Brockton (Massachusetts)

Advocates to promote English classes in Brockton

BROCKTON, Mass. -- Immigrant advocates are helping Brockton business and community leaders learn to apply for new grants to create English classes for immigrants. Brockton officials and advocates are slated to speak Monday on...

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Julia will have a place at our holiday table

While my excitement bubbles as I plan our family Thanksgiving, which will reunite many who were together in Brockton, Mass. in 1969 a month before I married, I am still trying to digest the fact that Julia Child has been...

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William F. Connolly

CAPE NEDDICK, Maine — William F. Connolly, 77, died Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, in York Hospital. He was born Sept. 27, 1932, in Brockton, Mass., a son of the late John P. and Gertrude E. (Doherty) Connolly. He leaves his high...

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Mass. company to build world's largest rooftop urban farm

Sky Vegetables Inc. plans to build the world's largest rooftop urban farm on a vacant building in Brockton, Mass. The one-acre hydroponics farm will capture rainwater for irrigation and is projected to produce 400 tons of food...

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Candlelight vigil in Brockton

BROCKTON, Mass. -- Friends and family gathered at a candlelight vigil Saturday evening in Brockton to honor the 20th anniversary of Jennifer Lynn Fay's disappearance. The vigil retraced Fay's last known steps starting at Saint...

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Petters associate explains how alleged scam worked

A key figure in the case of a Minnesota businessman accused of orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme acknowledged Monday that he was a disbarred lawyer with a criminal record who had entered the federal witness protection...

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Stonehill College to host exhibit of Stanley Bauman photos

Iconic photographs of boxer Rocky Marciano and other period photographs will be on display Wednesday as Stonehill College holds an open house for its Stanley Bauman photography collection. It has taken Easton college about two...

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Criminals getting more brazen, with Brockton insurance company the latest ...

Abington Police Chief David Majenski said he believes most are desperate crimes fueled by drug addiction. (Fri Nov 06 20:35:17 2009 PST)[$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(70%), $addiction(60%), $propaganda_theme2(70%),...

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Police searching for man in attempted abduction in Brockton

BROCKTON, Mass. -- A student at West Middle School in Brockton reported an attempted abduction earlier this week. According to the Brockton Enterprise, a 12-year-old girl said a man tried to pull her into a car on Pearl Street....

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Bus tour highlights effects of foreclosure crisis in Brockton

People here say they feel helpless and trapped. There have been more than 1500 foreclosures here in the past five years - some of it questionable lending practices - and there was anger tonight against banks. Most people are...

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