Kingston News

Town Clerk Randy Hanson will retire in March after more than 20 years working at Town Hall.

Preschool enrolling in Shrewsbury SHREWSBURY - The Parker Road Preschool and the Little Colonials, both public school programs, enroll students by lottery each year.

Santa will meet children during his annual Christmas Eve visit, and then travel through neighborhoods across town.

The bail set by Plymouth District Court Judge Thomas F. Brownell sparked outrage this week when John H. Gardner, 26, was charged with another alleged child rape, this time a 3-year-old girl in Kingston.

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If you received a new microwave, toy or coat, what should you do with the old one in your closet? Join www.freecycle.org, a non-profit that provides a network for giving away household items.

Maintenance work to replace faulty track parts will cause regular delays and schedule changes this winter for South Shore residents who travel by commuter rail, according to the company that operates the trains.

The girl and her 8-year-old brother were being asked to testify today at Plymouth District Court, according to Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz.

Republican lawmaker is drafting legislation today to require courts to hold dangerousness hearings in child sexual assault cases after a Kingston man free on bail on a child rape charge allegedly raped a 3-year-old girl early Saturday morning.

"He's probably going to get probation or something silly and he might hurt somebody else,'' the Kingston mom told the Herald.

About 100 billion plastic bags end up in U.S. landfills each year, and less than 1 percent of bags used are recycled.

The ongoing recession is prompting the town of Kingston to send out a "help wanted" letter.

The Halifax After School Activities Program is currently accepting registrations for the upcoming 2009-2010 school year.

A Kingston teen who with three youths is accused of toppling 91 gravestones and a large concrete Veterans of Foreign Wars memorial in Kingston on Veterans Day pleaded not guilty yesterday in Plymouth District Court on dozens of vandalism charges.

Sanctuary in Plymouth and Kingston, Massachusetts is offering free classes for Thanksgiving.Yoga is a great way to relax and get rid of the tensions holidays often bring.

Q: I recall back in the early 1970s watching a TV series called "UFO." I think it was produced by the BBC and lasted maybe two years when it was mysteriously yanked off the air.

As people and communities across Massachusetts honored the sacrifice and commitment of the nation's military personnel on Veterans Day, vandals in one town were doing the opposite.

Vandals knocked over a veterans memorial in Kingston and overturned dozens of headstones at a nearby cemetery.

A woman was arrested in Kingston Thursday after she attempted to cash a stolen check at a Bank of America.

Mark Robinson, a Forster Lane resident and president of New Day Energy, offered to purchase, permit and install a wind turbine on town-owned land, possibly Kingston Elementary School.