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News

  1. Bridgewater State volleyball wins a third straight MASCAC title as Norwell boys soccer beats Greater New Bedford again
    South Shore, Nov. 14, 2026
    Saturday'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.
  2. Freshman Jayden Barber runs for 193 yards as Bridgewater State football wins the Cranberry Bowl, the MASCAC title and an NCAA bid
    Bridgewater, Nov. 14, 2026
    The 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.
  3. Hanson's average single-family tax bill rises $427 as the first South Shore towns set fiscal 2027 rates
    South Shore, Nov. 14, 2026
    East 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.
  4. MacQuarrie and Coperine lead unbeaten Duxbury girls soccer past Whitman-Hanson 3-0 and into the Division 2 semifinals
    Duxbury, Nov. 14, 2026
    The top-seeded, defending state champion Dragons are 17-0-5 and have not allowed a goal in three tournament games.
  5. Hingham hosts Notre Dame Academy as four South Shore girls soccer teams play for state semifinal spots Sunday
    South Shore, Nov. 14, 2026
    Oliver Ames meets Masconomet at Danvers for a shot at top-seeded Duxbury, and Rockland visits Sandwich in Division 4.
  6. Foley scores four times as unbeaten Scituate routs Grafton 49-7 to reach Division 4 semifinals
    Scituate, Nov. 14, 2026
    The top-seeded Sailors are 10-0 and one win from a return trip to the state final, with No. 5 Walpole up next.
  7. Six South Shore football teams reach state semifinals as Duxbury volleyball upsets No. 2 Reading
    South Shore, Nov. 14, 2026
    Bridgewater-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.

Public Safety

  1. Developing: Woman killed in Rockland shooting, police questioning two men, WCVB and Boston 25 report
    Rockland, Nov. 14, 2026
    Rockland 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.
  2. Avon truck enforcement sweep finds 136 violations and takes 11 drivers off the road
    Avon, Nov. 14, 2026
    State Police and Avon police weighed 150 commercial vehicles in one day and found unlicensed drivers, unregistered trucks and a vehicle missing brakes, police said.
  3. Weymouth police find missing Connecticut man with plate reader alert, the seventh such case
    Weymouth, Nov. 14, 2026
    An 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.
  4. Former Stoughton officer convicted in Sandra Birchmore's death faces life at Feb. 3 sentencing
    Stoughton, Nov. 14, 2026
    A 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.
  5. Hanson woman, 75, seriously hurt in three-vehicle crash on Rockland's Beech Street
    Rockland, Nov. 14, 2026
    Rockland police thanked the passersby who stopped to help the driver Saturday morning before crews arrived.

Government

  1. Braintree council votes Tuesday on $1.2 million in grants for the Ivory Street landfill and Plain Street
    Braintree, Nov. 14, 2026
    The 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.
  2. Weymouth council takes up the fiscal 2027 tax split and a data center pause Monday
    Weymouth, Nov. 14, 2026
    The 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.
  3. Holbrook Town Meeting votes Wednesday on a $4.95 million Sumner Field loan the Finance Committee opposed 6-0
    Holbrook, Nov. 14, 2026
    The 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.

Community

  1. Stoughton Fire Department opens its renovated 1920s Freeman Street headquarters to the public Dec. 10
    Stoughton, Nov. 14, 2026
    The 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.

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