East Bridgewater

The NBC10 Boston Investigators have learned the top public health employee in the town of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, is retiring after a report found “multiple failures” in how he handled the COVID-19 pandemic. Last month, the town’s investigation faulted Robert Philbrick for a variety of decisions, including his oversight of the East Bridgewater Commercial Club — the facility that was…

The NBC10 Boston Investigators have learned Robert Philbrick, the top public health employee in the town of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, is retiring after a report found “multiple failures” in how he handled the COVID-19 pandemic.

The NBC10 Boston Investigators have learned the top public health employee in the town of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, is facing possible discipline after a report found “multiple failures” in how he’s handled the COVID-19 pandemic. Town health agent Robert Philbrick will now have a private hearing to determine his job status. As the NBC10 Boston Investigators first told you...

The top public health employee in East Bridgewater is facing possible discipline after a report found “repeated failures” in how he’s handled the COVID-19 pandemic.

The town of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, has released its investigation into an outbreak of COVID-19 at the private East Bridgewater Commercial Club after residents voiced concerns about the way it was handled by the local Board of Health last year. The NBC10 Boston Investigators first reported concerns about how the town handled the outbreak because all three elected health officials…

The town of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, has released its investigation into an outbreak of COVID-19 at the private East Bridgewater Commercial Club after residents voiced concerns about the way it was handled by the local Board of Health last year.

A Massachusetts man accused of beating his father to death was ordered held without bail Tuesday after pleading not guilty. Stephen Walcott Jr., 42, of Brockton, is charged with murdering Stephen Walcott Sr., 70, in his East Bridgewater home on Monday. Police went to the father’s home on Cedar Street around 6:30 p.m. Monday for a well-being check and discovered…

A Massachusetts man is charged with killing his father after a situation the whole family tried to avoid.

A man has been accused of murdering his father Monday night. The suspect’s sister tells NBC10 Boston that her brother’s “mental illness got ahold of him.”

A suspect was taken into custody Tuesday morning after a man was found dead in East Bridgewater, according to authorities.

A raging fire consumed a house in East Bridgewater and sent a homeowner to the hospital with non-life-threatening burns Saturday night, according to authorities. Firefighters received word of the blaze at 15 Chestnut St. around 4:50 p.m. Saturday. As they arrived, they found thick flames engulfing each window on the first two floors of the house. The 69-year-old homeowner was…

Selectmen in East Bridgewater will investigate how the town handled an outbreak of COVID-19 at a private club, saying some residents have voiced concerns about oversight by the Board of Health. Members of the health board also ceded their authority to investigate the outbreak to the state, accepting a recommendation Monday from the town’s lawyer to recuse themselves from...

Selectmen in East Bridgewater will investigate how the town handled an outbreak of COVID-19 at the Commercial Club of East Bridgewater, saying some residents have voiced concerns about oversight by the Board of Health at the private club.

A private club in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts has temporarily shut down amid a coronavirus outbreak in the community. The town’s public health department is urging anyone who went to the Commercial Club between Nov. 16 and Nov. 27 to get tested for COVID-19. The club will remain closed until Dec. 15 and undergo a deep cleaning process. Meanwhile, the numbers…

The Commercial Club of East Bridgewater is temporarily closed after a cluster of coronavirus cases.

The town’s public health department is urging anyone who went to the Commercial Club between Nov. 16 through the day after Thanksgiving to get tested for coronavirus.

An East Bridgewater man is making it his mission to help people who are homeless. It all started with a bowl of soup, and now, he’s getting a helping hand from New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft.

Prosecutors have dismissed charges against two Massachusetts women who had been accused of hurting and threatening two children during what authorities described as a Voodoo ritual. Sisters Rachel Hilaire, 42, and Peggy LaBossiere, 53, were scheduled face trial Monday on charges including assault and battery on a child with injury, but the Plymouth district attorney’s office withdrew the case last…

A Massachusetts judge says the state’s ban on the sale of vaping products can’t be enforced on medical marijuana products. Suffolk Superior Court Judge Douglas Wilkins ruled Tuesday that marijuana card holders seeking to purchase marijuana vaping products should be exempt from the four-month ban.

A racist video apparently made by students in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, was posted to Snapchat and has been making the rounds on social media. “It was disgusting,” said Jocelyn Williams, a junior. “It is really bad, originally I thought the kids in the video don’t go to our school but then someone told me they actually do go to our...