South Shore 360 News https://ss360news.com/ Local news for Brockton and the South Shore. en-us Sun, 15 Nov 2026 03:36:00 +0000 https://ss360news.com/art/favicon-192.pngSouth Shore 360 Newshttps://ss360news.com/ Bridgewater State volleyball wins a third straight MASCAC title as Norwell boys soccer beats Greater New Bedford againhttps://ss360news.com/south-shore-saturday-finals-bridgewater-state-volleyball-norwell-holbrook-nov-14-2026.htmlhttps://ss360news.com/south-shore-saturday-finals-bridgewater-state-volleyball-norwell-holbrook-nov-14-2026.htmlSun, 15 Nov 2026 03:36:00 +0000NewsSaturday's late scores: Brockton, Plymouth, Weymouth and Hanson players help the Bears into the NCAA tournament, Norwell reaches the Division 3 semifinals and Holbrook's run ends by a goal. Freshman Jayden Barber runs for 193 yards as Bridgewater State football wins the Cranberry Bowl, the MASCAC title and an NCAA bidhttps://ss360news.com/bridgewater-state-football-wins-cranberry-bowl-mascac-title-ncaa-berth-nov-14-2026.htmlhttps://ss360news.com/bridgewater-state-football-wins-cranberry-bowl-mascac-title-ncaa-berth-nov-14-2026.htmlSun, 15 Nov 2026 03:35:00 +0000NewsThe Bears beat rival Massachusetts Maritime 21-14 at Mazzaferro Field and will play in the NCAA Division III tournament for the first time since 2016. Braintree council votes Tuesday on $1.2 million in grants for the Ivory Street landfill and Plain Streethttps://ss360news.com/braintree-town-council-nov-17-state-grants-landfill-plain-street-delaney.htmlhttps://ss360news.com/braintree-town-council-nov-17-state-grants-landfill-plain-street-delaney.htmlSun, 15 Nov 2026 02:51:00 +0000GovernmentThe council also takes up a pension bill for a police officer shot on duty in 2017 and starts this year's tax classification, after a 175% shift last year. Stoughton Fire Department opens its renovated 1920s Freeman Street headquarters to the public Dec. 10https://ss360news.com/stoughton-fire-headquarters-open-house-dec-10.htmlhttps://ss360news.com/stoughton-fire-headquarters-open-house-dec-10.htmlSun, 15 Nov 2026 02:51:00 +0000CommunityThe open house runs 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, at 30 Freeman St., the downtown firehouse the town turned into offices under a $7.05 million construction contract. Weymouth council takes up the fiscal 2027 tax split and a data center pause Mondayhttps://ss360news.com/weymouth-town-council-nov-16-tax-classification-data-center-moratorium.htmlhttps://ss360news.com/weymouth-town-council-nov-16-tax-classification-data-center-moratorium.htmlSun, 15 Nov 2026 02:51:00 +0000GovernmentThe assessors want to keep last year's 146% shift, which the town estimates would put the average single-family tax bill at about $6,378, up $169. Developing: Woman killed in Rockland shooting, police questioning two men, WCVB and Boston 25 reporthttps://ss360news.com/rockland-fatal-shooting-suspect-in-custody-nov-14-2026.htmlhttps://ss360news.com/rockland-fatal-shooting-suspect-in-custody-nov-14-2026.htmlSun, 15 Nov 2026 02:10:00 +0000Public SafetyRockland police said two men were arguing inside a School Street home when a gun went off and hit a 49-year-old woman, WCVB and Boston 25 News reported; police radio earlier said a suspect was in custody after a search that reached into Weymouth. Hanson's average single-family tax bill rises $427 as the first South Shore towns set fiscal 2027 rateshttps://ss360news.com/south-shore-fiscal-2027-tax-bills-hanson-up-427-first-four-towns-set-rates.htmlhttps://ss360news.com/south-shore-fiscal-2027-tax-bills-hanson-up-427-first-four-towns-set-rates.htmlSun, 15 Nov 2026 00:48:00 +0000NewsEast Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanson and Hull have their new rates, and the other 22 South Shore communities are still to come, including Abington and Duxbury, where voters approved overrides this spring. MacQuarrie and Coperine lead unbeaten Duxbury girls soccer past Whitman-Hanson 3-0 and into the Division 2 semifinalshttps://ss360news.com/duxbury-girls-soccer-blanks-whitman-hanson-3-0-division-2-quarterfinal-nov-14-2026.htmlhttps://ss360news.com/duxbury-girls-soccer-blanks-whitman-hanson-3-0-division-2-quarterfinal-nov-14-2026.htmlSun, 15 Nov 2026 00:39:00 +0000NewsThe top-seeded, defending state champion Dragons are 17-0-5 and have not allowed a goal in three tournament games. Hingham hosts Notre Dame Academy as four South Shore girls soccer teams play for state semifinal spots Sundayhttps://ss360news.com/south-shore-girls-soccer-quarterfinals-preview-hingham-oliver-ames-rockland-nov-15-2026.htmlhttps://ss360news.com/south-shore-girls-soccer-quarterfinals-preview-hingham-oliver-ames-rockland-nov-15-2026.htmlSun, 15 Nov 2026 00:39:00 +0000NewsOliver Ames meets Masconomet at Danvers for a shot at top-seeded Duxbury, and Rockland visits Sandwich in Division 4. Holbrook Town Meeting votes Wednesday on a $4.95 million Sumner Field loan the Finance Committee opposed 6-0https://ss360news.com/holbrook-special-town-meeting-nov-18-sumner-field-borrowing.htmlhttps://ss360news.com/holbrook-special-town-meeting-nov-18-sumner-field-borrowing.htmlSat, 14 Nov 2026 23:49:00 +0000GovernmentThe Nov. 18 special Town Meeting also decides about $520,800 in PFAS settlement money for the joint water board and $152,000 in spending from this year's taxes. Avon truck enforcement sweep finds 136 violations and takes 11 drivers off the roadhttps://ss360news.com/avon-state-police-truck-enforcement-136-violations-11-drivers-out-of-service.htmlhttps://ss360news.com/avon-state-police-truck-enforcement-136-violations-11-drivers-out-of-service.htmlSat, 14 Nov 2026 23:25:00 +0000Public SafetyState Police and Avon police weighed 150 commercial vehicles in one day and found unlicensed drivers, unregistered trucks and a vehicle missing brakes, police said. Weymouth police find missing Connecticut man with plate reader alert, the seventh such casehttps://ss360news.com/weymouth-police-alpr-locates-missing-connecticut-man-seventh-case.htmlhttps://ss360news.com/weymouth-police-alpr-locates-missing-connecticut-man-seventh-case.htmlSat, 14 Nov 2026 23:25:00 +0000Public SafetyAn automated license plate reader flagged a vehicle tied to the endangered man Thursday evening, and officers got him medical help and notified his family, police said. Former Stoughton officer convicted in Sandra Birchmore's death faces life at Feb. 3 sentencinghttps://ss360news.com/stoughton-farwell-convicted-birchmore-sentencing-feb-3-2027.htmlhttps://ss360news.com/stoughton-farwell-convicted-birchmore-sentencing-feb-3-2027.htmlSat, 14 Nov 2026 22:45:00 +0000Public SafetyA federal jury convicted Matthew Farwell on both counts, which carry at least life in prison, and he returns to court for sentencing Feb. 3, 2027. Hanson woman, 75, seriously hurt in three-vehicle crash on Rockland's Beech Streethttps://ss360news.com/rockland-beech-street-crash-hanson-woman-seriously-hurt.htmlhttps://ss360news.com/rockland-beech-street-crash-hanson-woman-seriously-hurt.htmlSat, 14 Nov 2026 22:30:00 +0000Public SafetyRockland police thanked the passersby who stopped to help the driver Saturday morning before crews arrived. Foley scores four times as unbeaten Scituate routs Grafton 49-7 to reach Division 4 semifinalshttps://ss360news.com/scituate-football-routs-grafton-49-7-division-4-quarterfinal-nov-13-2026.htmlhttps://ss360news.com/scituate-football-routs-grafton-49-7-division-4-quarterfinal-nov-13-2026.htmlSat, 14 Nov 2026 22:20:00 +0000NewsThe top-seeded Sailors are 10-0 and one win from a return trip to the state final, with No. 5 Walpole up next. Six South Shore football teams reach state semifinals as Duxbury volleyball upsets No. 2 Readinghttps://ss360news.com/south-shore-playoff-roundup-football-volleyball-soccer-nov-13-14-2026.htmlhttps://ss360news.com/south-shore-playoff-roundup-football-volleyball-soccer-nov-13-14-2026.htmlSat, 14 Nov 2026 22:20:00 +0000NewsBridgewater-Raynham, Marshfield, Scituate, Norwell, Abington and Rockland are all one win from a state final, and Norwell and Abington could meet for the Division 6 title.