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Authorities Identify Man Found Dead Under Ice in Mass. Reservoir © Provided by New England Cable News Authorities have identified the man whose body they recovered from an icy reservoir in Wareham, Massachusetts, after a search that spanned two days. Thomas Bartholomew, 44, of Wareham, was declared dead Monday after his body was recovered from the water around 12:45 p.m., according to Plymouth Country District Attorney Timothy Cruz. The search for Bartholomew began around 4:30 p.m. Sunday when Wareham police responded to a 911 call for a report of a man who had possibly drowned in a pond be...

Wareham police and fire were unsuccessful in their attempts to locate the man, so additional assistance was requested including the Wareham Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Police. The Plymouth County Technical Rescue Team (PCTRT) was also activated and multiple departments and members of PCTRT responded to the scene, including the regional dive team. Emergency personnel performed search operations in difficult conditions until 11:45 p.m. Sunday when the search was postponed due to time and weather conditions. "The water is murky. Stumps, trees and other objects are in ther...

Authorities have identified the man whose body they recovered from an icy reservoir in Wareham, Massachusetts, after a search that spanned two days. Thomas Bartholomew, 44, of Wareham, was declared dead Monday after his body was recovered from the water around 12:45 p.m., according to Plymouth Country District Attorney Timothy Cruz. The search for Bartholomew began around 4:30 p.m. Sunday...

The circumstances surrounding the man’s death remain under investigation.

  And, RI Department of Environmental officials blocked the contaminated soil in Olneyville from being disposed of at the Tiverton landfill due to the volume and amount of contamination.  Robert Smith, a supervising engineer for RIDEM wrote in an October 22 letter blocking the use of the Tiverton landfill: • The Landfill is unlined and is the source of contamination that has created documented exceedances of groundwater and surface water quality criteria. • The Landfill is surrounded by wetlands, that have had documented violations, therefore the addition of contaminated material with e...