Raynham News

German toy maker Steiff has settled an $80 million lawsuit filed in June accusing the company's CEO of conducting a yearslong campaign of unwelcome advances toward a U.S. marketing executive and raping her, a lawyer for the company said Wednesday.

Massachusetts is moving incrementally toward expanded gambling. The House approved a bill today extending simulcasting at the state's two dog racing tracks until July 31.

Massachusetts will honor the armed forces with a series of observances through Veterans Day on Wednesday.

Diane Kozak, the author of "Full Circle 911" and "Exposing Eurabia", will meet with 25 students at the Wareham Cooperative Junior/Senior High School on Nov.

Share + Nov 4, 2009 7:14 pm US/Eastern Reporting Bill Shields The doors at the Raynham-Taunton dog track just closed a little tighter today, after the State Racing Commission denied a request for simulcasting after January 1, 2010.

The three-member panel voted 2-1 to deny the petition from two separate entities that run dog racing at the track, said commission spokesman Jason Lefferts.

The Dartmouth High School marching band took second place in Division 5 of the New England Scholastic Band Association finals held at Bridgewater-Raynham High School on Sunday evening.

Casinos. Resort-style gambling. Slot machines at race tracks. Video lottery terminals.

Massachusetts is on track to approve expanded gambling, and proponents pushing for the same thing here say it's now more important than ever that New Hampshire gets into the game.

CHANCES INCREASE House and Senate leaders have voiced agreement with Governor Deval Patrick on casinos Developers hoping to build a resort casino along Interstate 495 in Milford revealed last night that they are prepared to inject up to $800 million initially into a project that could generate about 7,000 jobs.

Caption: Tom Cruise , Katie Holmes with their daughter Suri leaving the Nike store Boston, MA .... TOM CRUISE and CAMERON DIAZ thrilled special needs students by treating them to a meet-and-greet on the set of their latest movie last month .

It has been confirmed by the Superintendenta s office that two students at LaLiberte Elementary School at 77 Pleasant Street in Raynham, MA have swine flu.

"We're trying to overturn ballot question 3 so we can continue live racing," said Linda Jenson, a Plainfield, Conn.-based breeder and president of nonprofit Protection of Working Animals and Handlers Inc.

Pressure from judges, legislators, and family members has won at least a temporary reprieve from closure for the state's only locked drug and alcohol treatment center for men civilly committed by the courts.

At least five bullets ripped through a two-story house in Raynham early Thursday that belongs to the pastor of a church in Dorchester, missing eight family members who were sleeping inside, authorities said.

Bridgewater-Raynham is pumped for High School Friday. Check out their Spirit Bump!

At least five shots were fired at a home early Thursday as a family of eight slept, police said.

Mobile-home owners pay rent to property owners for the land on which their homes sit.

While the state's legislative leaders remain committed to expanding gambling opportunities, the issue has been bumped off the fast track.

The mosquito alert level was raised Thursday from moderate to high in Raynham and Easton after three mosquito samples, including one mammal-biting species, tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis in Easton.