Crews were battling a blaze at an business in Stoughton, Massachusetts, Saturday night.
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Person injured in Dorchester shooting; no arrests
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Mass. State Police trooper suspended amid sexual misconduct allegations
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2nd annual ‘gift back’ event honors Boston basketball star who died in 2021
The family of late basketball star Terrence Clarke is honoring him by giving back this holiday season in Boston for the second year in a row.
The Dorchester native was on his way to the NBA when he died in April 2021 in a Los Angeles, California, car crash three months before the league’s draft. He was just 19 years old.
Saturday, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, State Sen. Liz Miranda and several city councilors, along with community members, gave out nearly 600 turkeys and other Thanksgiving items for those in need at the Vine Street Community Center in Dorchester.
In addition to the community “gift back” event, a basketball tournament was held to honor Clarke’s legacy.
“Terrence lost his life on the way to the NBA back in April 2021. Had he been able to fulfill his dream, this would have been going on,” said Russell Martin, a family member. “With him not here, we feel the honor to do it for him and on his behalf. So we’re going to do it as long as we can.”
Family members and friends from across the East Coast made their way to Boston this weekend to honor Clarke, and they say they’ll continue this as long as they can.
Hundreds in Needham sending love to Suni Williams in space
Hundreds of people in Needham, Massachusetts, are showing support for one of their own, sending love to NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who has been stuck on the International Space Station for almost six months.
“If she could see through the clouds, she would see all of us waving and cheering and wishing her well,” said Needham Select Board Chair Kevin Keane of Williams. “Her Gilligan’s Island tour has turned into a much longer visit up in space.”
The Needham native has been in space for 171 days, and she’ll stay there through the holidays.
“She was supposed to be in space for six days and she has been in space for six months,” a Needham student named Eitan said.
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft launched on June 5. The ship went back to Earth empty due to safety concerns, leaving Williams and her fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore on the International Space Station.
“Sunita Williams grew up in Needham, she went to high school, and the Needham High School mascot was the rockets and of all the alumni, she’s the one who took it really to heart,” Keane explained.
What was supposed to be a week’s stay for Williams is now expected to last eight months, so her former classmates, elected officials and admirers came together outside Needham High School to lift her spirits Saturday.
“It’s so nice to have everyone together and to celebrate in community and also send some love and support up to space,” State Sen. Becca Rausch said.
“We drove up here from Connecticut just to be here for this very special event so I hope she feels the love from the community here in Needham,” said Nancy Vergara Barrett, a former classmate of Williams.
Williams and Wilmore are scheduled to return to Earth in February 2025.
