Plainville News

IDENTITY CRISIS: Jeremy Udden's role models for his first album were Joe Henderson and Joe Lovano - but he was listening to Beck and Wilco.

Reaction in Wrentham has been so strong against a plan for a new adult-entertainment district on 22 out-of-the-way acres at the Plainville line that town planners have scheduled another public hearing so all voices could be heard before a Town Meeting vote.

PLAINVILLE, MA : On Sept. 6, a daughter, Lillian Marshall Cyr, to Erin and Richard Cyr of Plainville, MA.

A proposal in Foxborough to use a breath analyzer to test students who appear inebriated during school hours is seen favorably in many area communities, including two school districts where officials already use the strategy to help them get a handle on underage drinking.

Share + Oct 9, 2009 6:14 pm US/Eastern Submit: Your Curiosity Reporting Karen Anderson SHARON Drivers in Sharon call it the "Little Dig" and they want to know when it's finally going to be finished.

School officials are planning to battle underage drinking here by not only allowing the use of Breathalyzers at dances and extracurricular events, but by deploying them in school buildings during the regular school day, if there is a suspicion of alcohol use.

A&E 's "Intervention" specialist Jeff Van Vonderen says he doesn't like to go all Sopranos when he confronts addicts in need of rehab - but ultimately the goal is to make them an offer they can't refuse! "The stereotype is the 'Sopranos' intervention where everybody gets together with the addict and kicks the crap out of him," he said.

It's been 37 years since Massachusetts voters sent a Republican to the U.S. Senate.

" Massachusetts appears poised to approve the building of resort-style casinos now that all three of the Bay State's top politicians have expressed support for expanded gaming.

A 19-year-old Cumberland man caught on a Plainville police officer's radar speeding south on Route 1A Tuesday night sped away from the officer and crashed moments later in North Attleboro, in an accident that ejected at least one person from the car and seriously injured a back-seat passenger.

Mass Sires Stakes contested at Plainridge Racecourse Thursday, September 03, 2009 - by Joe Hartmann, for Plainridge Racecourse Plainville, MA --- Sherry Berger's Al's Baby Girl led from gate-to-wire Thursday afternoon to capture a $7,363 3-year-old filly division of the Massachusetts Sire Stakes at Plainridge Racecourse in 1:59. It was a new ...

Millionaires collide in Beckwith Saturday, September 05, 2009 - by Joe Hartmann, for Plainridge Racecourse Plainville, MA --- Millionaires Special Report and defending champion Psiluvuheartbreaker look to add to their respective bankrolls as they compete in the $75,000 Bert Beckwith Memorial Pace XIV, the highlight of the Labor Day racing card, ...

Cinderella Guy seeks Beckwith win Friday, September 04, 2009 - by Joe Hartmann, for Plainridge Racecourse Plainville, MA --- Bulletproof Enterprises' Cinderella Guy, trained by the red-hot trainer Tracy Brainard, will be seeking to join elite company as the winner of the $75,000 Bert Beckwith Memorial Pace XIV, the feature event of the loaded Labor ...

Living Legends to race on Labor Day card at Plainridge Monday, August 31, 2009 - from Plainridge Racecourse Plainville, MA --- An array of the top harness racing drivers in New England history will be back in the sulky as part of the Labor Day racing card at Plainridge Racecourse.

As the first day of school creeps closer, the anxiety for students' return to academic life begins to grow.

Saxophonist and composer Udden here dives deeper into the jazz-pop connections he began to explore in his 2006 debut as a leader, Torchsongs .

Saxophonist and composer Udden here dives deeper into the jazz-pop connections he began to explore in his 2006 debut as a leader, Torchsongs .

With consumers gulping caffeine-laden energy drinks in record numbers, some school officials in Massachusetts are taking steps to curtail use of the popular high-octane beverages by schoolchildren.

Plainville [Fresh Sound, New Talent] A sleeper. And that truly rare thing in jazz these days, a total original.

Saxophonist Jeremy Udden creates a distinctive sound on "Plainville," both with the songs and the instruments of the band playing them.