Wanted: Good candidates

The Standard-Times - Thu Nov 05

Transparent, respectable government still eludes Wareham, as a questionable hiring process for the town administrator follows on the heels of one selectman's suggestion that he would try to reverse Town Meeting in a spring ballot referendum.

Author to address students at Wareham Cooperative School

SouthCoastToday.com - Thu Nov 05

Diane Kozak, the author of "Full Circle 911" and "Exposing Eurabia", will meet with 25 students at the Wareham Cooperative Junior/Senior High School on Nov.

DA asked to probe secret meetings

SouthCoastToday.com - Thu Nov 05

The Standard-Times has asked the Plymouth County district attorney to investigate the Board of Selectmen's heavy use of executive sessions in the hiring of a new town administrator.

Massachusetts town put on alert after bank robbed

Security Technology & Design - Thu Oct 29

The state police bomb squad was called to an East Bridgewater bank Tuesday after a suspicious package was left at the counter.

Bomb Squad Sent To Bank After Suspicious Package Found

TheBostonChannel - Tue Oct 27

The state police bomb squad was called to an East Bridgewater bank Tuesday after a suspicious package was found.

Assessor's past not an issue

Lowell Sun - Tue Oct 27

Town officials in Tyngsboro are standing behind newly hired Chief Assessor Joseph Gibbons, despite his involvement in two controversial incidents and the seizure of his work computer by Rockland officials that preceded his resignation there in August.

Old Colony Elder Services Disappointed Over Lengthy Home Care Wait List

PR-inside.com - Mon Oct 26

DATELINE: PLYMOUTH COUNTY AND AVON; EASTON AND STOUGHTON, MAa Old Colony Elder Services of Brockton, one of 27 private, non-profit Aging Services Access Points in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts explained that the waiting list was imposed on September 8th and forty one days later, more than 1,000 people are waiting.

Personal bankruptcy filings soar this year

The New England Bulletin - Fri Oct 23

The number of Bay State residents filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection jumped 35 percent in the first nine months of the year compared to the same months in 2008, according to a report from The Warren Group.

Stalled housing construction gets a jump-start

Boston.com - Thu Oct 22

Hammers can resume swinging on two long-stalled housing projects in Plymouth and Wareham, now that the developers are assured of receiving federal stimulus money being distributed by the state Department of Housing and Community Development.

Brockton Man Charged in Shooting Death

WLNE-TV Providence - Wed Oct 21

Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz today announced that Marvin Taitt of Brockton has been charged in connection with the shooting death of Steven Saint Louis which occurred on 09/05/09 in the City of Brockton.