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State awards $1M judgment against Willowbend

A former Willowbend Country Club employee who said she was dismissed because of her age and then retaliated against has been awarded nearly $1 million by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

PR-inside.com

King Collision Centera s Third Location Now Open

DATELINE: PEMBROKE, PLYMOUTH AND RAYNHAM, MAa The event was well received and over 100 people attended including those in the insurance industry and vendors.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

WBUR-AM Boston

Balzotti ousts Harrington in Brockton

City Councilor Linda Balzotti has defeated incumbent Brockton Mayor James Harrington.

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MyFoxBoston

Lawsuit: Kids sick from E. coli

Lawsuits against two meat companies claim a Massachusetts girl and a Rhode Island boy were sickened by ground beef contaminated by E. coli bacteria.

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Boston Globe

In Stoughton, a missing dog's strange saga

Janet Torren of Rochester with Shai, who was given away by the Stoughton animal control officer.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Lowell Sun

Stoughton dog catcher fired for giving away stray

Stoughton's animal control officer has been fired for allegedly giving a stray dog away, even though she would have known how to find its owner.

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

WWLP

Robbery suspect captured in W. Virginia

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - A Brockton man who allegedly carved out a modest crime wave for himself last weekend here in western Massachusetts is under arrest.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

MassLive.com

Police investigating weekend robberies in Ludlow, Hadley

Police in Ludlow are working with their counterparts in two other communities to determine if a 28-year-old Brockton man who held up a convenience store here at knifepoint Sunday night was responsible for other recent robberies.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

PR-inside.com

Old Colony Elder Services Disappointed Over Lengthy Home Care Wait List

DATELINE: PLYMOUTH COUNTY AND AVON; EASTON AND STOUGHTON, MAa Old Colony Elder Services of Brockton, one of 27 private, non-profit Aging Services Access Points in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts explained that the waiting list was imposed on September 8th and forty one days later, more than 1,000 people are waiting.

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Mon Oct 26, 2009

Cw56.com

Company recalls beef after RI students sickened

Massachusetts health officials say a Brockton meat company has voluntarily recalled beef products after more than 20 school children and adults from Rhode Island were sickened by E. coli.

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MassLive.com

Police are looking for a suspect in a Ludlow armed robbery

Police are looking for a man who held up an O' Connell's Convenience Plus clerk at knife point Sunday.

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Sun Oct 25, 2009

Boston Globe

Brockton businesses urged to plan for swine flu outbreak

Once the flu strikes a workplace, it can spread easily and quickly, experts say.

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Universal Hub

All Boston, all the time

The Massachusetts Appeals Court today overturned the conviction of a man arrested in Brockton for illegal gun possession because the trooper who'd pulled over the cab he was riding in and found his gun didn't have enough justification to search him in the first place.

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Fri Oct 23, 2009

WBZ TV

Mass. Dog Catcher Accused Of Giving Away Stray

Share + Oct 23, 2009 10:15 am US/Eastern STOUGHTON, Mass. A Stoughton animal control officer is on paid leave after allegedly giving a loose dog away as a gift, even though she would have known how to find its owner.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

Boston.com

Brockton mayoral foes face off tonight

Linda Balzotti, a Brockton city councilor, will debate Mayor James Harrington. A debate between incumbent Brockton Mayor James Harrington and his opponent in the Nov.

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

TV38 Boston

Woman Claims Animal Control Officer Stole Her Dog

Share + Oct 21, 2009 2:33 pm US/Eastern Sounds like it could be a case of dog-napping and the accused thief is a dog catcher! A local woman has been reunited with her expensive pet, but she thinks a Stoughton Animal Control officer tried to take her beloved dog .

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WLNE-TV Providence

Brockton Man Charged in Shooting Death

Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz today announced that Marvin Taitt of Brockton has been charged in connection with the shooting death of Steven Saint Louis which occurred on 09/05/09 in the City of Brockton.

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Sun Oct 18, 2009

Boston Herald

GateHouse reverses pay cuts

GateHouse Media New England, owner of 100 Massachusetts newspapers, including the Patriot Ledger in Quincy and the Enterprise of Brockton, is reversing the pay cuts it implemented over the summer, according to a memo sent to employees today.

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Fri Oct 16, 2009

MyFoxBoston

Man tries to rob bank in front of cops

Police in Avon say a man picked the wrong bank to rob yesterday morning. Demetrius James, 19, of Columbia, S.C., is accused of trying to hold up Avon Cooperative Bank, which is right across the street from the town's police headquarters, the Brockton Enterprise reports.

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Wed Oct 14, 2009

MyFoxBoston

Convicted pedophile hearing

He sexually assaulted several children in the 1970's and has been in custody since.

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