Norfolk News

Barnes and Noble in the Walpole Mall will hold a story time on Fri., June 1 at 10:30 a.m. This week's featured children's book is "Silly Doggy" by Adam Stower.A Admission is Free.

BROOKLINE, Mass. - The Boston suburb of Brookline wants out of Norfolk County. Brookline Town Meeting members voted 115-81 Tuesday to authorize selectmen to file a petition with the state asking that Brookline be allowed to secede from the county on July 1, 2013.

Police took videos containing child pornography from the suspect's home. Police say the man works for community television and makes videos of children's events.

Here are the highlights of the Sharon Fire log for May 20 to May 26, courtesy of the Sharon Fire Department : On Sunday, May 20 at 12:32 a.m., EMS responded to Interstate 95 North, and transported one person to the hospital.

The unemployment rate in the town of Stoughton fell below 6 percent in the month of April, according to numbers released by the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development last week.

The unemployment rate in the town of Wrentham fell for the second straight month in April, according to numbers released by the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development Tuesday.

A Norfolk woman who received probation for causing a fatal crash in Wrentham six years ago is expected to appear in Attleboro District Court Monday for allegedly causing a multi-vehicle crash early Sunday morning on Interstate 95 in Attleboro while under the influence of alcohol.

The Dover-Sherborn Gridiron Club will hold a "Touch-a-Truck" party at Dover-Sherborn High School on Saturday, May 19 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Children will be able to sit in the driver's seat and play on the following trucks: two fire trucks, a police car, a dump truck, a concrete mixer, a concrete pumper truck, a backhoe, a bulldozer, a ... (more)

Trooper Mark V. Lemieux of Norfolk, who served on the Bristol County Drug Task Force from 2002 to 2004, appeared in federal court Wednesday to face charges of conspiring to distribute OxyContin and using extortion to collect drug debts, according to the affidavit filed in U.S. District Court.

A Overcrowding in state jails is a growing problem , including limited quarters at the Norfolk County Correctional Center , Sheriff Michael Bellotti told theA Boston Globe .

But that was not going to stop anyone from hiring the controversial Carl Stanley McGee, the elephant, as the $121,000-a-year "interim" executive director of the new Massachusetts Gaming Commission.

The newly appointed interim head of the state gaming commission abruptly resigned Wednesday night, saying that the ''growing distractions'' created by allegations of sexual abuse against him had made it impossible to be effective in the job.

Norton had a good-size drop in its unemployment rate in March, according to data released last week by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.

A crowd of students came to the King Philip School Committee meeting Monday night to voice their thoughts on recent teacher layoffs.

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Medfield had its unemployment rate drop by nearly one percentage point in March, according to recently released data by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.

Outside the Harney Academy, an Irish dance school in Walpole, a sign in the front window congratulates Melissa McCarthy on her victory in the World Irish Dancing Championship in Belfast, Ireland.

A Foxborough had its unemployment rate drop by more than a percentage point in March, according to data released last week by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.

Sherborn Community Center , located at 3 Sanger St., Sherborn will host a Windows of Wildlife Program on Saturday, May 5th from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. See live birds and learn about the "Life Cycle of the Raptors" during this special program sponsored by the Friends of Sherborn Library.A This event is appropriate for ages 5 and older and is free ... (more)

Horace Mann was an American education reformer , and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1827 to 1833.