As we kick off a new week, let’s take a look back at the week that was. Top stories this past week included: Westport is holding its first-ever Pride celebration today. Former mayor Jasiel Correia II is not giving up on his bid for early release from his six-year prison sentence, doubling down in a response […]
The clouds weren’t alone in making it rain at the commencement ceremony at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth last week. On stage, billionaire philanthropist Rob Hale surprised the graduating class of more than 1,000 by pointing to a nearby truck holding envelopes stuffed with cash. Huddling under ponchos and umbrellas at the soggy ceremony, the […]
DARTMOUTH — While the diplomas should represent greater value long term, UMass Dartmouth undergraduates last Thursday were treated to some instant gratification. On hand at the commencement to receive the Chancellor’s Medal, Granite Telecommunications founder and CEO Robert Hale, Jr. gave each undergraduate $1,000 in the form of two envelopes, each filled with five $100 […]
CEO Robert Hale Jr. spoke at UMass Dartmouth’s commencement ceremony on Thursday. The telecom billionaire gave each graduate two $500 payments. Hale gifted the second $500 payment on the condition it goes to charity or someone in need. A billionaire gifted graduating students at UMass Dartmouth with “envelopes full of cash” totaling $1,000. Robert Hale […]
DARTMOUTH — The UMass Dartmouth community is coping with the death of one of its prominent figures this week. New Bedford native Claire T. Carney, the first woman member of the university’s Board of Trustees, died Sunday, March 24, according to her obituary, at her home in Boca Raton, Florida, at age 101. “Claire was […]
Two people were killed and two others were injured in a rollover crash near the campus of UMass Boston early Thursday morning, officials said. Massachusetts State Police and Boston EMS say a call came in for a vehicle rollover on Morrissey Boulevard near the campus around 3:15 a.m. There were a total of four people […]