Brockton News

Bridgewater: Friday, Battle of the Bands, East Bridgewater Commercial Club, 7 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m., parade; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., arts and crafts festival, food, games, music at Boyden Hall, Bridgewater State College.

A 22-year-old Brockton man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the armed robbery and assault of two fishermen at Gooseberry Island in Westport.

On July 1, 2009 Brockton resident Licino Fernandes Lopes, age 22 of 11 Nye Square in Brockton was arrested in connection with an armed robbery that occurred at Gooseberry Island on June 27th at approximately 5:45AM. During the robbery two fishermen were next to the shoreline when the group of Cape Verde men approached them.

The New Republic might think that it's a two candidate race to be Boston's mayor, but our old friends at Drinking Liberally are more open minded.

A staple on the Canadian Tour, Rob Oppenheim isn't used to winning in front of friends and family, or even playing in front of them, for that matter.

Positions available at SZ Midnight Shift - Looking for independent contractor to work as copywriter for the 12:00am to 3:00am shift.

Matt Malone's long search for a new job may have ended - in Brockton. The School Committee of that South Shore city has voted 4-3 to offer him the position of superintendent.

Nicole M. Barros was behind the wheel Wednesday afternoon when she struck 5-year-old Brandy Rix as she walked in a Route 139 crosswalk with her mom and three siblings, police and family said.

Kaili Xu Jun 19, 2009 The inability of solving the same issues over years is one of the major reasons that young adults lose confidence in government.

Jun 18, 2009 5:52 pm US/Eastern Reporting Bill Shields ABINGTON Five-year-old Brandi Rix was in stable condition Thursday, after being struck by a van Wednesday in Abington while she and her mother were crossing North Street.

Police responded to the Residence Inn by Marriott at 7 a.m. for a report of a car break-in. Christine Mendyk, 49, of 139 Rocky Pond Road, Boylston, was arrested at 2:42 p.m. and charged with giving a false name to a police officer following a motor vehicle stop on Liberty Street.

When jurors convicted Tari Richardson for shooting at a Brockton police officer, he surged toward the 12 jurors and was only prevented from smashing into them by a handful of court officers and police officers who wrestled him to the ground.

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The daughter of Raynham dog track owner George Carney has been charged with arranging a sham marriage between a police officer and a German woman seeking to stay in the U.S. Maura Carney, general manager of the Brockton Fair, was arrested at her home Wednesday by federal immigration agents.

With public services cut to the bone, and pink slips fluttering in fire stations, libraries, and schools, members of the Brockton City Council say they won't support the mayor's $311.5 million operating budget next week unless the highest paid among more than three dozen non-union city employees take unpaid furloughs.

A 23-year-old Brockton man was arraigned today in Stoughton District Court on a charge of attempted armed bank robbery after allegedly planning a stickup at a Stoughton bank Monday.

Jun 8, 2009 8:59 pm US/Eastern STOUGHTON Police in Stoughton received a tip that helped them foil a planned bank robbery.

A Brockton man is facing charges that he fatally stabbed another man outside a city bar at about closing time over the weekend.

Police arrested 32 vendors accused of selling counterfeit goods valued in the thousands at a local flea market Sunday.

My grandfather worked for the George E. Keith Shoe Co. in Brockton from 1924-1943, so I had more than the usual interest when I heard Fuller Craft Museum was doing a shoe-related exhibit.