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The Seekonk Public Library will be offering computer classes to SAILS library cardholders in October. A variety of classes are available to help ease the fear of computer use.
Our Introduction to Computers classes will help those new to using a computer learn the basics. Navigating the Internet is less confusing once you take Internet I: [...]

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Pictured: Senator Jim Timilty receiving the Legislator of the Year Award from Norfolk County Commissioner Francis W. O’Brien.
Senator James E. Timilty (D-Walpole) recently received the 2008 Legislator of the Year Award from the Norfolk County Commissioners Francis W. O’Brien of Dedham, Peter H. Collins of Milton and John M. Gillis of Quincy at the Norfolk [...]

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North Attleboro, Plainville- Panera Bread North Attleborough and Plainville are inviting their customers to join the fight against breast cancer by enjoying its signature Pink Ribbon Bagel for breakfast, lunch or dinner during national Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. Twenty-five cents from each Pink Ribbon Bagel sold at either of the bakery-cafes will be [...]

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From left to right, Anthony Hollingshead of Swan Point Cemetery and Blackstone Parks Conservancy Board Members Anna Browder and Deming Sherman, address the attendees of the “Happy Hour for the Boulevard” fundraiser held at EPOCH Assisted Living on the East Side yesterday to benefit the restoration of the trolley shelter on Blackstone Boulevard. EPOCH Assisted [...]

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Attleboro - What do a Pawtucket railroad worker, an Attleboro high school principal, and a Charlston, SC meteorologist have in common? The answer is a Bishop Feehan High School class ring. The railroad worker, Paul Arrighi, found the ring between the tracks and threw it in a drawer for safe keeping, soon to become out of [...]

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Attleboro – Members of the Attleboro Police Department Honor Guard presented the “colors” at the beginning of the Red Sox Game on Monday September 1, 2008.  The Honor Guard members that participated were: Ptlm. Edward Gingras, Ptlm. Richard Pierce Jr., Ptlm. Timothy Cook Jr., Ptlm. James MacDonald, Ptlm. Stephen Graney, Ptlm. Peter Morse, and Ptlm. [...]

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 F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, portrayed by Gerry and his wife, Kathy Hickman of Attleboro, helped promote Attleboro’s 1ABC Big Read program by rolling onto the Feehan campus in a vintage 1938 Packard to speak with students.  The Hickmans stayed in character as each talked about the life and times of F. Scott Fitzgerald and [...]

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To the Editor:
   The folks from South Attleboro would ordinarily laugh at the awful designs in
the revised downtown, especially the new curbing and the so-called “bumpouts”:
the dumbest idea yet!
   But how can they laugh when the dreadful occasion arrives that requires a visit to
City Hall, the building inspector’s office, or some other place downtown?    
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On Wednesday September 17 in front of Attleboro City Hall, Councilor George Ross, Candidate for State Representative from the Second Bristol District received the endorsement of Citizen’s for Limited Taxation 2 ½ Political Action Committee. 
Citizen’s for Limited Taxation 2 ½ PAC, the political arm of Citizens for Limited Taxation, was originally created to support candidates [...]

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Ninth-grade students at Grace Baptist Christian Academy operate educational software programs in the school’s new computer laboratory.  (Photo courtesy of Grace Baptist Christian Academy)
ATTLEBORO – As part of its ongoing building renovations, Grace Baptist Christian Academy has opened a new computer laboratory this fall at the school located at 1000 Oak Hill Avenue in Attleboro.
According to [...]

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