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“I will cancel going to my friend’s weddings if the Patriots are in the playoffs. No offense to them,” she said laughing. The 33-year-old has been cheering for the team since she was a little girl, but now there’s been a change in possession: the Patriots are rooting for her after her recent breast cancer diagnosis. “I was having...

A family was devastated after their cat went missing three years ago.

A woman’s body was found near a restaurant in the waters of Narragansett Bay near Bristol, Rhode Island, Thursday, police said. Police in Portsmouth said Friday that the body is that of a woman who fell from a ferry in the bay this week, She was 39-year-old Laura Ward from Prudence Island. The body was found in the water...

This Veterans Day, a group of vets and their supporters in Vermont’s Addison County celebrated victory in a very special mission. American Legion Post 19 in Bristol was key to solving a mystery of sorts, reconnecting a nearby family with a priceless military artifact that had been lost — after a long and twisting journey. “It was a surprise,” said…

Two young children were burned during a bonfire at a Bristol home Sunday night and they were taken to the hospital, according to police. One injured child is 5 years old and the other is 7 years old. Investigators said the children were burned when “an accelerant was introduced into a backyard bonfire.” Police said they received a 911 call…

Porch pirates have become a big problem in recent years, but when a woman saw a package being taken from her front step on a surveillance camera, she was surprised to see the culprit.

Bristol Health is teaming up with ESPN to hold a new drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic. The clinic will be held at ESPN’s North Campus in Bristol starting Monday. The new partnership between Bristol Health, the Bristol-Burlington Health District and ESPN is forming in an effort to vaccinate more people, according to Bristol Health. Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines...

A man died Saturday in a mobile home fire in Bristol, New Hampshire, officials announced. Around 2:15 p.m., a 911 caller reported that there was a fire in the mobile home located at 25 Nyberg Road, New Hampshire State Fire Marshal Paul Parisi and Bristol Fire Chief Benjamin LaRoche said in a statement. Bristol Fire and police responded to the…

A Rhode Island man apparently drowned after jumping into the water to save three teenagers caught in a rip current, police said. Hoen Chin, 56, of Providence, was visiting Bristol with family and friends on Wednesday, Bristol police Capt. Brian Burke said in a statement. Chin entered the water at about 2:30 p.m. when two 13-year-old youths and one 14-year-old…

The New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says 28 German shepherds that were seized in an animal cruelty case will soon have a chance to find homes. The dogs have been held at the shelter for 22 months. The society said Wednesday the dogs’ former owner surrendered them.

A fourth person this year has died from EEE in Massachusetts, health officials announced Wednesday. A man in his 70s from Worcester County died from the mosquito-borne illness, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The victim was the 11th human case that has been diagnosed in the state during this year’s outbreak of the mosquito-borne illness.

A third person this year has died from EEE in Massachusetts, health officials confirmed Monday. An unidentified hospital reported the death to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The victim was one of 10 human cases that has been diagnosed in the state during this year’s outbreak of the mosquito-borne illness.

A second person in Massachusetts has died after contracting the EEE virus, state health officials said Friday. The person, a man in his 70s, lived in Bristol county and was the state’s 10th case in this year’s outbreak, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. He was from the town of

An aggressive bull took authorities on a 14-hour, 18-mile chase through three New Hampshire communities Monday before police had to shoot and kill it in Bristol. The 3,000-pound animal had become aggressive and police said they had no choice but to euthanize the animal before it hurt someone. From the neighborhood diner to the local florist, the bull caused quite...

Sarah Palin’s husband, Todd, filed for divorce from the former vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor citing “incompatibility of temperament between the parties such that they find it impossible to live together as husband and wife.” Todd Palin, 55, asked to dissolve the couple’s 31-year marriage in a filing submitted Friday in the Anchorage Superior Court. The filing, first reported...

A horse in Douglas, Massachusetts, has tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis, prompting the risk level for infection to rise to critical, health officials said Tuesday. The risk level in neighboring Oxford and Webster has also been raised to high.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is grateful to be back at Darlington Raceway preparing to drive two weeks after he and his family escaped a plane in flames following a crash in Tennessee. Earnhardt, set to drive the Xfinity Series event here Saturday, said he and his wife Amy are still processing the frightening events Aug. 15 at the airstrip in Elizabethton,...

Authorities say a Massachusetts woman has died after falling from a third-floor window at a condominium complex. A spokesman for the Bristol district attorney says investigators are trying to determine if the death at the Waterview Heights complex in Fall River on Tuesday morning was accidental or intentional.

The southern Bristol County resident is over the age of 50, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health said in a statement.

A third person has a confirmed case of eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, in Massachusetts this summer, health authorities said Friday. A man over 60 years old in northern Franklin County has the rare but potentially deadly virus, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health said in a statement. The risk level is now critical in two Franklin County communities.