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Doctors and medical staff at Family Medicine Associates in North Attleboro are sending their youngest patients home with free books and important advice for their parents - “Read to your children every day.” Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-03) visited the practice and read to a group of young children, emphasizing the importance of reading aloud.
Family Medicine [...]

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Northern Lights Electric, a well-known electrical contractor serving Southeastern MA and RI, celebrated the relocation of their offices to 50 Fisher St. in N. Attleboro, with a Ribbon Cutting event on Thursday, December 11, 2008. The Ribbon Cutting was coordinated by the North Attleborough & Plainville Chamber of Commerce.
Numerous Chamber board members along with Jen [...]

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Memorial Hospital’s President and CEO, Francis Dietz, Auxiliary members, employees, local members of the community and children gathered to light the Glowing Gifts tree on November 30, 2008
 

Santa Claus, a.k.a. Robert Burroughs, retired physician from Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, shares a moment with Cumberland residents, left to right, Greg Myers with his three sons, [...]

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Children of Pawtucket Day Child Development Center show off new books donated to the Center by Friends of the Pawtucket Library on December 4, 2008. Accepting the books with great pleasure are (from left): David Abdula, Elijah Benfante, Robert Blue IV, Arelis Pineda, Christina Rosa, and Yanasia Gonzalez. At right is Sam Barchi, a student [...]

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The elementary school choir of New Testament Christian School presented “The Plane Truth About Christmas” to a standing-room only crowd in the school’s auditorium on Tuesday, Dec. 9. With the backdrop for the story of O’Hare airport with many travelers stranded on Christmas Eve, a group of children decided to entertain the disgruntled passengers by [...]

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The youth group at St. John the Evangelist Parish in Attleboro planned a family mass on December 6 for members of the parish. The group babysat for the young children during the mass, then served pizza in the hospitality center.
The group plans events during the year including movie, bowling, and game nights. Recently they assisted [...]

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Scott Braga announced that all three Courtesy auto franchises will be producing half hour informational television programs to air on several area stations. The programs will be produced on a regular basis.
Scott said, “This is a good time to buy a new or used car. Used cars are available at below Blue Book value. Despite [...]

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A cold rain didn’t discourage Downtown Associates of North Attleborough from holding their 53rd Annual Santa Parade on November 30. While bands and floats were slow to arrive, by the 3 p.m. parade time, there was a certain magic in the air - in the guise of icy precipitation. With 54 groups signed up to [...]

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Members of the Confirmation One class at St. John the Evangelist Parish in Attleboro met in the Hospitality Center of the Church to assist in assembling Thanksgiving Day baskets with representatives of the St. Vincent DePaul Society. With the students help, the St. Vincent DePaul Society helped over 200 needy families in the community enjoy [...]

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The Pawtucket Public Library (13 Summer St., Pawtucket) will present Rhode Island crime novelist J.J. Partridge in a signing and discussion of his new book Straight Pool, an Algy Temple mystery, a sequel to Partridge’s well-received 2005 crime novel Carom Shot. Both books feature Rhode Island color and landscapes, including fictitious Ivy League Carter University [...]

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