Raynham News

Walter Carlson of Raynham, Mass., recently donated two of his award-winning replicas of covered bridges to the Covered Bridge Museum at the Bennington Center for the Arts.

Citing a breakdown in contract negotiations, the School Department announced Wednesday that newly appointed Dartmouth Middle School principal Derek J. Swenson has withdrawn from the position.

Albert Dias, of Carver, died peacefully in his home on June 7, 2009, after months of failing health.

The portraits of the dead were arranged in alphabetical order in rows of eight: an orderly grid of loss.

The daughter of Raynham dog track owner George Carney has been charged with arranging a sham marriage between a police officer and a German woman seeking to stay in the U.S. Maura Carney, general manager of the Brockton Fair, was arrested at her home Wednesday by federal immigration agents.

Jun 9, 2009 5:39 pm US/Eastern Reporting Kate Merrill 1 of 2 Jane Collins WBZ 2 of 2 Steiff Teddy Bear is a 129-year-old company that sells bears that can cost thousands of dollars and are prized by collectors.

A marketing executive for the renowned toymaker Steiff has filed an $80 million lawsuit accusing the company's CEO of raping her in a car amid a yearslong campaign of unwelcome advances.

Kevin Jenkins, 48, of Dorchester filled up his GMC Envoy XUV yesterday. ''I would still buy GM,'' he said.

The names and faces of young people killed, maimed and arrested from driving drunk over the last 20 years in SouthCoast fills a six-inch binder in Linda M. Pacheco's office.

Fire Chief Lance Benjamino was standing outside the high school auditorium at Tuesday night's town meeting when a resident approached and extended his hand.

Aldi Food Market recently leased 19,151 square feet and Dollar Tree leased 10,000 square feet of retail space at Cape Roads Crossing in Raynham.

Raynham Town Meeting voters unanimously approved a measure last Monday aimed at delaying closure of the Raynham-Taunton Greyhound Park until January 2012, but three days later, a State House vote indicated just how difficult their battle may be.

The Massachusetts Senate waded into the gambling debate Thursday, embracing a plan to join the multistate lottery game Powerball but rejecting proposals to add slot machines at racetracks and delay a ban on greyhound racing.

The Senate this afternoon voted resoundingly to defeat a proposal to allow the state's four racetracks to install slot machines -- for now.

Transportation specialists in Southeastern Massachusetts studying a troublesome 19-mile stretch of Interstate 495 that connects Route 24 in Raynham to Interstate 195 and Route 25 in Wareham say congestion problems will worsen unless some costly solutions are implemented.

Matthew Pina of Taunton was arraigned on charges stemming from a road rage incident in Raynham.

The Saturn of Dartmouth dealership is the latest casualty of the recent hardships of American car manufacturers.

Jon Chesto reports that Aldi has opened its first Massachusetts store, in Raynham.

PROS This 1900 three-unit house has been in the same family almost since it was built.

RAYNHAM, MA, April 26, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Kevin Wood, a resident of East Taunton and Michael Brennan, a resident of Raynham have been appointed as Inside Sales Consultants.