Charlton News

Police yesterday arrested a 26-year-old JC Penney sales associate they say raped a child in a changing room inside the department store on Route 131.

A JC Penney department store sales associate is facing rape charges in court today after he allegedly sexually assaulted a young boy in a changing room inside the store.

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Charlton Fire Captain Kerry J. Mason, who had been facing a charge of assault and battery, has been placed on pre-trial probation and is currently working.

Charlton Street School Principal Bryant C. Montigny was found not guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol today at his bench trial at Dudley District Court.

A Charlton man who allegedly stabbed a teenager and later assaulted an officer was ordered held Wednesday pending a dangerousness hearing next Monday.

A 52-year-old Charlton man was charged today with allegedly stabbing a 17-year-old Charlton man, who was in serious condition tonight.

The Auxiliary of Charlton Memorial Hospital announced that this year's recipient of its school supply donation program is the first grades at the John J. Doran School in Fall River.

Clinton Town appeals order barring rifle range use CLINTON - Town Solicitor Robert B. Gibbons told selectmen Tuesday night that an appeal of a cease-and-desist order against Clinton police firearms training at the town-owned former firing range in Lancaster has been filed with the Lancaster Zoning Board of Appeals.

Firefighters head into the garage at Lamountain's Service Center on Route 169 in Charlton, where a fire in one of the bays caused heavy smoke to billow out the doors yesterday morning, not long after emergency crews had battled a brush fire on Davidson Road.

As her backseat passenger chatted her up, Jennifer Nhan seemed distracted as she pulled away in her Honda Accord.

The state Registry of Motor Vehicles has ruled out closing the Charlton branch despite a recent loss of millions in budget cuts.

Proposed cuts in state aid to libraries have area directors preparing to rally lawmakers at the State House tomorrow.

Orchid lovers and vendors from as far away as Michigan attended the Massachusetts Orchid Society's annual show and sale at Tower Hill Botanic Garden this weekend.

A Charlton man faces charges of attempted murder and assault and battery after allegedly attacking his girlfriend.

A Charlton teen faces charges after allegedly threatening to blow up Shepherd Hill Regional High School on a day when students were remembering the Columbine massacre.

Harrington Hospital this week installed Ronald P. Carlson, chief financial officer of Hyde Group, Inc., as board chairman.

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A Charlton man who delivered 3 kilograms of cocaine in a pizza box pleaded guilty yesterday to narcotics charges in U.S. District Court.

While getting acquainted with her new work surroundings at Karl Storz Endoscopy - America Inc., Sharon Duhamel of Charlton knew she had been here before.