Scituate News

A south shore man became the first person in the United States to receive the world's newest bionic hand.

The Beacon Hill Civic Association partnered with the Beacon Hill Business Association last Tuesday to co-sponsor a presentation at Hampshire House on the Shop Local movement, which promotes the hidden benefits of patronizing locally owned businesses and purchasing locally sourced goods.

As a lawyer who works in Silicon Valley and Cambridge, Massachusetts, Len Nannarone has helped his fair share of tech companies.

Holly Hill Farm is having a farm-to-table dinner on Saturday, an event at which participants will visit the asparagus field and then dine on the crop.

In Milton, challenger Kathleen M. Conlon unseated Robert C. Sweeney in the race for a selectman's seat while most of the other races in town went to incumbents.

Braintree will see a new route and shifted lineup for its 4th of July Parade this year after concerns over rising costs led to a change in leadership.

Downy mildew threatened the common impatiens used in the landscape, impatiens walleriana, also known as "busy Lizzie." The problem became widespread in the Northeast late last summer.