Berkley 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.

Police say a 32-year-old man was beaten with a crowbar after he got out of his car following an accident in Freetown on Thursday.

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.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced today that two mosquito samples from the town of Mattapoisett have tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis , one of which was in a mammal-biting mosquito.

A pair who allegedly waged an after-midnight crime spree on the area around upper North Street Monday morning are believed to be responsible for even more crimes -- two arson fires and several motor vehicle break-ins. The two men, Andrew Latini, 21, of 341 West St., and Isaias Lozada, 28, of Springfield, were arrested at 3:43 a.m. Monday and ...

State health officials warn that heavy rainfall expected from Tropical Storm Danny could boost the number of mosquitoes carrying the potentially fatal eastern equine encephalitis virus.

The discovery last week of mosquitoes infected with Eastern equine encephalitis in Freetown - the first such finding this season - has put health officials in Plymouth and Bristol counties on notice that the virus is once again active in their territory.

A 29-year-old Taunton man was shot to death while riding in a car early Sunday morning.

After the vote to close the track, Lori Machie from Berkley , an assistant trainer, cried as she was consoled by friend Lisa Packard.