hazardous weather outlook.
A detailed forecast for Massachusetts shows a chance of showers and thunderstorms Sunday afternoon after 2 p.m. with a high around 84 degrees and winds from the southwest coming in around 16 mph.
“Some of the storms could be severe and produce heavy rainfall.” the forecast reads.
This evening, showers and thunderstorms remain likely throughout the state, mainly before 10 p.m. The forecast calls for cloud coverage in the early portion of the evening which should clear up later on. The temperature could drop as low as 61 degrees with winds coming in from the west around 11 mph.
Total rainfall on Sunday could range from a little over an inch to almost three, according to the forecast.
Additionally, the National Weather Service’s storm prediction center upgraded the southern part of New England to an enhanced risk (a level 3 out of 5) for severe weather on Sunday.
“Areal coverage of storms will increase this afternoon with damaging wind the primary threat, but large hail and an isolated tornado is also possible,” NWS said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
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