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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 Rehoboth voters to face 30 articles on special and annual Town MeetingsA special Town Meeting and annual Town Meeting in Rehoboth are scheduled for Monday, May 14, at the Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School. — Wicked Local Rehoboth Old Colony Historical Society presentation explores Dighton Rock’s historyFor more than 300 years, the origins of inscriptions carved into Dighton Rock have been debated by historians and writers. Jane Hennedy, of Taunton’s Old Colony Historical Society, presented some of the most popular the theories surrounding the history of the rock at the Dighton Rock Museum in Berkley on Sunday afternoon. — Wicked Local Berkley G. Lopes meets with Dighton residents over gravel removal projectGilbert Lopes, president of G. Lopes Construction, Inc., met with about 30 residents at the site of the proposed gravel removal project on land adjacent to the Council Oak on Saturday. — Wicked Local Dighton
Dighton Board of Selectmen releases schedule for bridge constructionThe Dighton Board of Selectmen announced the latest construction schedule for the Berkley-Dighton Bridge at Wednesday’s meeting. Previously, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation awarded the construction bid to S&R Corporation out of Lowell, and construction is set to start after July 1, beginning with the destruction of timbers, pilings and substructures of the old bridge — expected to be completed by the end of 2012. — Wicked Local Dighton Dighton Elementary School students soar indoors on Kite DayIn honor of National Kite Month, Archie Stewart brought Kite Day back to Dighton Elementary School for the 11th straight year on Monday. — Wicked Local Dighton Bristol Aggie, neighbor at odds over use of drivewayThe Bristol County Board of Commissioners met with an attorney of a neighbor of the Bristol County Agricultural School, discussing a dispute that the man had about use of a private road at the school in Dighton. — Wicked Local Dighton Two militias prepare to stage Revolution-era battle reenactment in DightonIt was a blast from the past in Dighton this weekend. Literally. Two groups of Revolutionary War reenactors practiced firing a replica cannon and gunpowder-packed muskets at Sweets Knoll State Park in Dighton on Saturday. — Wicked Local Dighton Sutlers showcase colonial wares at Dighton sewing beeSteve Salisbury, of Pascoag, R.I., is a modern-day sutler, which was a term for a merchant who provided useful goods to American soldiers who were on the battlefield during the Revolutionary War. — Wicked Local Dighton Dighton-Rehoboth School Committee plans out FY13 budgetThe Dighton-Rehoboth School Committee approved a tentative fiscal 2013 budget at Tuesday’s meeting at the Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School. — Wicked Local Rehoboth Wounded Warrior visits Dighton Middle SchoolDighton’s Greg Reynolds does not back down from the challenges life throws at him. Reynolds — a combat veteran who served in Iraq before returning home and surviving a near-fatal motorcycle crash — told his story of overcoming adversity on Friday in an assembly at the school he once attended as a boy. — Wicked Local Dighton New Berkley-Dighton Bridge construction set to start in JulyA new Berkley-Dighton Bridge is on its way. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) recently awarded a construction bid to S&R Corporation based out of Lowell for around $12.5 million. — Wicked Local Berkley More News
