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Marc Pacheco keeps his seat; wins the race for the 1st Plymouth & Bristol Senate seatNew Dighton Police Station estimate exceeds initial approved figureVoters in Dighton will soon decide on the fate of a new police station in town. Recently, the Dighton Police Station Committee met with the Board of Selectmen to review the plans for the new building. — Wicked Local Dighton Residents buy colonial goods at fourth Dighton sewing beeColonial outfits are coming together for many Dighton residents. Saturday marked the fourth Colonial Clothing Sewing Bee, and more than 20 residents showed up to work on men’s cheater pants and to purchase items from a suttler — a person who sells colonial items. — Wicked Local Dighton 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
Somerset woman injured in shooting, police search for suspectAn intense manhunt continued late Friday night for an unidentified man who allegedly broke into a Midland Road home and shot a woman with her own gun earlier in the day. As many as 50 police officers, some armed with tactical weapons, combed a widespread area in search of the gunman. The victim, whose identity was withheld by police, was taken to Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, with a gunshot wound to an arm. Chief Joseph Ferreira said the intruder entered the garage and broke into the house by breaking a window between the garage and the dwelling shortly after 4 p.m. — Wicked Local Somerset National Grid flyover to inspect power lines in Rehoboth, Norton, regionUtility provider National Grid, weather permitting, plans to send helicopters on Friday to inspect power lines in Rehoboth, Norton and several other towns. — Wicked Local Rehoboth Welcome!!!!!Welcome to Wicked Local Berkley, the new online home of Berkley news featured in The Taunton Daily Gazette – and much more. — Wicked Local Berkley Snow Crust Moon Powwow in Taunton marks beginning of springNative American culture was alive and well in Taunton on Saturday. The Dighton Intertribal Indian Council held their Snow Crust Moon Powwow from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Massachusetts National Guard Armory at 111 Gordon Owen Riverway. — Wicked Local Dighton 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
3 women charged in tanning salon holdupSomerset — Two Fall River women dressed in ponchos and brandishing knives held up the Hot Bodeez tanning salon in Somerset Saturday evening, according to police, who arrested them and charged them with armed robbery. — South Coast Today 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
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