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L-R:  Dennis Kelly, President of Bristol County Savings Bank -  Deb Kirby, Pleasant Street Branch Manager – Dennis Walsh, Director of Recreation -  Mark Cuddy, Chairman of Attleboro Recreation Commission.  The Bristol County Savings Bank Charitable Foundation has granted five thousand dollars to Attleboro Youth Baseball in partnership with the Attleboro Recreation Department to help fund new playground apparatus at Nickerson [...]

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  Rhode Island’s historic Blackstone River Valley celebrates America’s 233rd birthday with exciting Independence Day happenings on Saturday, July 4  Over the Independence Day holiday weekend, Saturday & Sunday, July 4-5, stay close to home to celebrate America’s birthday party in Southern New England’s Blackstone River Valley!  This Northern Rhode Island region is a famed [...]

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Donor David W. Parfitt (left) and Attleboro Land Trust President Ted Leach shake hands following the signing of a deed by Parfitt donating 5.5 acres of land in South Attleboro to the Attleboro Land Trust.  Standing are Jim Lewis (left) who provided pro bono legal services to the land trust and Charlie Adler (right), a [...]

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 Graduates: 1st row, Robert Russell, Andrew MacMurray, Xavier Glasper, Isaac Renehan, Joshua Thibault and David Arruda; and 2nd row, Eli Rebello, Allyssa Manter, Kenneth Forcier, Desiree Gallant, Morgan Schofield, Kierstin Mello, Rachel Caron, Elizabeth DaGraca and teacher Joyce Fortune. Not shown is Christian Cifuentes. (Photo courtesy of New England Christian Academy)           SWANSEA – Fifteen [...]

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Legislation dramatically restructures transportation system; eliminates Turnpike Authority; ensures toll equity; and puts MBTA employees and retirees under GIC BOSTON, MA – State Senator Scott Brown has announced that the Legislature has passed several reforms to the state’s transportation system. The consensus bill dissolves the Turnpike Authority and consolidates multiple agencies into a unified, independent [...]

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Paul Taylor, TRIAD member, and Firefighters Jason Mayer, John Buckley and Roch Goyette assisted seniors on Saturday, with the TRIAD Yellow Alert Program, held Saturday, June 20th at the South Attleboro Fire Station. Hopefully you have never been in an automobile accident but if you have or know someone who has, you will appreciate what [...]

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The North Attleborough Cultural Council kicks off its second annual NACC Summer Gazebo Concert Series on Tuesday, June 30 with a special pre-Fourth of July concert by the Southeastern Massachusetts Community Concert Band.  The SMCCB consists of more than fifty musicians of all ages from our area, and plays a broad spectrum of big band and [...]

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To the Editor; It’s nice to know that because I have a mind of my own, I will now pay more taxes as the result. Since I refuse to be forced to comply with Comcast as my premium TV provider like the masses, my DirecTV has been taxed by the Massachusetts legislature. Just another right [...]

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The twenty-nine members of the graduation class.  Mrs. Maria Stathakis and Mrs. Elizabeth Moura, promoted their kindergarten students to first grade with a traditional kindergarten style graduation.  The 29 students sang songs like Rainbow Connection, The Garden Song, Jenny Dreamed of Trains, This is the Day and First Grade.  Several of the students spoke about [...]

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