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8 hrs ago | Boston.com

Fire chief notes toll of closing station

Four minutes may not seem like a long time, unless you're a homeowner watching flames engulf your house.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

Boston Globe

Hingham dog banished to upstate N.Y.

The owners of an English mastiff have 10 days to decide if they will appeal a court decision that allows their dog to avoid being put to death for two biting incidents.

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Boston Herald

Illegal dumpers trashed

"It comes from all over," said Michael Mackan, the city's chief code enforcer. "You find average, everyday residents who don't want to pay for a sticker will leave their trash in a waste basket .

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Universal Hub

Braintree to get old-style Italian restaurant

Boston Restaurant Talk reports the Chateau, a chain of big ol' Italian restaurants, is opening its seventh location on the John Mahar Highway near South Braintree Square.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

Cape Cod Today

If Jesus or Mary's image appeared on a potato chip

"Ready-made blogs at affordable prices!" Lightship Learning Services Cape Cod's full service educational center working with families, organizations, and school systems to provide: Tutoring, Psychoeducational Evaluations, Training, Consulting & Test Preparation.

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Sat Nov 14, 2009

Boston Herald

Butch Stearns dishes on being dumped

V enerable FOX 25 sports anchor Butch Stearns is "disappointed" his decade-long run at the station has come to an end - but says he's not surprised because the media business has "changed dramatically." "I grew up in a day and age where, from a sports perspective, we turned on the news at 6 and 11 to get our information, and those days are ...

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog

New Article Discusses Historical Politics and Legalities

John Lund has published his article entitled The Contested Will of "Goodman Penn": Anglo-New England Politics, Culture, and Legalities , 1688-1716, 27 Law & Hist.

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

MyFoxBoston

2 arrests in theft of $20,000 Rolex

A Quincy couple was arrested for stealing a $20,000 gold Rolex womana s watch from a Braintree jewelry store.

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CapeCodOnline.com

Pup trains for Barnstable police K-9 unit

To the uninitiated it sounds like chaos - guttural growls and warning barks from 35 assorted dogs and the occasional human voice that silences them.

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

The Boston Globe

Where the door stays open

IN RECENT YEARS, more Massachusetts employers had embraced the notion that it's good business to build a truly diverse workforce.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Everett Independent

Arrest Report

Roger Britton, 38, 106 Chestnut St., Everett, was arrested on an arrest warrant.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Telegram & Gazette

Harvest dinner on tap

The Tri-Parish Church Harvest Dinner and Silent Auction, set for Nov. 7 at the New Braintree Town Hall, is a celebration of local food showcased by a buffet prepared by Reed's Catering of New Braintree.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

CapeCodOnline.com

Probe: Officer was drinking day of crash

State police said there's no evidence that Lt. Jeffrey Peirce was drunk when he rear-ended a pickup truck on Route 6, flipping it several times, but they now acknowledge the off-duty officer had been drinking beer earlier that day.

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

North Adams Transcript

Pittsfield BJa s plans store in city n An 8-acre site on Hubbard...

A development company in Braintree intends to develop an 8-acre plot on Hubbard Avenue for a BJ's Wholesale Club store.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

MyFoxBoston

Mailman pleads not guilty to killing jog

A U.S. Postal Service worker accused of striking and killing a Norfolk County sheriff's deputy who was out jogging has pleaded not guilty to a vehicular homicide charge.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

Boston Herald

Level 3 perv locked up for evaluation

Level 3 sex offender accused of trying to rape a woman at a Hub hospital last week will undergo further psychiatric evaluation after a psychologist and defense attorney revealed he fears being locked in a closet and believes he's not on Earth.

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Mon Oct 26, 2009

Boston Herald

Braintree developers must pay $2.275M settlement

Today, Coakley reached a $2.275 million settlement with Edward A. Fish and Francis X. Messina, developers of Turtle Crossing, a Braintree condominium complex that was built under the state's affordable housing law.

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Sun Oct 25, 2009

Boston Globe

Freed by judge, sex offender held after MGH attack

Since 1996, David Flavell has spent several years in jail in Massachusetts and New Hampshire for repeated sexual offenses, including touching himself in public, peeking under a stall in the women's bathroom at a Borders bookstore in Braintree, and assaulting a woman with intent to rape in a Methuen parking lot.

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Fri Oct 23, 2009

Universal Hub

Convicted sex offender charged with attempted rape in Mass. General women's room

Boston Police report David Flavell, 40, was arrested after allegedly attacking a woman in a hospital restroom.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

Boston.com

Gun clubs all fired up at proposed regulations

Once a month on a Saturday, the Braintree Rifle & Pistol Club hosts the Second Amendment Sisters, a national organization that advocates and provides firearms training for women.

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