Plympton News

Thanksgiving Day conjures up nostalgic images of warm gatherings of family and friends and steamy kitchens filled with the aroma of roasting turkeys.

The Halifax After School Activities Program is currently accepting registrations for the upcoming 2009-2010 school year.

I am a Taurus. Well, that's my sun sign. And I am addicted to astrology. I realized this yesterday, when I had a panic attack.

Who: Living editor Steve Greenlee, his wife, and their three kids What: Navigating a corn maze Where: Sauchuk Farm, Plympton They say getting lost is half the fun.

Repeating a pattern evident in recent years, the spread of mosquito-borne viruses is accelerating in the waning days of summer, public health authorities reported this afternoon.

A day in court for a 76-year old Plympton woman charged with hitting and killing a 7-year old boy in Halifax last month.

Share + Aug 19, 2009 1:16 pm US/Eastern HALIFAX An elderly driver charged with killing a little boy inA Halifax last month had nothing to say about the crash in court Wednesday.

Herbert Leroy Whitaker IV, known as "Royce," was a "special kid" who loved Star Wars and was fascinated by dinosaurs, according to his uncle.

Share + Jul 26, 2009 5:00 pm US/Eastern Reporting Bill Shields HALIFAX 1 of 1 Vehicles zip along busy Rte.

Marcia B. Chadbourne, 76, of Plympton and Zeggai S. Malu, 71, of Somerville were both deemed "immediate threats" by the RMV, records show.

Police have charged a 76-year-old Massachusetts woman with motor vehicle homicide in the death of a 7-year-old boy who was hit by a car while riding a bicycle with his father in a marked crosswalk in Halifax.

A 7-year-old boy has been struck and killed by a 76-year-old driver. Halifax police said that Marcia Chadbourne, of Plympton, hit the boy crossing a Halifax crosswalk on a bicycle on Saturday.

Police said a raid on a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Carver netted a cache of cocaine, pills, marijuana and large amount of cash, and the hall was also cited for liquor license violations.

What good is a vacation if you spend your time away worrying about the kitties you left at home? People often find themselves asking this question when they leave the family cat alone for a few days with enough food, water and cat litter.

Denise Brack started the Hope Floats Healing & Wellness Center in Kingston to provide a welcoming place for people coping with grief.

An unusual spate of animal cases continues to go before the Appeals Court. On Friday, the court issued an unpublished decision in the case of a Plympton woman who was convicted of 45 counts of animal cruelty in April 2007.