Avon News

The Avon Water Department has implemented a Phase I water ban to remain in compliance with the town's water management permit from the state.

Western Massachusetts residents say they will miss Tim Russett, host of NBC's Meet the Press, who died Friday afternoon.

I guarantee that there is no city or town in the United States, other than Barnstable, or Cape Cod, Massachusetts where commercial property owners are paying less taxes in 2008 than in 2000.

A Freetown man and an Avon woman have been charged in federal court with conducting a health care fraud scheme and laundering the proceeds.

AVON Students who left Avon Middle-High School in 2003 have one month to pick up their school records before they are destroyed on July 1. Among the documents that will be lost are immunization records, college ...

Three finalists have been named for the public schools superintendent position, to be vacated by Jim Collins when he retires in October.

It has been nearly two decades since she disappeared but there is new hope in the search for a missing 16-year-old girl.

An early morning truck crash has created a traffic nightmare on Route 24 in Avon this morning.

“Mother's Day reminds me of the miracle”

Some fertility professionals believe the hit comedy, which centers around a businesswoman's strained relationship with her blue-collar surrogate, could help trigger a surge in surrogacy. via Boston Herald

Industry veteran Scott Sullens has joined Aramith , a billiards manufacturer that has entered the dining furniture category, as chief sales and marketing officer for North America. via Furniture Today

“We wanted to put the decision in the hands of those who will be footing the bill”

AVON Only 253 people, or 8.5 percent of Avon's 2,888 registered voters, cast ballots in this year's annual town election, in which they reelected incumbents Cornelius Hallisey and Barbara Littlefield to the ... via Boston.com

“When we try to compare ourselves to another similar program, it just doesn't exist”

The Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute has received an additional $1.6 million in federal funding to expand laboratories at its facility at 3601 Main St., bringing the total amount received in federal funds ... via MassLive.com

“That's why you need money to bring people here. You need money to relocate people and, even if they are new scientists, they need money to get started.”

Photo by Mark M. Murray / The Republican Alan Schneyer, left, a scientist at the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute, talks with U.S. Rep. via MassLive.com

“I have not seen kids in this age group drinking”

With underage drinking on the rise, parents and school officials look for a solution. via Alcoholics Anonymous Reviews

“Sprint continues to make great strides in network performance, and nationally, Sprint's wireless networks are performing at best-ever levels”

During 2007, Sprint added 159 new cell sites to its Nationwide Sprint Network and Nextel National Network in Massachusetts. via PR-inside.com

“It's a chance for people to get involved”

AVON Avon Middle-High School will hold a week of MCAS tutoring in math during the April school vacation. via Boston.com

Jordan's Furniture and Verizon have partnered to build a Verizon lifestyle store within Jordan's Reading, Mass., showroom. via Furniture Today

“The school has always needed additional parking”

AVON School officials have submitted a funding request for the annual Town Meeting in May to expand the Butler Elementary School parking lot. via Boston.com

A 4-month-old baby was hospitalized after an overnight police chase ended with a crash. via TheBostonChannel

State police stopped Lisa M. Allsopp of Plymouth at about 4:04 a.m. this morning after she allegedly ran a red light at North Main Street in Brockton, said state police Sgt. via Boston Herald