Rockland News

As Massachusetts fugitive Gary Irving started a new life, married and became a parent, none of the women he was convicted of raping in 1978 was ever able to do the same, victim family members testified Thursday.

Mayflower Bank will merge with Rockland Trust Company by the end of the year if federal regulators and Mayflower stockholders approve an agreement signed by the parent corporations of the two banks.

A man convicted of raping three women in Massachusetts faces sentencing more than three decades after he fled the state and began living a secret life in Maine.

As of Wednesday, the football field and track at the high school will be closed until further notice as crews begin the installation of the artificial turf field.

The third person police sought in connection with an armed robbery behind Flaherty Elementary School last Sunday night has been arrested and charged with several crimes.