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Attleboro Area Chamber merges with United
The Attleboro Area Chamber of Commerce has merged with the Franklin-based United Chamber of Commerce into a new group called the United Regional Chamber of Commerce, the organizations said.
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R.I. unemployment rate hits 9.3 percent
Victoria Gaspar left her job at a bank's telephone call center more than a year ago with dreams of starting her own private cleaning business.
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Judge blasts North Attleboro
After admonishing the town, police department and an assistant district attorney for "egregious" misconduct Thursday, a district court judge found three former electric commissioners not guilty of misspending ...
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1 arrested in Seekonk heist; second suspect tied to city robberies
In what looks like a two-man crime spree, Providence police have arrested one suspect in two armed robberies that occurred minutes apart early Tuesday in Seekonk, and Attleboro and other police are searching ...
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Truck leaks 70 gallons of fuel in South Attleboro
Debris kicked up on Interstate 95 punctured a hole in the fuel tank of a hazardous waste clean up truck, spewing an estimated 70 gallons of diesel fuel onto an exit ramp and Newport Avenue in South Attleboro ...
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Mass. woman's 1 cent debt paid in full
A 74-year-old blind woman's 1 cent debt to a Massachusetts city has been settled.
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Attleboro woman threatened with lien over penny bill
A 74-year-old blind Attleboro woman was shocked when she got a letter from the city saying a lien would be placed on her home unless she pays an overdue water bill.
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Attleboro election may be far off, but in Ward 5, race is on
As if freshman City Councilor Jerry Chase doesn't have enough problems, now someone wants his job.
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Smith makes correct call in North Attleboro
Rather than wait a week to correct a misquoted statement in a local weekly newspaper, Superintendent Richard Smith took the unusual, but not unprecedented, step of alerting parents to the error with the school ...
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Parking prices double at T lots
Parking fees at MBTA lots double today, and the reaction from cash-strapped consumers ranges from outright anger to weary resignation.
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Rehab for dog's owner
A Norfolk woman charged with animal cruelty has been ordered to spend up to 30 days in an alcohol treatment facility as part of her probation on an unrelated matter.
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'You have something special'
MARK STOCKWELLJay Eshleman and his wife Alicia are staunch supporters of the Attleboro Arts Museum and the art auction that raises money for the museum.
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Attleboro veterans agent picking up the sword for a fallen comrade
The city's veterans agent is offering to take a fallen soldier's place in his National Guard unit.
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Two-term Republican state Sen. Scott Brown easily overcame a challenge from Needham Democrat Sara Orozco Tuesday, riding to a 18,000-vote victory in the Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex District.
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Teens charged in Plainville drinking party
Area police arrested 13 teenagers at a drinking party in a secluded shelter in woods Friday night, the second such raid in recent weeks following the death last month of a King Philip senior at another party in ...
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Crash, jet fuel spill shuts I-95 at Attleboro/RI border
A tanker truck carrying jet fuel landed on a car on Interstate 95 South this morning, leaking thousands of gallons of fuel, shutting down both sides of the interstate for a couple of hours, and leading to the ...
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Hundreds evacuated as chlorine gas leaks in North industrial park
About 400 people were evacuated this morning from businesses in the North Attleboro Industrial Park after a large cloud of chlorine gas leaked out of Metalor Technologies.
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South Attleboro Firefighters Respond To An Overturned Tanker
Around 03:30 Thursday Morning Attleboro 341 dispatched Engine 2 and Rescue 2 to Route 95 Southbound between Exits 2-3 for a tractor trailer verses Car accident.
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Tanker-truck rollover closes highway in Attleboro
Authorities said it is fortunate no one was seriously hurt and a fire was prevented after a tanker truck loaded with jet fuel and a car collided on Interstate 95 early Thursday, spilling about 3,700 gallons of ...
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At North Attleboro's main voting place, a traffic jam
Outside North High School Mary-Ann Greanier, a supporter for state Senate candidate Sara Orozco, gets a few extra staples into some campaign signs before taking up her post outside of the North Attleboro High ...
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