Incumbent U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-9th, today blasted his Democratic primary opponent Mac D’Alessandro for launching what he described as attack ads against him - including a mailing that showed Lynch with an elephant’s trunk and ears - an attempt, the congressmen said to paint him as an ally of Republicans in Washington.
The State Ethics Commission announced they are investigating State Auditor Joseph DeNucci after he hired his first cousin to work in the State Auditor’s office in 2008.
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Students at Solomon Schechter Day School in Norwood got ready to celebrate Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, on Tuesday. The High Holy Day begins Wednesday night.
Prosecutors dropped kidnapping charges during a pretrial hearing Tuesday, Sept. 8 against a Rhode Island man charged with trying to fondle and kiss a girl from Norwood during a car ride near Westover Park last month.
After jury selection wrapped up Wednesday, the second day of the murder trial of Norwood resident Kevin Schultz, lawyers and the jury of 6 men and 10 women visited 131-133 Winslow Ave., where, prosecutors say, Scott Haynes was fatally beaten.
A divided Board of Selectmen voted Tuesday to postpone a decision for a second time on a change of location request for Norwood’s only package store along Rte. 1.
The Jewish High Holy Days begin tonight at sundown with Rosh Hashanah.
The first School Committee meeting of the academic year will be taking place on Wednesday, Sept. 8, the first night of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year.
Norwood Police Department dispatch log for Monday, Sept. 6 through Tuesday, Sept. 7
The first bus hadn't arrived yet, but Scott Williams was already standing at his post outside Cleveland Elementary School waiting to greet the first busload of students on Tuesday morning.
With the twitch of two toes on his right foot last week, Matt Brown boosted his and his family’s hopes that he will regain use of his lower limbs.
It was a tearful and emotional moment for Brown, 16, a Norwood High School athlete who was paralyzed from his neck down in a Jan. 23 hockey game versus Weymouth, the boy’s father Michael said. He said he hopes this is just the beginning of his son’s road to regaining mobility.
From the epic Kennedy-Romney match at Faneuil Hall to the shouting matches between Paul Cellucci and Scott Harshbarger to "Would you like to see my tattoo, Tim?" Massachusetts has had its share of memorable debate moments. Could tonight add to the list?
One un-spayed cat leads to another. Stella Bella was rescued from a yard that started with a stray cat coming by for a visit. That cat was pregnant and so came Stella Bella and her siblings. After that, a littler of Stella Bella’s cousins were born.
Norwood Police Department dispatch log for Friday, Sept. 3 through Monday, Sept. 6.
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Treasurer Tim Cahill, an Independent candidate for governor, told the News Service Monday that he plans to cast his ballot in the Democratic primary next week.
A local boy injured in a hockey game, that left him a quadriplegic, reached a movement milestone last week when he moved two toes on his right foot, according to the family’s Facebook page.
The family of Matt Brown, 16, said they were thrilled to see their son move two of his toes on his right foot and called it “a small step but a bit step for Matt,” on their Facebook page, “ Pray for Matt Brown #3.
My family recently bought a dozen Land-O-Lakes eggs from Hannaford Supermarket on Walpole Street in Norwood. Luckily, that brand was not included in the mind-boggling recall of half a billion eggs that could be infected with salmonella from two Iowa factory-farms (I would rather call them factories than farms).
For 101 years, congregants at Norwood’s Temple Shaare Tefilah have been celebrating Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year.
This is the first summer that Kara Kinosian was not part of the Camp Challenge program in town. But there was good reason: She was in Houston as part of the Teach for America (TFA) program.
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Adam Bond, a former selectman from nearby Middleboro, gets the Raynham selectmen to help set up his grand-finale trick for his two performances this weekend in Taunton.
Holbrook is reluctant to commit to building a regional water treatment plant with Braintree and Randolph, so Braintree Mayor Joseph Sullivan is considering moving forward without the town.
Police said they discovered a 17-year-old selling marijuana from a shed at his home on Rollins Road after responding to a noise complaint at 1:30 a.m. Thursday.
Kingston native and former boy band front man Rich Cronin died Wednesday following a stroke. The 35-year-old had battled leukemia for five years.
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West Bridgewater’s Sept. 11 remembrances have grown over the years, and the town is hoping to make the WTC artifact part of a permanent memorial.
No injuries were reported in an oil truck fire at Clinton and Grove streets in Brockton on Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters doused the flames to the truck upon arrival. Witnesses said the truck driver got out safely and ran away from the truck holding a fire extinguisher.
Ninth anniversary of terrorist attacks is Saturday.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani leads a six-hour road show to raise money and inject last-minute energy into Republican Joseph Malone’s run for Congress in next week’s primary election.
Fire and emergency crews doused a fire to an oil truck at Clinton and Grove streets on the city’s south side.
About 400 National Grid customers in Hanson, Whitman and East Bridgewater were without electricity for about 90 minutes early Wednesday.
A car fire reported early Monday on High Street has been ruled an arson.
