Brockton News

From Farley Funeral Home : William E. Clark, Sr., 79, a longtime resident of South Easton, died on Tuesday, May 14 at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton.

A former Brockton man who was allegedly armed when he was shot by the State Police in 2006 was given a new trial on attempted murder charges after the state's highest court ruled Tuesday that a Norfolk County prosecutor was wrong to call Joshua Lewis a "street thug'' in his closing argument.

The following are excerpts from reports in the Peabody Police Department press log from May 10-12. Friday, May 10 3:06 p.m. Police responded to a three-car accident on Lynn Street near Rizzo's Roast Beef .

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The Senior Spectacular Steering Committee members include: 2 Sisters Senior Living Advisors; Plymouth County Sheriff's Department; Old Colony Elder Services; North River Home Care; Age in Place New England; Life Care Center of Plymouth; EasCare Ambulance Service; Visiting Angels; Spaulding Rehabilitation Network; Cahoon Care; and Gentiva Home ... (more)

The following information was provided by the Easton Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, they do not indicate conviction.

R. Michael Wall, guest curator of the New Bedford Whaling Museum's exhibit, 'The Art of the Ship Model,' holds the museum's smallest ship model with the Lagoda - the world's largest ship model - in the background.

It's cute that the Joint Committee on Education scheduled a hearing on a slew of bills related to charter schools during National Charter School Awareness Month.

A Boston man wanted for questioning in connection with the death of his ex-wife who was found dead in her Stoughton home has been captured.

An 18-year-old Taunton man was stabbed to death in Brockton early Saturday morning, according to the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office and Brockton Police.

SEWER COMING TO SOUTH STOUGHTON? The town's efforts to put sewerage on Park Street towards the Brockton line doesn't look good.

Police have arrested a man and woman in Brockton who were both wanted for allegedly robbing banks in Hingham and a New Hampshire town.

Courtesy of New Bedford Whaling Museum Dartmouth artist Nancy Train Smith installs a school of her terracotta fish on the roof of the New Bedford Whaling Museum.

A 17-year-old Brockton girl was killed and four young adults were injured early Sunday after the 1999 Volkswagen they were riding in crashed into a utility pole near 265 Westgate Dr.

In the wake of the early morning shooting which took place outside Whiplash nightclub on Wyman St.

A four-way race for mayor is shaping up in Brockton, pitting a city councilor, a local health department code enforcement officer, and a retired businessman against incumbent Linda Balzotti, who is seeking a third term in the top job.

An early morning fire in Mattapan injured three firefighters and displaced six residents, according to a Boston fire department spokesman.

OpenCape, the regional broadband system, could be up and running by the middle or end of June, said officials from CapeNet, the private company that installed the system.

William T. Bystrom was a member of the Covenant Congregational Church in Easton.

The One Fund Boston, set up by Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Gov. Deval Patrick to support Marathon bombing victims, has raised $20 million in just over one week.