Assonet News

Over the protests of a group of Freetown and Berkley residents, the Freetown Soil Board has voted to renew for one year a permit held by Cape Cod Aggregates to operate a quarry on Bryant Street.

It's no secret that there are ghosts to be found all throughout the SouthCoast. You just have to know where to look.

Assonet resident Courtney Petrouski got the nickname "Little Rhody" as a student at Harvard University.

A Freetown man was hit on the head with a crowbar and his pickup truck was stolen Thursday afternoon in what police are saying was a random violent carjacking.

Police in Freetown asking for your help tracking down two men involved in a dangerous carjacking.

A 32-year-old Freetown man is recovering from head injuries after he was beaten with a crowbar in a carjacking that began when his truck was rear-ended on South Main Street in Assonet Village.

Peace Haven, a 600-acre site along the Taunton River in Freetown, will be getting some more attention now that it has been named one of Massachusetts Most Endangered Historic Resources.

A high-pitched meow came from one of the 16 blanket-covered cages sitting on the floor of the town barn.

Back when the milkman delivered to your doorstep, salespeople who stopped by on personal house-to-house calls were generally welcomed, and some even became regular weekly or monthly guests filling a distinct need for families.

Bishop George W. Coleman has accepted the request to retire of the Rev. Leonard M. Mullaney, pastor of St.

Beginning next month, the Animal Rescue League of Boston will implement a spay/neuter program aimed at curbing the feral cat problem in several parts of town.

Amid a forest of pine trees under a bright blue sky, 400 children swam, played, sang and crafted the summer away at Assonet's Camp Welch, which bills itself as the oldest children's summer camp in the nation.

It isn't every day you see a 2,000-pound Belgian horse pulling a carriage down the street, but soon it will become a common occurrence in the Narrows Road area of Assonet.

Sometimes when two churches come together, really cute things can happen. Take, for example, this weekend's production of "Snoopy!!! The Musical" performed by The Village Kids, a combined effort of St.

Sometimes when two churches come together, really cute things can happen. Take, for example, this weekend's production of "Snoopy!!! The Musical" performed by The Village Kids, a combined effort of St.

Sometimes when two churches come together, really cute things can happen. Take, for example, this weekend's production of "Snoopy!!! The Musical" performed by The Village Kids, a combined effort of St.

Sometimes when two churches come together, really cute things can happen. Take, for example, this weekend's production of "Snoopy!!! The Musical" performed by The Village Kids, a combined effort of St.

A mob of militiamen and onlookers burned a king in effigy, raided an Assonet house, threatened to saw someone in half and almost hanged two men on Saturday night.

Sometimes when two churches come together, really cute things can happen. Take, for example, this weekend's production of "Snoopy!!! The Musical" performed by The Village Kids, a combined effort of St.

An Assonet man was killed in a fatal hit-and-run car crash on Route 140 in Taunton early this morning.