Norfolk County News

CORRECTIONS In the article published June 19th, "Time-traveling in Chinatown," Ping On Alley is located between Edinboro and Oxford streets, instead of between Oxford St.

A handful of powerful thunderstorms moved through the state on Saturday afternoon, whipping up penny-sized hail and lightning in several communities.

Jun 24, 2009 5:43 pm US/Eastern WEYMOUTH "Mosquitos are stacked up like airplanes waiting to take off." That's the word from a Norfolk County mosquito expert, who says that after all the wet weather we've had, the coming sunshine this weekend will create a paradise for the blood-sucking insects.

Two area men have been charged with first-degree murder as prosecutors say they shot a drug dealer in the back before dismembering him and "cooking" him at a Walpole concrete business to destroy the body.

A 4-year-old Stoughton girl died overnight after she was struck by a car while riding a scooter on a family walk Saturday, according to the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office.

The Norfolk County District Attorney's office said Wednesday that the smoldering body found in the Blue Hills Reservation in Quincy on Saturday is that of a Plymouth woman.

Friends and acquaintances of the local man who prosecutors say was killed and dismembered in a Walpole concrete business reacted with horror to the news of his death.

Authorities identified the woman whose body was found smoldering in the Blue Hills Reservation last Saturday.

The Norfolk County District Attorney's office has received tips from the public about the identity of a body found smoldering in the Blue Hills Reservation in Quincy on Saturday.

A suspect in the alleged murder of a suspected drug dealer who authorities say was dismembered and then cooked made a pit stop in Wellesley involving a car exchange that was caught on tape, according to a Norfolk County assistant district attorney.

DA: Murder Victim 'Dismembered, Cooked' Jun 8, 2009 1:11 pm US/Eastern DA: Murder Victim 'Dismembered, Cooked' WRENTHAM A Massachusetts Turnpike toll collector and an assistant football coach at Xaverian Brothers High School have been charged with a brutal murder.

A football assistant Xaverian Brothers High School and a toll taker for the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority were arrested and charged with the first-degree murder of a Guatamalan construction worker who went missing just over two months ago, but whose body has not been found, Norfolk County District Attorney William Keating said today.

A man accused of fatally stabbing his blind aunt at her Plainville home and hiding her body in a closet has been indicted, moving his case to Superior Court.

State health authorities have confirmed 63 new cases of swine flu in Massachusetts, raising the total to 413 since the outbreak began.

THE TALKING is over. Chanting and holding hands failed to bring peace. So, at low tide tomorrow a lonely Norfolk beach will host the latest confrontation between druids, eco-warriors and the law.

A Norfolk delegation of flood-siren campaigners won the backing of a government minister yesterday for a key part of their ongoing battle.

Twenty-six new cases of swine flu have been confirmed in Massachusetts, raising the total to 167.

Lawyers, court officers, and others filled a courtroom at Norfolk Superior Courthouse in Dedham on Law Day earlier this month.

State Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill said Tuesday it will be "virtually impossible" to build a commuter rail line to the city and Fall River without a major turnaround in the state's economy.

State health officials say they have confirmed 13 new swine flu cases in Massachusetts, raising the total to 101 since the outbreak began last month.