Plymouth County News

The possible formation of a Veterans For Peace Chapter in the South Coast area of southern Bristol and Plymouth counties will be discussed Wednesday, May 30 at 10 a.m., in the hall at Mattapoisett Friends Meeting, 103 Marion Road .

The state is climbing on Plymouth's 400th celebration bandwagon. Included in the $32.45 billion budget passed by the state Senate Friday is $250,000 for the Plymouth 400 Committe, to suppor the town's 400th anniversary in 2020.

The black bear that was spotted roaming Cape Cod backyards last weekend is believed to have swum across the Cape Cod Canal, state wildlife officials said today.

Miss Plymouth County: 2012 Brianna Bostick will host Zumba class for The Children's Miracle Network Hospitals at The Alley Theatre in Middleboro.

If you owe more on your mortgage than your house is worth, you are hardly alone, even here in perpetually price-inflated Greater Boston.

Michele McAuliffe, 49, was released on $200 bail following her arraignment today in Plymouth District Court, where she was charged with possession of a Class A drug and delivering drugs to a prisoner, court officials said.

Wednesday, State Representatives Thomas D. Calter and Rhonda Nyman organized and chaired an emergency State House meeting to address the issue of the financial deficit associated with the Plymouth County Sheriff's Department and House of Correction FY12 budget.

Three teenagers accused of a home invasion in East Wareham were ordered held without bail Friday, court officials said.

The ambassador of Ecuador has reaffirmed that the South American nation will not extradite to the United States a man who was sentenced in his native Ecuador to 25 years in prison for a double murder in Brockton last year.

A bitter legal battle between Plympton Erle councillor Terri Beer and ex-council standards committee member Malcolm Haggart was yesterday thrown out of court.

A variety of activities are planning for the coming weeks at the Leonard E. Simmons Multi-service Center , 558 Plymouth St., in addition to the meals served in the dining room on weekdays.

Representatives of 1460 WXBR, Brockton's AM radio station, are planning to seek a court injunction to stop any further eviction proceedings against the station by its landlord, Northborough Realty Holdings, the Enterprise reports.

Colonel Marian J. McGovern, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, announced that a "Sobriety Checkpoint" will be implemented by the Massachusetts State Police on a public way in the County named below.

Last night I sent out the weekly update to the Plymouth County Democratic League in my State of massachusetts.

Plymouth County is online and ready to begin immediate participation when the federal Secure Communities program is implemented in Massachusetts next Tuesday, Sheriff Joseph D. McDonald Jr.

A dangerousness hearing for a Level 3 sex offender accused of kidnapping a 25-year-old woman was continued Friday until next week.

State insurance officials Friday rejected a proposal to increase local FAIR Plan home insurance rates by as much as 10 percent following an outcry from homeowners and elected officials.

A variety of activities are planning for the coming weeks at the Leonard E. Simmons Multi-service Center , 558 Plymouth St., in addition to the meals served in the dining room on weekdays.

Brockton radio station WXBR-1460 twice stopped broadcasting last week, citing "technical difficulties." Turns out, as the Enterprise reports, the station was locked out of the building for not paying its rent.

Office: Planning Board Name: Malcolm A. MacGregor Age: 69 Address: 168 Jordan RoadA Background: A I've lived in Plymouth for 40 years.