Plymouth County News

One man was killed and two others were hurt after an early morning shooting at a gas station in Brockton, police said.

Much-anticipated construction on the new Hanover High School has been delayed by a dispute over a contract on the project.

PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MA November 24, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- According to the National Family Caregivers Association, more than 50 million people in the U.S. provide care for a chronically ill, disabled or an elderly family member or friend.

What is your role as Plymouth County Administrator? I manage the day-to-day activities of the Plymouth County government on behalf of three elected County Commissioners to put it in business lingo, I act as the county's CEO under the direction of the commissioners acting as the Board of Directors.

A 52- year-old inmate at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility has died in an apparent suicide earlier today, according to Massachusetts officials.

Jordan Hospital of Plymouth, a 155-bed community hospital serving a dozen towns in Plymouth and Barnstable counties, said it has formed a clinical affiliation with Boston's Tufts Medical Center and its Floating Hospital for Children.

The Plymouth County district attorney's office is now treating the case of a Mattapoisett couple found dead in their home last week as a murder-suicide, after determining that 74-year-old Shirley Battistelli was strangled to death.

The city turned a record-breaking $271,000 profit during October, thanks mainly to its parking garages and lots and higher parking meter rates.

Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz and Mattapoisett Police Chief Mary Lyons announced that two people were found dead today in their home in Mattapoisett.

Transparent, respectable government still eludes Wareham, as a questionable hiring process for the town administrator follows on the heels of one selectman's suggestion that he would try to reverse Town Meeting in a spring ballot referendum.

Radio Talk Show Host Michele McPhee, a Herald contributor, is a radio talk show host on WTKK and an author.

Thomas Garnett might not have known it was the police kicking in his door Thursday morning at 21 Shawmut Ave., family members said.

A new Edward Jones office has opened at 1436 Iyannough Road in Hyannis. Financial adviser Lee W. Hill has extensive financial experience and has worked at UBS and Bank of America.

Town officials in Tyngsboro are standing behind newly hired Chief Assessor Joseph Gibbons, despite his involvement in two controversial incidents and the seizure of his work computer by Rockland officials that preceded his resignation there in August.

The state police bomb squad was called to an East Bridgewater bank Tuesday after a suspicious package was left at the counter.

The state police bomb squad was called to an East Bridgewater bank Tuesday after a suspicious package was found.

DATELINE: PLYMOUTH COUNTY AND AVON; EASTON AND STOUGHTON, MAa Old Colony Elder Services of Brockton, one of 27 private, non-profit Aging Services Access Points in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts explained that the waiting list was imposed on September 8th and forty one days later, more than 1,000 people are waiting.

Hammers can resume swinging on two long-stalled housing projects in Plymouth and Wareham, now that the developers are assured of receiving federal stimulus money being distributed by the state Department of Housing and Community Development.

Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz today announced that Marvin Taitt of Brockton has been charged in connection with the shooting death of Steven Saint Louis which occurred on 09/05/09 in the City of Brockton.

The highest court in Massachusetts ruled Thursday that prosecutors improperly obtained the tape-recorded jail conversations of a teenager charged with killing a 15-year-old at a suburban Boston high school.