Plymouth News

A 52- year-old inmate at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility has died in an apparent suicide earlier today, according to Massachusetts officials.

Clicking on the Web -- Howard Lestrud, ECM Online Managing Editor -- Prior to making your mouth water about the wonderful food offerings to be featured on the Thanksgiving table, just take a few moments to recall why you are thankful.

Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray joined hundreds of relatives, friends, soldiers and well-wishers paying tribute to a U.S. paratrooper who died while trying to save a comrade in Afghanistan.

Of those, the military reports 649 were killed by hostile action. Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 72 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Army Sergeant Benjamin Sherman made his final journey home this morning. Benjamin Sherman The procession bringing the 21-year-old soldier's casket from Hanscom Air Force Base was welcomed by onlookers paying their respects as it traveled along the picturesque beachfront and into the quiet residential Manomet neighborhood to a funeral home.

Authorities have ruled that the death of a Mattapoisett couple last week was a murder-suicide. A joint statement from the Plymouth district attorney's office and Mattapoisett police released Wednesday says 74-year-old Shirley Battistelli was strangled, while 78-year-old Joseph Battistelli died of a gunshot wound to the head.

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The wind and rain that occurred was a slight trace of Tropical Storm Ida that left thousands without power and caused some major flooding in states along the East Coast.

Ryan Corbett was arrested after the 11:45 p.m. crash on Rocky Pond Road on Thursday in Plymouth and charged with motor vehicle homicide, operating under the influence of liquor and operating to endanger, said Plymouth Police Capt.

One person was killed in a car accident in Plymouth Thursday night. The car hit a tree on Rocky Pond Road, killing a 23-year-old passenger.

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A 31-year-old Middleboro man was arrested Tuesday on charges of rape and assault and battery, police said.

Relatives of a U.S. paratrooper whose body was recovered from a river in western Afghanistan are calling him a hero.

A man with ties to South Plymouth is reportedly one of two Army paratroopers found dead today in Afghanistan.

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The state has hired a consultant to study the sustainability of the fuel supply for wood-burning ''biomass'' power plants.

A US Airways mechanic is accused of stealing from planes that were sitting overnight at Logan Airport.

May C. Simmons, aged 75 years, of Lakeville, passed away peacefully on November 2, 2009, close to her family at Jordan Hospital, Plymouth, after a brief illness.

Lesa Sverid, 44, of Plymouth, Mass., had two lumpectomies, a sentinel node biopsy, and a mastectomy-all in the same year.

For the past two years, Tracy Chevrolet Cadillac has honored local high school students for their accomplishments inside and outside the classroom with the monthly Driven Student award.