Shark Sighting Closes Chatham Beach
Lighthouse Beach in Chatham was reopened last Sunday afternoon following a shark sighting in the area earlier in the day, police said.
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Lighthouse Beach in Chatham was reopened last Sunday afternoon following a shark sighting in the area earlier in the day, police said.
Swimmers were advised to stay out of the water at nearby beaches.
The Duxbury Harbormaster Department said Sunday morning that a shark may have been sighted off of Ocean Road North.
A shark sighting off Manomet Point led authorities to order all swimmers out of the water at Whitehorse Beach Saturday afternoon.
What 6-year-old Blake White and his family initially thought was a large striped bass turned out to be a great white shark.
The first shark of the season has been detected off of Cape Cod--and his name is "Scratchy."
Troopers from the Holden barracks responded to Interstate 190 near Interstate 290 on Saturday for a report of metal debris in the road, though it turned out to be an inflatable shark.
Officials say two Cape Cod beaches closed Thursday after visitors spotted a great white shark biting a seal and spitting it back out onto the beach.
The Wareham man attacked by a shark off the coast of North Carolina has returned home.
A great white shark was stranded on a Cape Cod beach on Monday morning.
Researchers have released underwater footage of a 12-foot white shark swimming off the coast of Chatham.
On Friday, researchers from the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy spotted two untagged sharks off of Chatham.
Shark experts are very anxious to see just how many sharks return to our waters this summer.
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The summer may be over, but there are still sharks swimming off the coast of Massachusetts.
Two kayakers were attacked by a great white shark off Manomet Point in Plymouth Wednesday evening.
A Duxbury beach was cleared of swimmers Thursday afternoon because of a possible shark sighting.
The Marshfield Harbormaster says he is confident the sighting off Sunrise Beach was a large sunfish and not a shark.
A shark researcher has attached an electronic tracking device to a great white shark off Chatham.
The great white shark population is exploding and that has some people surprisingly happy.
A dead shark was discovered at Hingham Bathing Beach by Hingham police officers on Monday.
In a clear sign that large sharks continue to be active in waters off Cape Cod, a local resident captured an image of a shark apparently feeding on a seal off Coast Guard Beach.
A cleaning crew has found an unexpected mess after arriving at Sea Dog Brew Pub on Nantucket: a 5-foot-long shark blocking the door.
A Nantucket man out fishing Sunday on Sconset Beach ended up hooking into something a bit larger.
The remains of Sandra Crispo, the Hanson woman who went missing in 2019, have been found in Plymouth.
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New Hampshire man Dean DelleChiaie, who works for the FAA, is charged with threatening President Trump.
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A jury found former New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs not guilty of all charges on Tuesday after he was accused of assaulting his live-in chef last year.
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A child who was hit by a large falling tree at a school playground in Melrose Monday has died.
Stefon Diggs' former personal chef Mila Adams was back on the stand for tense cross-examination in the assault trial.
The remains of Sandra Crispo, the Hanson woman who went missing in 2019, have been found in Plymouth.
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There was a possible measles exposure at Logan Airport in Boston last week, Massachusetts health officials say.
A new study finds that a simple blood test could predict Alzheimer's disease long before symptoms appear.
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There have been four violent attacks in three weeks at Tewksbury Hospital and a state representative is taking the fight to Beacon Hill to give security the non-lethal equipment back.
A family is demanding answers from the Gloucester, Massachusetts school district, after learning their five-year-old son was left alone in a quiet room for nearly half an hour.
A nurse says the decision is leaving the staff and patients at Tewksbury Hospital vulnerable to serious injury.
A Dorchester woman says Boston Police opened fire through her closed apartment door and the bullets went into her 5-year-old son's bedroom.
The I-Team has learned the Massachusetts Dept. of Health wants to take away pepper spray and non-lethal restraints from Tewksbury State Hospital safety officers.
Both the Trump and Healey administrations are using government websites to blame each other for the shutdown.
Which party stands to take more of the blame from voters for the government shutdown? Here's what a new poll says.
A UNH Survey Center/Granite State poll shows John Sununu crushing Scott Brown by 23 points among likely primary voters in New Hampshire.
Seth Moulton said he's running against Sen. Ed Markey because "our party leaders are clinging to that old playbook."
Maine Governor Janet Mills' run for Senate comes with an unusual promise - she will only serve one six-year term.
The "dirty soda" trend is coming to drive-thrus all over Massachusetts as Dunkin' is now serving up its own version of the viral drink.
Smokey Bones is closing all of its restaurants, including Massachusetts locations in Tyngsboro and Taunton.
Boston ranks right up there with Hawaii as one of the most expensive vacation spots in the country, according to a new report.
The Market Basket Board of Directors was justified in firing longtime CEO Arthur T. Demoulas, a judge ruled Monday.
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A jury found former New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs not guilty of all charges on Tuesday after he was accused of assaulting his live-in chef last year.
Payton Tolle pitched seven innings of two-run ball, Jarren Duran hit a three-run home run and the Boston Red Sox used a five-run seventh inning to beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4.
Celtics star Jaylen Brown took to his Twitch stream to rip NBA refs and Sixers star Joel Embiid for his flopping.
Stefon Diggs' accuser, his former personal chef Mila Adams, testified Monday at his assault trial in Dedham, Massachusetts.
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Little Joe the gorilla is leaving Boston after decades at the Franklin Park Zoo.
There's been another sighting of an unusual killer whale named Old Thom in the waters off Massachusetts.
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