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Matthew Perry (1969-2023) Obituary 2022 Profile Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Matthew Perry, Star of ‘Friends,’ Dies at 54 Mr. Perry, who died on Saturday, was best known for his role in “Friends,” the NBC sitcom that followed a group of young professionals living in Manhattan. Share full article Read in app Matthew Perry, who played Chandler Bing in the television series “Friends,” also appeared in numerous other television shows and movies. Credit... Michael Buckner/Getty Images By Orlando Mayorquin and Matt Stevens Oct. 29, 2023 Updated 4:36 a.m. ET Matthew Perry, who portrayed Chandler Bing in the acclaimed sitcom “Friends,” has died. He was 54. The death was confirmed by Capt. Scot Williams of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Robbery-Homicide division. He said the cause of death was not likely to be determined for some time, but there was no indication of foul play. Mr. Perry was well known to American television audiences, featuring in ov...

Boston Two 12-year-olds charged in daytime vandalism of East Bridgewater Catholic church By Dialynn Dwyer , 1 day ago A fire was set near the church’s altar and items stolen from the food pantry. A fire was set Friday at St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church in East Bridgewater. Yellow fire retardant powder stains the cloth covering the altar. Courtesy/East Bridgewater Police Department Two 12-year-olds are facing a handful of charges in connection with Friday’s daytime vandalism of a Catholic church in East Bridgewater. East Bridgewater police and firefighters responded to St. John the Evangelist at 210 Central Street on Friday afternoon. An initial investigation found a fire had been set near the church’s altar, damaging the altar cloth as well as a Bible. Food items were also taken from the church’s pantry. A witness and video footage led investigators to charging the two 12-year-olds, a boy and a girl, East Bridgewater police said Tuesday. Both children are facing charges of...

  NEWS More than 20 pedestrians have died on Springfield streets since 2020. What’s being done to make roads safer? Updated: Oct. 03, 2023, 12:40 p.m. | Published: Oct. 02, 2023, 5:38 a.m. Signs on State Street across from the Springfield Central Library urge drivers to slow down. (Don Treeger / The Republican) By  Greta Jochem | gjochem@repub.com SPRINGFIELD — When the walk signal flashed on Roosevelt Avenue, Rebecca Willoughby started to cross the four-lane street with the help of her walker, Myrtle. About halfway over, the light started to flash a warning — and before Willoughby could make it to the other side, it turned red: Don’t walk. Willoughby, 76, often crosses the street to get to the Raymond A. Jordan Senior Center on the other side, about a third of a mile walk. The pedestrian signal across Roosevelt Avenue gives walkers about 20 seconds, but it needs to be longer, she said. Read more :  Chicopee topped state list of pedestrian fatal crashes last yea...