Taunton News

Fall River and New Bedford residents have spent much of the past year wondering just how 800-plus bio-tech jobs at Meditech somehow slipped through their grasp.

Elbridge Gerry signed a re-districting law favoring his Democratic-Republican Party - giving rise to the term "gerrymandering." Actress Tina Louise is 78.

Temperatures may reach into the teens, according to the National Weather Service in Taunton, Mass.

The NWS has issued a hazardous weather outlook for most of Massachusetts, including Norfolk and Middlesex counties.

Feb. 10, 2012 BOSTON - Are Massachusetts taxpayers' dollars paying for liquor, lottery tickets and cigarettes? Republican lawmakers are putting pressure on Gov.

Residents of Central Massachusetts should not be lulled into thoughts of spring even though the temperature might reach 50 degrees today.

Participants demanded the state take action to improve safety for human services workers during a vigil Wednesday night to mark the anniversary of the death of mental health counselor Stephanie Moulton in Revere.

The following information was supplied by the Dedham Police Department . It does not indicate a conviction.

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A mix of animosity and understanding filled the room Thursday night when residents laid out their disdain and defense of sober houses in town.

On July 28, 1911, Gov. Eugene H. Foss signed a bill establishing the adoption of workers' compensation in Massachusetts and the creation of the Industrial Accident Board.

Today's Forecast: Thursday's weather, according to the National Weather Service A based in Taunton, calls for partly sunny, with a high near 41.

After 97 years of independence, Taunton-based restaurant supply business Perkins has been sold to Gordon Food Service of Michigan, the Patriot Ledger reports.

"The way we found out was, to say the least, lacking in regard for us in the Legislature and certainly lacking in regard for the patients and the employees.

The office is small and windowless, tucked into the first floor of Taunton District Court.

What the hacks on Beacon Hill are breathlessly awaiting are the indictments in the Probation Department scandal.

"The reality is, this plan, if implemented would place southeastern Massachusetts, the Cape and the Islands as the section of the state that has no services in this regard.

Our belief is that the human body has the power to self-heal and self-regulate. There is a process in the body that strives towards health.

Police arrested a suspected bank robber on Friday night after he walked out of a sober house on Locust Street that has come under scrutiny in the past.

A Taunton military veteran is facing charges of stockpiling weapons after police seized homemade explosives, several firearms, and a slew of other dangerous items from his apartment, according to court records.