Norfolk News

The Senate Judiciary Committee favorably reported Senate Bill 829 an Act relative to the protection of off duty firefighters and emergency medical technicians out of committee at a public hearing held May 7. Lead sponsor, Senator Jim Timilty Walpole, Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety, filed this bill along ... (more)

By the end of the month, mosquito spraying will be start in Norfolk, Wrentham, and Plainville.

The Powerball jackpot will hit $350 million for Wednesday's drawing. Though not the largest Powerball cash payout, the jackpot is inching closer to the $384 million that was given out in November 2012 in Arizona and Missouri.

It costs $1,420 less to get a colonoscopy in our your county than in Suffolk County.

The Bay State chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving isn't backing a federal proposal to lower the legal blood-alcohol limit from .08 to .05, saying there are better ways to make the roads safer.

A former Brockton man who was allegedly armed when he was shot by the State Police in 2006 was given a new trial on attempted murder charges after the state's highest court ruled Tuesday that a Norfolk County prosecutor was wrong to call Joshua Lewis a "street thug'' in his closing argument.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 30S. * TIMING...AFTER 2 AM. * IMPACTS...AREAS OF FROST HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DAMAGE SOME CROPS AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

Classes will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday to Friday. For details and registration form, please visit Plainville Summer Learning Academy .

The following is a press release from the office of Norfolk County District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey: Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey was at the State House this past week, standing with Rep.

Wrentham town appraiser Steven McCarthy presented selectmen with an idea on to help citizens connect faster to their town government Tuesday.

Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey was at the State House this week, standing with Rep.

Norfolk said yes and now it will be up to Wrentham and Plainville to improve an increase in the school funding for the King Philip School District At Tuesday's annual town meeting, Norfolk voters approved $525,472 or eight-percent increase, according to a report in the Sun Chronicle.

Foxborough Police say they have linked two suspects recently arrested in Norfolk to a string of house breaks in town over the past few weeks .

Stoughton Police were called to perform a well-being check at the Glen Echo Boulevard home of 46-year-old Anita Clark at about 7:20 p.m., said Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey in a phone interview.

Here's a glance at the safety log for Sunday and Monday. Sunday, April 28 3:25 a.m., Causeway Street.

Sweatt Beach will open for the 2013 season on Saturday, June 15, and will remain open seven days a week through Sunday, Aug.

The 2013 town and state primary elections are taking place today in Wrentham, and town clerk Carol Mollica said turnout is, so far, fairly low.

The following is the voting information for Norfolk, Plainville and in Wrentham today.

Our weekday morning column, 5 Things You Need to Know, provides you with information that can help you plan your day and give you some fodder for water cooler conversations.

Medfield Patch recently sat down with State Rep. Dan Winslow at Blue Moon to discuss his run for State Senator.