Nicole L. Townsend

Apr 20, 2024 | webn.tv | Meghan O’Brien |Nicole L. Townsend

By Nicole TownsendFor the eighth year in a row, Boston will host two teams, the Celtics and the Bruins, thisspring. However, the Boston Police Department has a warning: be careful who you buytickets from. The Boston Police advises only buying tickets from official vendors. Buying fromunauthorized re-sellers could result in fake or invalid tickets. “Fans who purchase tickets from a secondary source are taking a chance and do so atthe buyer’s own rick.

Apr 5, 2024 | webn.tv | Nicole L. Townsend

By Nicole TownsendOn Wednesday, The Boston Red Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 1-0 to complete athree-game sweep. Nick Pivetta and four relievers were on the Red Sox’s secondshutout of the series, while Emmanuel Valdéz hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning. For the finale of an opening homestand, they went 1-6 and dropped to an AL-worstminus-29 run difference, which resulted in the Athletics drawing out 6,436. 45,680 fans attended the seven games.

Mar 29, 2024 | webn.tv | Nicole L. Townsend

By Nicole TownsendThanks to a life-saving organ donation, former Boston Red Sox pitcher Jeff Plympton and a fan will forever be connected. In 2009, Plympton learned that he had polycystic kidney disease. A genetic disease thathis mother and grandmother had as well. After retiring from Major League Baseball, the former Boston Red Sox pitcher created “Crush,” a youth baseball program, where he met his kidney donor, Mike Roche, reported WJAR.

Mar 22, 2024 | webn.tv | Meghan O’Brien |Nicole L. Townsend

By Nicole TownsendAccording to a report, a male suspect was accused of organizing the shooting of BostonRed Sox legend David Ortiz, who was found dead in the Dominican Republic. In December, Victor Hugo Gomez Vasquez went missing, and on January 10, his bodywas found, according to Boston.com, making this the second death of a suspect inconnection to this case. Furthermore, another arrest was made in this case on Tuesday of this week.

Jan 17, 2024 | baystatebanner.com | Nicole L. Townsend |Maddie Khaw

When 34-year-old visual artist Ayana Mack started selling her artwork in 2014, she was excited to share her work and ambitious to create community connections. A few years after selling her pieces, however, she noticed something was off. “I started to see the disparity and the difference between [access to] art in neighborhoods of color, Black neighborhoods like Dorchester, Roxbury, Mattapan, versus downtown Boston or the Seaport,” Mack said.