Fallen Weymouth Police Officer Laid To Rest​​: Patch PM

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Fallen Weymouth Police Officer Laid To Rest

Mourners spilled out onto the streets of Hanover Friday to honor Sgt. Michael Chesna, who was shot and killed less than a week ago. It was an emotional day.

Reward Increased To Find Person Who Left Dog To Die In Carrier

So many people have donated that the MSPCA has increased its reward to find who left a small dog in a carrier outside a Brockton shelter.

Marlbourough's Color Killer: Youngest Band To Play Warped Tour

The band started as a trio playing a middle school talent show in 2017.

What Boston Duck Tours Had To Say About Missouri Tragedy That Killed 17

Seventeen people, including children, died in a Duck Boat related tragedy.

In Case You Missed it, this was huge:

• 3- Alarm Fire At Light Shop In Brookline [Photos] Companies from Boston, Cambridge, Newton, and Somerville came to help fight this one.

In other news:

• A State Rep Candidate Supports National Grid Workers, but... In a letter to the editor, Wilmington Selectman Michael McCoy calls National Grid contract workers "a bunch of gypsies."

What's the weather like this weekend?

• Summer Forecast Taking Major Shift As Rains Come In

Speaking of the weekend, Need some inspiration on what to do?

• Shakespeare in the Park has started in Boston

Did you know? On this day in:

• 1969 - At 10:56 p.m., American astronaut Neil Armstrong, 240,000 miles from Earth, speaks these words to more than a billion people listening at home: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Stepping off the lunar landing module Eagle, Armstrong became the first human to walk on the surface of the moon.
• 1911 - Boston Red Sox Smokey Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0
• 1938 - The Great New England Hurricane killed 99 people in Massachusetts with winds and flooding. In Springfield, the river rose six to 10 feet above flood stage, causing significant damage. There was widespread flooding throughout Western Mass. The Chicopee Falls Bridge washed away. Residents of Ware were stranded and had to rely on air-dropped food and medicine for days. Then, after the flood receded in town you could see sewer pipes where ground once was. The hurricane left Falmouth and New Bedford under eight feet of water. Two-thirds of the boats sank in New Bedford harbor. Several homes washed away on Atlantic Boulevard in Fall River. Blue Hills Observatory registered sustained winds of 121 mph and a peak gust of 186 mph -- the strongest hurricane-related surface wind gust ever recorded in the US. A 50-foot wave, the tallest of the storm, was recorded at Gloucester.

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