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Somerset Berkley committee to hold meeting on new high schoolThe committee planning the new high school will hold an informational meeting on Tuesday, March 20 to update neighbors and the public on the project. — Wicked Local Berkley
Proposed Berkley senior center qualifies for grantThe Berkley Board of Selectmen on Wednesday heard an update from Executive Secretary Paul Modlowski – who also serves on the Town Office Building Project Committee – on that committee’s progress. — Wicked Local Berkley Somerset Berkley high school budget to drop 1.2 percentNext year’s regional high school budget will fall by 1.2 percent by under a proposal by Superintendent Richard Medeiros. The $174,000 decrease in the budget is due mainly to $679,000 in projected employee benefit and insurance savings, as well as administration salary savings and modest increases in teacher salaries and other expenses. — Wicked Local Berkley
Mass. rape suspect indicted for alleged threatA Martha's Vineyard man already facing child rape charges has been indicted for allegedly trying to hire someone to kill a prosecutor and his alleged victim. — The Boston Globe Thursday, May 17, 2012 8:38 AM
Mass. Unemployment Rate Drops To 6.3%New figures on Thursday show the state's jobless rate stood at 6.3 percent in April, down from 6.5 percent in March. — CBS Boston Thursday, May 17, 2012 9:58 AM
Berkley Lions Club to host Game Dinner Jan. 21The Berkley Lions Club will have its annual Game Dinner on Saturday, Jan. 21 at the American Legion. — Wicked Local Berkley Mass. still below nation's jobless rateState officials say Massachusetts added about 30,000 new jobs over the first three months of 2012 and they are hoping that trend continue will continue with the release of the April jobs report. — The Boston Channel Thursday, May 17, 2012 1:33 PM
Taunton School Committee negotiates with teachers' assistants unionEight months after formally hearing a set of grievances from the union representing the city’s teachers’ assistants, the School Committee voted Wednesday night to accept an arbitration agreement to settle the matter. — Wicked Local Taunton
Dighton presents plans for new police stationAround 30 residents attended a public hearing Tuesday night on the proposed new Dighton Police Station held at the Dighton Middle School. Voters will decide on the new station at the upcoming Annual Town Meeting on June 12 and, if approved, at a special referendum likely at the end of August, according to Jim Howland, chair of the police station committee. — Wicked Local Dighton Lakeville superintendent takes Scituate jobThe point man of the regionalization of the Freetown and Lakeville schools is on the move. Freetown-Lakeville Superintendent John McCarthy, 56, has been offered the same position in Scituate and intends to take it. — South Coast Today Philanthropy contest winner has a checklistLakeville resident Nina Mach will be traveling through SouthCoast in a limousine today, a "Philanthropist for a Day," handing out checks to charities. — South Coast Today Gorman On Toucher & Rich: Philadelphia Has No Answer For GarnettCeltics play-by-play man Mike Gorman joined 98.5 The Sports Hub's Toucher & Rich Thursday morning to talk about the C's Game 3 win, including the performances of Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett. — CBS Boston Thursday, May 17, 2012 9:35 AM
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