Missing Link BBQ opens; Boston Market workers go unpaid: Top stories
As we kick off a new week, let's take a look back at the week that was.
Top stories this past week included:
A look at some of the top performers in local sports. Here are some standout athletes from around Greater Fall River.
The latest Greater Fall River real estate report, featuring a custom home in Tiverton that sold for $1,900,000. The house on Winnisimet Drive was built in 2000, and features a top-of-the-line kitchen with a butler’s pantry, a breakfast room, a fireplaced primary suite, and a glass-wrapped sunroom. Check out this property, as well as other recent top-sellers.
These were the most read stories of the week on HeraldNews.com:
Coogan wins mayor's race
Fall River's election was this past week, and city voters chose incumbent Mayor Paul Coogan to return to the job.
Coogan garnered 6,643 votes while his challenger Sam Sutter received 4,310 votes, according to the unofficial results.
Unofficial voter turnout was just under 20 percent, said Ryan Lyons, chairman of the Board of Elections.
Here are the results in all of this year's races.
Fall River election results: Coogan wins mayor's race
Workers at Fall River Boston Market are fed up. They say they haven't been paid in weeks.
Employees at the Fall River Boston Market say they haven’t been paid in weeks, as the struggling chain faces allegations elsewhere in Massachusetts and other states of failing to pay workers and vendors.
A sign posted in a window of the Boston Market location on 12th Street in Fall River told customers that, while the restaurant was open for business, workers were not being paid.
Haven't been paid in weeks: Workers at Fall River Boston Market are fed up
Fall River interviewing firms designing a Route 79 master plan: What they're looking for
The Fall River Redevelopment Authority will be vetting firms that have submitted proposals for developing a master plan for the future of the massive Route 79-Davol Street Corridor project, which will open up about 18 acres of developable land on the waterfront.
Here's when the presentations will begin, and what the RDA is looking for.
Route 79 proposals: Fall River interviewing firms designing a Route 79 master plan: What they're looking for
Swansea's Municipal Complex plans crushed at Special Town Meeting
The $53 million Municipal Complex Project — endorsed by the Swansea Board of Selectmen, the School Committee, and the Advisory and Finance Committee — was rejected by voters at Special Town Meeting on Monday night at the Venus de Milo.
Here's the breakdown of what happened.
Special Town Meeting: Swansea's Municipal Complex plans crushed. Here's what happened
All aboard: Missing Link BBQ restaurant sets up in iconic Somerset train car
Plans were on track for Somerset's Missing Link BBQ to open up shop inside the iconic Cape Cod Railroad train car.
All aboard: here's what they've got planned, including an expanded menu, and what their hopes for the future are.
All aboard: Missing Link BBQ restaurant opening in iconic Somerset train car
Herald News/Taunton Daily Gazette copy editor and digital producer Kristina Fontes can be reached at kfontes@heraldnews.com. Support local journalism by purchasing a digital or print subscription to The Herald News and Taunton Daily Gazette today.
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