Somerset News

Mr. and Mrs. Wikinson - Robert E. and Theresa Wilkinson of Drift Road, Westport, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with a cookout with family and friends at their home today.

A quest by members of a Fall River clan to end what they considered an illegal tax on grieving families ended yesterday when the state's high court said burial permit fees are legal.

In just four years, the city of Fall River and the town of Somerset will be joined by the largest bascule span on the East Coast.

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An 84-year-old man and his wife were hurt when the man lost control of his car and crashed into a Somerset storefront, police said.

The Somerset police say they have arrested one man and are searching for two other drug suspects after confiscating about $48,000 worth of marijuana at a self-storage facility.

BRADLEY: of Somerset, Sunday, May 17, 2009, Nelson R. "Brad," 82. Husband of Adelia Bradley.

Somerset Police are investigating how a toddler got injured by a lawnmower. The 2-year-old child was hit at her babysitter's home on William J. Higgins Road around 4:15 p.m. on Monday.

New England Gas Co. has agreed to test natural gas lines in a Somerset neighborhood that was the site of a fatal home explosion in February.

Andrew Thomas Lynch and Erin Kayte Lach were married on September 20, 2008, at The Church of St.

The South Coast Opera Club is offering a $1,000 scholarship to assist an individual in pursuing his or her musical education.

If your mission is to make coal less polluting, China is a good place to start. GreatPoint Energy , a start-up with technology to convert coal to cleaner-burning natural gas, expects to open a demonstration plant in China in three years.

A man and his nephew men have been indicted on charges that they stole customer information from a Somerset car dealership to fraudulently obtain credit cards.

The Office of Economic Development for the Town of Somerset, Massachusetts recently presented J&J Marine with their annual "Outstanding Business Achievement Award" for 2008.

The Massachusetts School Building Authority and Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education have made the stakes higher for regionalizing the high school between Somerset and Berkley.

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New England Gas Co. said it will replace about 1,300 feet of piping and at least two mains in Somerset, where a 62-year old woman and her dog were killed last month when her house exploded.

Hundreds packed a public meeting in Somerset Wednesday night -- so many, officials had to move to a bigger building at the last minute.

When Rick Rego gets a call to investigate a wayward marine mammal, his adrenalin starts pumping as he reaches for a jacket and his waterproof boots.

Yet another gas main leak found in Somerset, MA. Crews were on scene digging up the street today, just weeks after a massive gas leak explosion that killed a Somerset woman and her Dog.