Braintree News

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

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.

"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 .

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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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 ...

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.