The Newburyport Fire Department is grieving the loss of one of its longtime veteran firefighters. Brett Burkinshaw, who served with the department for approximately 18 years, died on July 1 after a 19-month battle with brain cancer, fire officials announced Friday. He was 47. “We, as a department, are devastated by this news and the loss of a longtime veteran… Massachusetts Nov 28, 2019 Quinn Waters, the 3-year-old Massachusetts boy whose brain cancer diagnosis left him in isolation at his Weymouth home for months, will soon be headed to Disney World thanks to Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The family posted a video on Facebook Tuesday night showing Waters, otherwise known as “The Mighty Quinn,” and his sister Maggie reacting to the news.