Whitman News

Residents in a number of area communities will see fewer police officers and teachers and closed library branches and fire stations as local officials confront the reality of an approximately 30 percent cut in noneducation local aid from the state.

Maine man suffered second- and third-degree burns over 70 percent of his body in Abington on Saturday night after holding a 2-gallon gasoline container next to a friend's outdoor fire pit, fire officials said.

The South End. Too Much Parking. It's certainly not often these two phrases meet.

Apocalypse Now , the first two films in the Godfather sequence, The Cotton Club - these films, which are not about individuals but large movements of time and people, reveal a directorial power that can grasp the big picture, the Whitmanian "all" that determines the shapes and substance of singular experiences.

Butter tart recipes, sure? How to tie the perfect knot? Maybe. The top antique boats of Muskoka? Why not.

Work will begin on a new high school in Norwood following groundbreaking Wednesday.

Looks like yesterday was a big day in the insurance world. According to a couple of articles I read this morning, Geico is finally here like they promised and apparently Allstate is on the way.

WHITMAN, Mass. -- A baby sitter who rescued four children from a deadly fire in Whitman on Saturday was burned when she ran back into the house to try to save their grandmother, The Patriot Ledger reports.

A 73-year-old Whitman woman died in a two-alarm fire that was stoked by medical oxygen tanks inside her house, but her four grandchildren and a babysitter were able to escape, fire officials said.

The First Baptist Church of Whitman is closing at the end of June, after nearly 200 years as a place of worship and fellowship for generations of area residents.

Looking for a safe way to dispose of your old electronic equipment? Housing For All Corp./CHAMP Homes of Hyannis can help.

The FBI wants his advice, publishers are seeking to put out his book and Hollywood producers are vying to make his movie.

PLYMOUTH, MA, May 02, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Pinehills is pleased to announce that Whitman Homes, one of the 10 premiere builders at the community, has been awarded a 2009 Guildmaster Award for exceptional customer satisfaction for the third year in a row.

By KAREN HARAM When it comes to chocolate-chip cookies, people want to be carried away by the masterful blend of buttery dough, sweet vanilla and creamy chocolate that mark a perfect homemade cookie.Chocolatier Jacques Torres gives you that and a chewy, crisp-around-the-edges texture to boot.

When it comes to chocolate chip cookies, people want to be carried away by the masterful blend of buttery dough, sweet vanilla and creamy chocolate that mark a perfect homemade cookie.

Face Transplant Donor Revealed Apr 15, 2009 2:05 pm US/Eastern Face Transplant Donor Revealed BROOKLINE The wife of a Massachusetts man whose tissue was donated forA the nation's second face transplant says her husband told her before heart transplant surgery that he wanted to donate his organs if he didn't survive the operation.

Whitman-based Mutual Bank has launched a $20-million mortgage solution fund, designed to help homeowners and prospective homeowners dealing with the mortgage crisis.

New York has the whole Manhattan-went-for-$24-in-trinkets thing. And Massachusetts has this: A tract that includes Bridgewater and parts of Abington, East Bridgewater, Rockland, West Bridgewater, Whitman, and ...

Clarke is the author of Boston Curiosities: A History of Extraordinary Personalities, Portentous Places, and Singular Events.

"In 2000, warned me that the relationship between the New York and Boston SEC offices was about as warm and friendly as the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry and that New York doesn't like to receive tips from Boston," ...