EASTON — Alexandra Gustafson never had the chance to say goodbye to her friend, 16-year-old Ryan Orcutt of Brockton, who died in a motorcycle accident last year.
Instead, she made him a promise.
In the weeks and months following his death, Gustafs...
BROCKTON — Gov. Deval Patrick has signed new motorcycle safety legislation named in honor of the late Ryan Orcutt, a city teen who died in a motorcycle accident last year.
Patrick signed Ryan’s Bill into law on Saturday.
The law requires teens a...
BROCKTON — Area residents are being asked to share their ideas on how to improve the health care system at a forum tonight.
The forum, “Have Your Voice Heard!,” will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center, 63 Main St....
BROCKTON - In the driveway of a foreclosed, single-family home on Noyes Avenue on Saturday, Gov. Deval Patrick and state and city officials signed a bill into law designed to keep Massachusetts homeowners in their homes longer and protect renters who live...
WEST BRIDGEWATER — State building authority officials were poised to vote today in favor of finding “cost-effective” solutions to building problems at the middle-senior high school.
The vote by the Massachusetts School Building Authority board in...
BROCKTON — Opponents of the city’s proposed power plant celebrated Tuesday night when the Zoning Board of Appeals denied plant developers permission to build a structure to house the plant’s electrical grid connection.
“Everybody was thrilled,
When the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center opens its expanded urgent care department this month, the benefits will flow to both the center’s 20,000 patients and the city’s economy.
The $2.4 million expansion of the department, which now has 21 ex...
State Rep. Christine E. Canavan is urging the House Committee on Ways and Means to quickly recommend Ryan’s Bill, the motorcycle safety legislation named in honor of the late Ryan Orcutt.
The bill, which was approved last month by the Senate, would r...
EASTON — Fifty students at Southeastern Regional Technical Vocational High School were among the first in the state to learn Monday that a bill in memory of their late classmate, Ryan P. Orcutt, has rounded a corner in the state Legislature.
State Re...
BROCKTON — A stimulus grant will help boost the Fire Department staff in the short term.
“The award is great,” Fire Chief Kenneth Galligan said Monday when Gov. Deval Patrick announced that Brockton would get $340,624 to hire four firefighters an...
Last night, along with Representative Michael Brady and local healthcare workers and advocates, I was pleased to kick-start the ‘Campaign for Better Care’ at the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center at a forum organized by Health Car...
BROCKTON - In the driveway of a foreclosed, single-family home on Noyes Avenue on Saturday, Gov. Deval Patrick and state and city officials signed a bill into law designed to keep Massachusetts homeowners in their homes longer and protect renters who live...
EASTON — Alexandra Gustafson never had the chance to say goodbye to her friend, 16-year-old Ryan Orcutt of Brockton, who died in a motorcycle accident last year.
Instead, she made him a promise.
In the weeks and months following his death, Gustafs...
WEST BRIDGEWATER — State building authority officials were poised to vote today in favor of finding “cost-effective” solutions to building problems at the middle-senior high school.
The vote by the Massachusetts School Building Authority board in...
Proud of my record of fighting for working families and partnering with local first responders to bolster public safety initiatives, today I proudly announced that I've been endorsed for re-election by Brockton Firefighters Local 144.
Continuing my commitment of working to ensure that much-needed state funding continues to be passed down to our cities, towns and local school districts, I proudly joined with my colleagues last night in an effort to restore $234 million to the state’s ...