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Brockton, Massachusetts is located in Plymouth County. Zip codes in Brockton, MA include 02301, 02302, and 02304. More Brockton information.

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17 hrs ago | Boston Globe

No agreement, no $147m upgrade

The median on Blue Hill Avenue where the Silver Line may have been placed. Massachusetts has missed an opportunity to tap into as much as $147 million in grant money available under the federal stimulus package because of a deep disagreement between the Patrick administration and residents of Roxbury and Mattapan.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

Boston Business Journal

Westgate Mall could face brighter future

The 44-year-old Westgate Mall in Brockton has struggled over the years but has found ways to survive.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

SouthCoastToday.com

Cape Verde educators visit New Bedford as part of sister city program

The New Bedford School Department has launched a sister-city project with the Cape Verdean islands of Sao Filipe and Santa Cruz in a partnership that includes the Wareham and Brockton schools and Bridgewater State College.

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Sat Nov 14, 2009

SouthCoastToday.com

Film crew documents voyage to Cape Verde

When Cape Cod native John Kendrick left Boston Sept. 30, 1787, on the first American-based voyage around the world, his crew must have felt some trepidation.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

MyFoxBoston

2 shot while selling puppies

Two men were shot in Stoughton while trying to sell pit bull puppies out of their home on Wednesday, police said.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

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Aging and Disability Resource Consortium Hosts Conference

The Aging and Disability Resource Consortium of Southeastern Massachusetts recently hosted a conference titled A Community Together: Disabled and Elders.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

MyFoxBoston

Voters kick out incumbents

Ita s the day after election day, and from Massachusetts to New jersey, some incumbent politicians are looking for a new job.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

CapeCodOnline.com

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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