On the morning before he was stabbed and nearly killed, Will Flanagan was dancing in the rain, singing an ‘80s pop hit live for his 19,000 followers on Facebook.

 

For Flanagan, this was a typical morning at work.

 

The former Fall River mayor has cut a colorful figure online since leaving office in 2014 — even in a city where colorful politicians are plenty. He’s dabbled in acting in local film productions, rubbed shoulders with celebrities and influencers, and become CEO of Cosmopolitan cannabis dispensary, where he carved out a style for himself far from what the traditionally stuffy executive title suggests.

 

“I’m healing,” he said in a phone interview. “I’m in a lot of pain. Today I have a lot of nauseousness, but I didn’t throw up, thank God.”

 

He has God to thank for many things these days, and is eager to do so.

 

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