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Michael Loughran increased his margin — from one vote to three — to win a two-year vacant seat on the board in a busy election week that brought voters out in Avon, Dedham, Rockland, and Stoughton.  

The Peabody Pride Spring Volunteer Community Cleanup and Greenfest will be held on Saturday, April 27.  

The town plans to use the $8,000 grant to fund overtime shifts for police officers specially geared toward enforcing traffic rules for all road users. 

Town Manager James Malloy recently named Derek Sencabaugh to serve as the town’s new fire chief. 

Residents are invited to give input at a community meeting on April 24 at East Somerville Community School.  

The challenge was started in California by staffers at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. 

A documentary showing of the “Recipe for Disaster: Green Crabs in the Great Marsh” and an educational event at Mill Pond about eel-counting are included.  

The state will give $25,000 toward the planned Hull Artwalk — provided the community can raise a matching amount by midnight of May 29.  

In 2018, David Sheff’s story was made into a movie starring Steve Carell and Timothee Chalamet. 

Supporters argued the project would increase fields available to the community, address safety issues, and make viewing stands accessible to wheelchairs. 

Newton-Wellesley Hospital presents an interactive art and storytelling experience, called “The Opioid Project,” centered on the personal impacts of the opioid epidemic. 

Spring just sprung, but summer will be here before you know it. It’s about that time to sign up kids for summer camp — why not dabble in some local history with the Plymouth Historical Society? 

“People come from all over because the Holocaust is a lesson for humanity, not just a Jewish lesson,” said Rabbi Joseph Meszler of Temple Sinai in Sharon.  

A proposed mixed-use development that could bring hundreds of new housing units divided residents during an hours-long public hearing. 

The majority of the victims were male, white, and between the ages of 20 and 39. 

Ben is one of the few police therapy dogs in the state, joining black goldendoodle Douglas in Northampton and standard poodle Larry in Randolph. 

Sapa, a Japanese and Asian fusion restaurant with a focus on sushi, opened in December at the Hingham Shipyard. 

For almost five years, Fred Lynch followed the path of Revere’s midnight ride and drew what remains today.  

Thieves devise an interesting method of stealing mail, an intoxicated man shows up at the wrong house, a vehicle gets stuck in a car wash, and other odd tales from local police blotters. 

We often take for granted the people in our lives who serve us for many years in various roles: the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker. 

Last year’s run to the Division 1 North Final provided Caroline Yang and Annette Kim with invaluable experience, mental toughness and confidence. 

“Living in the moment,” the former Worcester State standout is in his seventh season as assistant baseball coach at Brown University. 

Kick up your heels at these events around Greater Boston in the coming week. 

The junior sprinter captured program’s first individual title in 37 years at NCAA Division 3 championships.  

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Braintree’s Alex Kennedy earned Northeast-10 Rookie of the Week honors as a freshman catcher for the Southern New Hampshire baseball team. 

Kids and teenagers across the region have been helping out in a multitude of ways recently. “No One Eats Alone” Day held by middle schoolers in Andover was just one of the examples. 

The proposed measure is part of an effort to eliminate single-use nonbiodegradable plastics from the waste stream. 

Town Meeting voted to impose a 3 percent community impact fee on short-term rentals such as those rented through Airbnb.  

Edward Minelli and brothers Steven and Scott Saunders received their new badges in a ceremony on April 4.