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Residents flee late-night fire at apartment in Randolph
A fire broke out in an apartment complex on Reed Street late last night, sending families fleeing for safety, as one man and firefighters helped rescue a woman and her 3-year-old child from a smoke-filled ...
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Ramp sign being put up for DOT collapses, injuring worker
A sign being erected for the state Department of Transportation collapsed this morning, injuring one of the workers.
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Energy job for students in Avon
Superintendent of Schools Margaret Frieswyk wants students to develop their skills as energy monitors, helping schools implement the many conservation measures she covers in a new three-page energy management ...
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Mass. court says trash company must dump pay scale
It's tough enough to toss tons of trash into the back of a garbage truck for 11 hours a day.
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For Elders, Caregivers and Their Families
Old Colony Elderly Services, Inc. has compiled valuable information to help voters make an educated decision.
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Double rainbows over Avon
After heavy rain and hail from a late afternoon thunderstorm today, the sky lightened, and a double rainbow appeared over the Avon Baptist Church.
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Funds for arts available
The Avon Cultural Council has received $4,300 from the Massachusetts Cultural Council to grant to cultural projects in Avon this year - a $300 increase over last year.
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Lining up for flu shots
The Board of Health will hold two flu clinics in the coming months, recommended for people older than 60 and those with chronic medical conditions or compromised immune systems, said health agent Jeanmarie ...
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Michael Hayden: 'Businessman' may have law on his side but his threats are out of line
DEAR MIKE: I am a stay-at-home mother with four children and a husband who works lots of overtime to make ends meet.
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Springfield Leaders Talking Trash to Increase Recycling
Here's a startling fact: Right now, less than nine percent of Springfield residents recycle.
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Norfolk County Among Forbes' Most Family Friendly
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Wisked Mint Weekend:
That's how our beloved, departed and dearly missed friend Frannie Herron would describe the Historic Crown Hill: Architecture, Landscapes and Interiors event this Sunday .
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Outside watering limited
The Avon Water Department has implemented a Phase I water ban to remain in compliance with the town's water management permit from the state.
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Western Massachusetts remembers Tim Russert
Western Massachusetts residents say they will miss Tim Russett, host of NBC's Meet the Press, who died Friday afternoon.
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Deadbeat parent; a parent that has freely chosen not to financially...
I guarantee that there is no city or town in the United States, other than Barnstable, or Cape Cod, Massachusetts where commercial property owners are paying less taxes in 2008 than in 2000.
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Massachusetts Residents Charged with Health Care Fraud, Money Laundering
A Freetown man and an Avon woman have been charged in federal court with conducting a health care fraud scheme and laundering the proceeds.
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Time running out for student records
AVON Students who left Avon Middle-High School in 2003 have one month to pick up their school records before they are destroyed on July 1. Among the documents that will be lost are immunization records, college ...
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Wareham superintendent finalists announced
Three finalists have been named for the public schools superintendent position, to be vacated by Jim Collins when he retires in October.
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Crews Search Parks For 1989 Missing Brockton Teen
It has been nearly two decades since she disappeared but there is new hope in the search for a missing 16-year-old girl.
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Truck Crash Jams Route 24 Traffic
An early morning truck crash has created a traffic nightmare on Route 24 in Avon this morning.
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