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Officials say the search continues for a Massachusetts man who went missing while on vacation with his family in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, last week.
The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office reported that Stanley Kotowski, 60, was last seen on Friday, Aug. 16, around 10:30 a.m. in the area of South Sea Pines Drive.
The sheriff’s office describes Kotowski as 6 feet tall, 200 pounds, with short brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a dark Coors Light T-shirt, shorts, and no shoes.
Officials say Kotowski left the area without his wallet and phone.
The sheriff’s office has deployed police dogs, helicopters, drones, and boats and has had people searching the area on foot since Kotowski disappeared.
Kotowski’s family of Methuen spoke with Boston 25 News, saying he walked out of their rental and disappeared. His wife said that Kotowski developed insomnia in the last month.
“His anxiety just kept getting worse and worse and worse,” Jackie Kotowski told Boston 25 News. “And he started to get a little paranoid. He thought someone was chasing him.”
However, it is unclear if that has to do with his disappearance.
His son Zak told Boston 25, “You’re not in trouble, Dad. We love you. Yeah, come home. We just want you home.”
Authorities asked residents and visitors to check their security cameras to see if they had picked up Kotowski. The sheriff’s office asked anyone with information to call their non-emergency dispatch line at 843-524-2777.
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A boy from Norwood, Massachusetts, has gotten creative after town officials shut down his ice cream stand, citing a food code violation.
Danny Doherty, 12, and his mother, Nancy Doherty, began a small stand in their neighborhood with some profits going to a charity that hits close to home for them.
After only one week, they had to stop the sales of their homemade ice cream.
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“I think the most disappointing part of that was that someone, one of our neighbors, somebody driving by, decided to take time to complain about a kid’s stand,” Nancy Doherty told Fox News Digital.
“I was really not mad. I’d say more disappointed that [it] happened,” she added.
Danny Doherty, right, started an ice cream stand and was donating half the funds to his brother’s special hockey team in Massachusetts. (Nancy Doherty)
When her son became bored during summer vacation, Nancy Doherty gave him the idea to start an ice cream stand and donate half the proceeds to charity.
“I suggested to him, ‘Instead of a lemonade stand, if you really want to generate some interest, why don’t you make ice cream?’” the mom said, noting that her family makes their own ice cream at home.
“A good amount of people came down.”
Danny Doherty loved the idea and worked with his mom to come up with various flavors for his “Tree Street Treats” stand.
The two made vanilla and shaved chocolate, plus cannoli and a New England fluffernutter.
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Danny Doherty made his own business logo. He also created an Instagram account to advertise the sweets sale to family and friends.
“[My friends] thought it was fun. A good amount of people came down,” Danny Doherty told Fox News Digital.
Half of all proceeds were donated to the Boston Bears Club, a special education hockey team for kids.
“It’s my brother’s hockey team, it’s like a special hockey team … It’s where he goes and plays hockey,” Danny Doherty said.
Patrick Doherty, 15, has been on the Boston Bears Club hockey team for 10 years. (Nancy Doherty)
His 15-year-old brother, Patrick, who is autistic with moderate support needs, has been on the Boston Bear Club hockey team for 10 years, joining when he was 5 years old, Nancy Doherty said.
John Quill started the team 25 years ago for his own son who is autistic.
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“Tree Street Treats” raised $124 in its first week, donating $62 to the Boston Bears Club.
It was a few days later when the Dohertys received an official letter from the Town of Norwood Board of Health.
“The Norwood Health Department has received a complaint that you are making and selling scooped ice cream and cookies at your residential property,” said the letter, which was shown to Fox News Digital.
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“The Massachusetts Food Code (105CMR. 590) does not allow for the sale of ice cream made in the home. Please desist in these activities,” the letter added.
Nancy Doherty decided, instead of throwing away all the ice cream or trying to eat it all, that they would just give it away to friends and family while accepting donations to the Bears Club.
The mom and son came up with a few flavors of homemade ice cream to sell at the stand, namely vanilla and shaved chocolate (not pictured), plus cannoli and a New England fluffernutter. (iStock)
“We had so many people show up to support us, and we ran out of our ice cream in 10 minutes, but we raised about $1,000,” she said.
“I talked to the head coach, and I think they were up to $6,000 or something already. So that’s, you know, heartwarming… We took a disappointing and discouraging situation. We made a decision to do something positive with it — and look at all of the positivity that came out of it.”
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Quill confirmed that Danny Doherty’s ice cream stand has received more than 200 donations totaling $7,500.
“Three local ice cream shops have reached out to do fundraisers and it has raised awareness of our team,” Quill said. “I’ve had a number of parents reach out as they did not know that special hockey even existed.”
“We had so many people show up to support us.”
When asked if she fought back against the decision by the town’s board of health, Nancy Doherty said she didn’t have the bandwidth.
“I am a solo parent. My husband passed away, and I have a full-time job … I don’t have the energy or time to do that,” she said.
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Nancy Doherty said the Town of Norwood Board of Health has not reached out to her since sending the letter.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Town of Norwood Board of Health for comment.
Four farms placed first Tuesday in the Massachusetts Tomato Contest, which aims to encourage people to buy locally-grown produce during the peak harvest season.
Langwater Farm in North Easton, Freedom Food Farm in Raynham, Russell Orchards in Ipswich, and Ward’s Berry Farm in Sharon took home the top prizes for cherry bomb, speckled roman, oxheart tomatoes, and other juicy varieties, according to the statement.
The Boston Public Market Association hosted the 39th annual contest, sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources and the New England Vegetable and Berry Growers Association.
State agricultural commissioner Ashley Randle urged people to show support for farmers and “take advantage” of the fresh tomatoes.
“Late summer is the peak harvest season in Massachusetts which includes tomatoes that our growers have spent a lot of time and effort to produce one of the most delicious local crops available to consumers,” Randle said in a statement.
A panel of food writers, produce experts, and state officials, judged entries on flavor, firmness and slicing quality, exterior color, and shape , the statement said.
The tastiest and best-looking tomatoes were presented by 108 entries from 24 farms located across Massachusetts, the statement said. Approximately 5.9 million pounds of tomatoes are produced every year on 739 farms and 520 acres of land at a value of nearly $10 million dollars in the state, according to the statement.
Trevor Hardy, president of the New England Vegetable and Grower’s Association, said long winters in New England can be challenging for farmers.
“The best compliment is when a customer says, ‘These taste like the tomatoes from my grandmother’s garden when I was a kid,’” he said. “Our tomatoes don’t have to travel very far to get to our customers so we can grow unique heirloom varieties meant for shipping, and for customers, it can be a real summer treat.”
Cheryl Cronin, chief executive officer of the Boston Public Market, said it was an honor to host the competition and showcase the hard work of farmers.
“In New England, we count down to tomato season all summer long and we’re thrilled to celebrate and honor our local farmers,” she said.
Kiera McDonald can be reached at kiera.mcdonald@globe.com.
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