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3 days ago | patriotledger.com | Hannah Morse

South Shore of Massachusetts 2025 beach guide: Where you can go without a permit, parking prices, bus routes, lifeguards and more Hannah MorseThe South Shore offers a variety of saltwater and freshwater beaches with various amenities. Seven saltwater beaches are listed, including Wollaston Beach in Quincy and Nantasket Beach in Hull. Five freshwater swimming locations are included, such as Houghton's Pond and Island Grove Park.

4 days ago | patriotledger.com | Jessica Trufant

The Stars School & Learning Center will serve as a private, nonprofit day school for children in first through fifth grades with dyslexia and other language-based learning differences. The school will officially open Sept. 4, 2025. Jennifer Curtis, executive director of South Shore Stars, previously said some students with learning differences like dyslexia can spend more than 10 hours per week just getting to and from school. The program will meet the needs of such children closer to home.

4 days ago | patriotledger.com | Jessica Trufant

The Norfolk County District Attorney’s office has paid special prosecutor Hank Brennan more than $230,000 in taxpayer funds for Karen Read’s retrial. And the bills for his last few months of work are still coming. show the state has paid Brennan about $235,000 to date, with the last payment made in April. That means the state will owe Brennan for his last few months of work, including the trial itself. Norfolk District Attorney Michael W.

6 days ago | patriotledger.com | Margie Cullen

A Massachusetts senator has proposed a bill to make bar pizza, a thin crust pizza with edge-to-edge cheese native to the South Shore, the official state pizza. But bar pizza isn’t the only pizza unique to the Bay State – Massachusetts also offers Salisbury Beach pizza and Greek pizza. Here’s what to know about three distinct types of pizza that can be found in Massachusetts. Bar pizzaSouth Shore bar pizza was born in the Cape Cod Café in Brockton 1939. As its name suggests, it's pizza from a bar.

1 week ago | patriotledger.com | Catherine Messier

However, if you're planning a weekend beach trip, you'll want to avoid the beaches closed due to unsafe swimming water. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) states that swimming in the water at these closed beaches poses a threat of illness due to high levels of bacteria. Symptoms of water-borne illness can range from nausea and vomiting to a sore throat and fever, or even rashes and infections. Heading into this weekend, several Massachusetts beaches are closed.