Back in the mid-1600s, the SouthCoast was starting to take shape. Plimouth Patuxet was growing, towns such as New Bedford and Raynham were just getting settled and the southern coast of Massachusetts was becoming the renowned shipping area it still is today.
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When the Red Sox were planning Jerry Remy Day, they knew they'd want to include some tie-ins to his nearby hometown of Somerset, Massachusetts.
Remy, a graduate of Somerset High School, went on to be one of the most beloved figures in the organization's long history...
Police in Somerset took No Shave November all the way through to a furry-faced February and were able to make a large donation to help kids fight cancer.
Gov. Charlie Baker and some of his top deputies joined lawmakers from southeastern Massachusetts and officials from Vineyard Wind's parent company Avangrid to celebrate plans to establish the state's first offshore wind industry manufacturing facility at Brayton Point in Somerset.