TAUNTON, Mass.

It was car grille, not road kill as dog hit by car rides 11 miles

Authorities say a dog survived an 11-mile ride from Massachusetts to Rhode Island at speeds as high as 50 mph after it was hit by a sedan and became wedged into the grille.

East Providence Animal Control supervisor William Muggle says the female poodle mix ran in front of the car in Taunton on Sept. 20. The driver slammed on the brakes but didn’t see the dog and continued driving.

Muggle tells the Taunton Daily Gazette that it wasn’t until the driver reached East Providence, R.I., that another motorist pointed out the dog.

The driver went to the police station, where animal control officials freed the fluffy white pooch. The dog suffered a concussion and possibly a minor bladder rupture.

Authorities are trying to find its owner.

SWAMPSCOTT, Mass.

Officials identify body found in ocean as missing kayaker

Authorities in Massachusetts say a body found in the ocean north of Boston is that of a 23-year-old man missing since a kayak trip last month.

The Essex District Attorney’s office said Tuesday that the state medical examiner has confirmed the body found Monday is that of Mayran Lisovich of Lynn.

His body was spotted Monday afternoon by a fishing boat about 7 nautical miles of Eastern Point in Gloucester. It was recovered by the Coast Guard.

Lisovich’s girlfriend reported him missing Sept. 8 when he did not return from a kayak fishing trip. He had left from a beach in Swampscott. His empty kayak later washed onshore.

WORCESTER, Mass.

Man who backed bomber charged in bomb threat

A Massachusetts man who has written letters of support to a man convicted of setting off a bomb and fatally shooting 77 people in Norway has been charged with making a bomb threat at a Roman Catholic college in central Massachusetts last year.

A plea of not guilty was entered for Kevin Forts of Shrewsbury at his arraignment Tuesday at Worcester District Court.

The charge stems from literature found at Assumption College on Sept. 23, 2011. Forts later was suspended for public statements he made in support of Anders Behring Breivik’s July 2011 attacks. Breivik, a self-described “militant nationalist,” was sentenced in Norway in August to at least 21 years in prison.

Forts was released on his own recognizance and ordered to stay away from the college. .

MEDFIELD, Mass.

Ex-Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s home for sale at $3.5 million

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has put his 20-room Massachusetts home on the market for nearly $3.5 million several months after the collapse of his Providence-based video game company.

WPRI-TV reports the home is being listed by Landmark Residential, which describes an “extremely private” property with amenities for “relaxed family gatherings and sports enthusiasts.” The 11,000-square-foot home on 26 acres has a heated pool with waterfall, a beach volleyball court, batting and pitching cages and a putting green. It also had been listed for sale in 2008.

Schilling’s 38 Studios was lured from Massachusetts to Rhode Island with a $75 million state loan guarantee. The company filed for bankruptcy in June.

Schilling has said he invested as much as $50 million of his own money in 38 Studios and lost all his baseball earnings.

BOSTON

Website to help military parents help their children

A new website has launched that is aimed at giving advice to military parents on helping their children cope with stress.

Content will deal with helping children get through a parent’s military deployment and adjust to the service member’s return to family life.

The website at www.stayingstrong.org is connected to the Home Base Program.

Home Base is a partnership between Massachusetts General Hospital and the Boston Red Sox Foundation that helps veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan recover from post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.

Program officials say there are about 13,000 military-connected children in Massachusetts.

NASHUA, N.H.

400 pounds of drugs collected during take-back program

Police have collected hundreds of pounds of prescription drugs in southern New Hampshire as part of a nationwide effort.

Residents in Nashua, Merrimack and Hudson handed over a total of more than 400 pounds in four hours on Saturday during the Drug Enforcement Administration’s fifth nationwide drug take-back.

The effort allows residents to get rid of unneeded or expired medications safely and anonymously and keeps them out of the hands of drug abusers.

The Nashua Telegraph reports that the DEA has coordinated thousands of collection sites twice a year since 2011.