Seekonk News

The state is lauding local Christmas tree sales. On Friday, state Agricultural Resources Commissioner Scott Soares, joined by local lawmakers, wielded an ax and chopped down a tree from Pierce's Tree Farm in Lunenburg.

NORTHFIELD, Ma. Johnny Gregorek was hoping to finish his final season on the cross-country trails with an individual state crown.

The Modified Racing Series has organized an 18 race schedule for 2010. Series founder and President Jack Bateman made the announcement Saturday night, November 21, at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center , W, Springfield , MA .

To accommodate the increasing needs of patients who have chronic pain, especially a growing number from communities west of Fall River and in the East Bay communities of Rhode Island, Saint Anne's Pain Management Center has expanded to include a new 11,000-square-foot center here that opened Nov.

Attention Shane Murphy: The Somali Community Association of Ohio wants to take you out to dinner and ask for your help in protecting the Indian Ocean from pirates.

I'm totally bummed. On the Happiness Index Rhode Island is 37th out of the 50 states.

In an effort to extend their growing client base, RI Wedding and Event DJ's Ra-Mu and the Crew purchase Select Sound Entertainment.

The sixth annual awards banquet will be held at the Clarion Hotel, 1080 Riverdale St , West Springfield , MA .

Craig Lyne, who has spent 11 years in various capacities with the United States Post Office, was sworn in as the postmaster of the Swansea office during a ceremony held at the office on Thursday.

Deval Patrick unveiled another round of budget cuts yesterday to close a $600 million shortfall, a legislative committee considered measures to expand gambling in Massachusetts.

Robert Haynes, president of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, won the biggest applause from the audience in the Gardner Auditorium that was packed with union members when he praised the House committee for holding an impartial hearing that was denied under former Speaker Salvatore DiMasi.

The Rhode Island Department of Health has scheduled school-based H1N1 vaccination clinics over a 28-day period starting this week.

A natural gas leak late Thursday morning forced the evacuation of several businesses along parts of Highland Avenue in Seekonk, fire officials said.

Northeastern Midget Association racer Randy Cabral made it two for two at Twin State Speedway at Claremont, New Hampshire.

Today at 12:15 pm, fifty items will be put up for auction on ebay as part of the Great Athlete Auction .

Just when I thought I'd adequately covered the subject of Idiocy on RI roadways, I decided to drive home from work yesterday.

We installed AFM F-42 camshafts at Dez Racing and picked up a bunch of power. The cams were designed to work with stock valvesprings or aftermarket ones.

At its leadership meeting held recently at Six Flags in Agawam, one of Panera Bread's foremost franchises, the Howley Bread Group Ltd., based in Cumberland, recognized a number of its employees for excellence and leadership during the second quarter of 2009.

Ron DiPietro & Sons of Seekonk is the recipient of Mutual Oil Company's Silver Pinnacle Award for Excellence.

A former Massachusetts high school principal has been sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to having images of child pornography on his home computers.