Attleboro News

With the Mansfield High School students and special guests such as Wally the Green Monster on hand, the annual Special Olympics pep rally was held for the 24 students who will compete in the Attleboro Day Games on May 21 at North Attleboro High School.

The city of Attleboro has renewed its contract with the food services company that created a national ruckus when its workers denied lunch to about two dozen middle school students whose account balances were in arrears.

A high-school student from Townsend and a Attleboro man were seriously injured after their vehicles collided on Townsend Street in Pepperell early Sunday, according to published reports.

Early Friday morning, Mansfield fire and local departments providing mutual aid assisted with extinguishing a fire located in a set of apartments on 15 Fulton Place.

City Councilor Jay DiLisio and his supporters will gather Sunday at Scorpio's in downtown Attleboro for a "family friendly" event to kick off his re-election campaign, the councilor wrote in a press release.

The following is an edited press release from the Attleboro Police Department : As motorists take to the roads this Memorial Day holiday, Chief Kyle Heagney and the Attleboro Police Department are urging everyone to buckle up.

The Norton Board of Selectmen approved a request from a resident to place memorial bench on Evergreen Beach.

Smoking in the car with the young ones in the backseat, or even the frontseat, could become illegal.

Attleboro Chris Pennisi and Paul Albrecht opened Park Street Pizza four years ago, and Pennisi said it was a childhood dream come true.

There will be at least two people competing for the Ward 2 city council seat this fall in the Attleboro election.

May 10 *11:27 a.m. Matthew R. Paige, 22, of Mansfield and Rene J. LaPalme, 27, of Woonsocket were arrested at 1419 West St.

It will be a magical Sunday at Attleboro High School when the United Regional Chamber of Commerce takes over to present two free magic shows targeted toward children, but that the whole family can enjoy.

An Attleboro man was among five Massport employees indicted this week by the Suffolk County Grand Jury for allegedly taking bribes in exchange for preferential treatment for taxi cab drivers picking up passengers at Logan Airport, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said.

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A West Roxbury resident was among five Massport employees indicted on Tuesday for their involvement in an alleged bribery scheme at Logan Airport's cab stands.

The 2,932-square-foot colonial-style house at 18 Willow Creek Drive in Attleboro is for sale.

School Committee member Brenda Furtado, who represents Ward 4, was certified for the fall ballot this week after submitting her nomination papers along with at least 50 signatures from Attleboro voters.

Luciano V. Flor, "Lucky," age 92, of New Bedford, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 11, 2013, at his home surrounded by family and friends after a period of declining health.

The Jeff Bailey 2014 campaign will begin tonight in Mansfield. State Rep. Shaunna O'Connell is hosting a fundraiser tonight in Mansfield for Bailey's campaign committee.

We are deep into spring, but you can't expect every day and night to be beautiful and warm.