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Local news for Attleboro, MA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

6 hrs ago | Sun Chronicle

This Weeks Sermon Topics

All Saints Anglican Church, 1188 South Main St., Attleboro invites you to worship Sunday at 8 and 10 a.m. with the Rev.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Foxboro, MA

14 hrs ago | Sun Chronicle

Lawmakers may have change of heart for sales tax holiday

For the past several years, the Massachusetts sales tax holiday has provided a boost in sales for stores like the Attleboro Jewelry Makers' outlet.

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Related Topix: Mansfield, MA, Seekonk, MA

Thu Jul 24, 2008

Sun Chronicle

Young Democrats back Bowles in rep race

The Young Democrats Association of Attleboro has endorsed City Councilor Bill Bowles in his Democratic primary race against former City Councilor Kate Jackson.

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Related Topix: US News

Sun Chronicle

Keeping eyes on the sky

Dodging the storm A commuter steps onto a puddle on Union Street in Attleboro during Wednesday's storm.

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Related Topix: Bristol County, MA, Taunton, MA

Sun Chronicle

Driver in stabbing case enters guilty plea

The driver of the getaway car in last December's stabbing at a public housing project pleaded guilty Wednesday in Attleboro District Court and was sentenced to jail.

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Related Topix: North Attleboro, MA

Wed Jul 23, 2008

Sun Chronicle

North couple apologizes, must pay for using conservation land for baseball practice

A local couple is being asked to pay restitution for mowing about an acre of town-owned conservation land and using it for youth baseball practices.

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Related Topix: North Attleboro, MA, Providence Metro, Kids, Family

WCBS

Aspiring EMT Accused Of Stealing $30K In Fire Gear

A young man who is studying to become an Emergency Medical Technician is now charged with breaking into fire trucks and stealing $30,000 worth of firefighting equipment.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Wildfire, North Attleboro, MA, Wrentham, MA

Sun Chronicle

A jolly ride at Cholly's

Go to YouTube, type in "Jolly Cholly's," then sit back and enjoy the nostalgia ride.

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Related Topix: North Attleboro, MA

Tue Jul 22, 2008

Sun Chronicle

Worker helps police nab suspects in theft at South Attleboro dealership

An employee of a South Attleboro auto dealership keeping watch on the business foiled the theft of tires from a car on the lot and enabled police to apprehend two suspects late Sunday night.

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Sun Chronicle

Donations ease pain at Attleboro library

While the city's library still needs about $100,000 to bring back everything that was cut from its budget this year, thousands of dollars in restored city money and private donations have already made life a ...

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Related Topix: Libraries

Lowell Sun

This fire gear was really hot

It started out with one stolen handheld radio. By the time North Attleboro police tracked down the rest of the pilfered loot, they were facing a van stuffed with $30,000 worth of fire equipment.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Wildfire, North Attleboro, MA

Sun Chronicle

Call Attleboro walking club The Wanderers

"Get tired of walking?" Tony Sousa joked after lapping seven of his fellow walking club members who had stopped along a path in Capron Park to talk with a reporter.

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Related Topix: North Attleboro, MA

Sun Chronicle

Two hurt in Plainville fire

Two people suffered smoke inhalation from a kitchen fire in an apartment at Village Green off Route 106 early Monday night.

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Related Topix: Plainville, MA, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

Sun Chronicle

Just call North man the sandman

Chuck Flickinger of North Attleboro with one of his large rake drawings of The Top of the Hat on the smooth surfaces of Long Sands Beach in Maine which only last as long as low tide.

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Related Topix: North Attleboro, MA

Mon Jul 21, 2008

Sun Chronicle

Soldiers welcomed home in Attleboro

Tom MaguireCity honors returning soldiers Three local soldiers returning from fighting the war on terror in the Middle East were honored at the last city council meeting.

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Related Topix: US Military, US News, US Air Force, US National Guard

Sun Chronicle

Attleboro taxpayers save with refinancing

The city will save about $217,000 in interest payments over the next 10 years on a portion of its debt that was refinanced, said city Ttreasurer Ethel Sandbach.

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Sun Chronicle

Attleboro police hold one after foot chase

A search by Attleboro, Pawtucket, Cumberland, R.I., and Massachusetts State Police along the Attleboro-Pawtucket line resulted in at least one person being taken into custody late Sunday night.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers

Sun Chronicle

North's sex offender show receives positive reviews

A North Attleboro police official says the department's production of a program about sex offenders living in the community that has run for the past two weeks on the local cable TV station has gotten good ...

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Related Topix: North Attleboro, MA

Sun Chronicle

DiGeorge syndrome fight goes national for girl with local ties

Hailey Ella Rose, the granddaughter of Foxboro resident and former Allen Avenue Elementary School custodian in North Attleboro George Tardiff, has helped to raise national awareness of the fatal genetic ...

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Related Topix: North Attleboro, MA, Carolina (University of Puerto Rico System), University of Puerto Rico System, Boston (University of Massachusetts System), University of Massachusetts System, University of Nebraska System, Duke University, Medical Center (University of Nebraska System)

Sun Jul 20, 2008

Sun Chronicle

Attleboro home heavily damaged in Sunday fire

Firefighters spent about 10 minutes chasing a house fire Sunday morning because one of the house numbers had fallen off the house.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

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