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In College Baseball news, Penn State made its way to Happy Valley on Friday. The Nittany Lions were starting a 4 Game Series with Rutgers and they were looking to start off strong, just like they did in Piscataway just a month ago.
Game 1 of 4 from Medlar Field. In the Bottom of the 2nd, PSU’s Justin Williams solo Homers to left. 1-0 Nittany Lions. PSU with 2 on, Jay Harry doubles down the left field line and scores 2 making it 3-0 Nittany Lions. Tayven Kelley singles to left, scoring Harry. Matt Wood singles to right center and scores Kelley. It’s 5-0 Penn State and Rutgers was not able to come back from that point.
Matt Wood was diagnosed in early March with a rare form of cancer.
At the time, he was advised that he would have to have it surgically removed, which would require the removal of his nose and possibly a portion of his upper jaw.
He and the wife he married shortly after being diagnosed spent weeks exploring other options.
She s a family doctor. He just didn t want to have that surgery. And with good reason. Cutting off your nose and possibly losing your jaw, that s scary, he says. And completely life-changing.
After seeing specialists in Boston and New York with some experience in treating this specific cancer metastatic sinonasal squamous cell carcinoma Wood decided to forego the surgery his Arizona doctors recommended in favor of a more experimental treatment.
Citi reduces variable rates
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The non-major bank has reduced variable rates by up to 20 basis points, but increased its five-year fixed rate.
Citi has announced that it has reduced its variable rates across a range of products.
Effective as of Wednesday (5 May), Citi has reduced its headline variable rate by 0.15 per cent, to deliver a standalone basic variable rate of 2.44 per cent per annum (comparison rate 2.49 per cent) for an owner-occupier, principal and interest (P&I) loan.
Its basic variable for an investor P&I loan has decreased by 10 basis points (bps) to 2.69 per cent (2.74 per cent comparison), and its interest-only (IO) investor rate has dropped by the same amount to 2.89 per cent (2.94 per cent comparison).
BRIDGEWATER Restoration Coffee opened its third location in Central Square this week after undergoing several months of renovations.
Its location at 25 Central Square is where another café, Better Bean Coffee Co., once was before it closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. A lot of people in the town are happy to have something back in the center (of town) they can walk and drive to, said owner Matt Wood.
The first few days of business have been busy with plenty of foot traffic, he said, People have also been posing about the opening on social media.
Wood had been eyeing the Bridgewater space for years since he had a photography studio on the third floor of the building. He lived in town for about five years when he first got married and started his family.
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Retiring Brockton cop facing DUI charge in Florida after traffic stop
A Brockton police officer, who is now living in Florida while his retirement is pending, was arrested last week and charged with drunken driving. Police said he responded to his arrest with a profanity-laced tirade. Mark R. Reardon, 57, was arrested in Marco Island, Florida, on April 22 following an early morning motor vehicle stop. Reardon, who was promoted to temporary sergeant in December 2018 and had been with the Brockton Police Department since September 1988, was not actively working for the department. “Officer Reardon is a Florida resident pending retirement and is no longer an active Brockton police officer,” Police Chief Emanuel Gomes said.