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Taunton Loses Patience With Wampanoag Tribe [OPINION]
The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, which has held up the development of a casino in the southeast region of the state for years, may face new problems. Taunton Mayor Shaunna O Connell says the tribe owes the city millions of dollars from a host agreement the two sides negotiated long before she became mayor years ago. O Connell told me on my Friday program that it s time the city took steps to collect the money.
The casino was proposed for land just east of the former Silver City Galleria that once housed a small industrial park. The tribe obtained the property and began preparing for construction, before being granted authority by the federal government. The whole issue of whether the Mashpee would be recognized as a tribe, eligible to put land into federal trust for a casino, was still in the courts. While that issue appears to have been settled in the tribe s favor, at least for now, the project continues to face several other hurd
TAUNTON Five years ago today, Rosemary Heath was sitting at Bertucci s in the Silver City Galleria mall eating with her husband, George Heath.
It was the first time they d gone out on a weeknight in a long time, and sadly, it was the last time they ever would.
That night, George was stabbed to death by 26-year-old Arthur DaRosa, who had already stabbed 80-year-old Patricia Slavin to death. George died saving waitress Sheenah Savoy, who was 26 at the time and pregnant.
DaRosa was shot and killed by an off-duty sheriff s deputy that night, and a mental breakdown was blamed for his rampage.
TAUNTON It s been five years since the harrowing stabbings of May 10, 2016, which took the lives of two Taunton residents, as well as the attacker himself.
Arthur DaRosa, who was 28 at the time and was later described as mentally disturbed, went on a rampage through Taunton, stabbing and killing 80-year-old Patricia Slavin in her home and 56-year-old George Heath in the Bertucci s restaurant at the Silver City Galleria mall.
Slavin s daughter was also badly wounded, and Heath died protecting a pregnant waitress at the restaurant. DaRosa was shot to death by an off-duty sheriff s deputy at the mall.
At the time, two issues were identified as contributing to DaRosa s being able to wreak such destruction.
Acushnet Woman Accidentally Breaks Kindness Chain at Drive-Thru
Sometimes, however, it gets a little awkward when the “giving train” is broken.
An Acushnet woman hit the “pay it forward” jackpot when her coffee was paid for twice in two consecutive days, but she admitted that she forgot to return the favor. Bethany Gardner shared her “facepalm” moment with me to clear the air.
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Gardner took to Facebook this morning to share her experience at the Dunkin’ on South Main Street in Acushnet. Thursday morning, she entered the drive-thru, and when it came time to pay, she was told the car in front of her paid for her coffee.