BY LAURA CALVERLEY FOR THE SUN CHRONICLE
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:42 AM EDT
REHOBOTH - For the second time in a month, area voters have said no to an increase in taxes.
Rehoboth voters defeated a Proposition 2 1/2 override by more than a 2-to-1 margin in Tuesday's special election.
BY PETER GOBIS SUN CHRONICLE STAFF
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 3:48 PM EDT
ATTLEBORO - And so it was that on the final day of the regular season, the Easton Post 7 baseball team qualified for the Zone 9 playoffs, needing a tiebreaker over Somerset nonetheless.
And so it was on the turf at Beach Field on the campus of Bishop Feehan High School Tuesday, that Easton finally reached the .500 level for the season.
And so it was with dread and despair that South Attleboro American Legion Post 312, the winners of 24 games, the top seed in the eight-team tournament walked off the field for the final time.
Milton pulls even with Foxboro
MILTON - Turnabout is fair play. A day after shutting out Milton in the first game of its three-game playoff series, the Foxboro Legion team lost 4-0 Tuesday night to Post 114 at Cunningham Park in Milton, sending the series to its decisive third game tonight at Foxboro. More of this story
Cappello rescues Seekonk again
SEEKONK - Jake Cappello came through again for the Seekonk American Legion Post baseball team. More of this story
AAGA qualifier on tap
ATTLEBORO - A field of 113 golfers will be taking to the Heather Hill Country Club in Plainville Friday for the 18-hole qualifying round to the 2008 Attleboro Area Golf Association Open in August. More of this story
BY SUSAN LaHOUD SUN CHRONICLE STAFF
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:00 AM EDT
Native garden tomatoes are now ripening on the vine, ready for picking and eating in oh, so many ways. These sandwich recipes offered by Cook's Valley Farm in Wrentham keep it simple.
Farm Harvest Tomato Sandwich
This is a basic tomato and lettuce sandwich with cucumber and basil.
All about Oxford
What do explorers Lawrence of Arabia and Sir Walter Raleigh, authors J.R.R.Tolkien, Lewis Carroll, Oscar Wilde, and Theodore "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, media magnate Rupert Murdoch, actors Hugh Grant, Dudley Moore and Richard Burton, Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) have in common? More of this story
Hey, mom! Let's golf!
ATTLEBORO - Once a traditionally male dominated sport, golf has become a family-friendly game. More of this story
He's got the beat
ATTLEBORO -- African ashiko drums to Australian digiridos, John Wells can be said to be marching to the beat of a different drummer. More of this story
BY LAUREN CARTER
CORRESPONDENT
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 1:44 PM EDT
Hip-hop has taken a drubbing in recent years, with commercial rap regularly glorifying casual sex, drug use and violence and rappers typically requiring only a third-grade vocabulary and past drug dealing activity to get signed. For many whose exposure to rap is limited to what's played on the radio and broadcast on TV, this seems to be all there is to the genre.
Enter Rock the Bells, an annual festival that reminds fans what rap music is really based on. The artists who populate the Rock the Bells lineup don't necessarily have the number one hits, the requisite collaborations with hot R&B artists or the cliches with catchy hooks that get mind-boggling amounts of radio play.
BY RICK FOSTER SUN CHRONICLE STAFF
Sunday, July 20, 2008 2:32 AM EDT
Gas prices, the mortgage crisis and a plunge in consumer confidence may be wreaking havoc with commercial development across the country, but it has yet to fully catch up with retail plazas and lifestyle centers in the Attleboro-Foxboro area.
Leasing of stores and restaurants at the region's booming new retail complexes are unabated, despite growing retail bankruptcies and caution on the part of major chains, developers say. But some drag has begun to show up with cancellation of shopping plaza leases and a stretching out of some projects by smaller developers.
In the meantime, vacancy rates remain relatively stable despite a marked decline in sales of business property across the Bay State, according to the latest figures.
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Within two weeks of moving into their new home in North Attleboro, one of the first things Bill and Michele Clark did was scope out the sunniest patch in their back yard and plant a vegetable garden.
SEEKONK - Seekonk High School senior Andrew Ledoux survived the worst ordeal of his young life last summer, when a stroke left him paralyzed on one side of his body.
All politics is local. And local politics is personal, especially when it comes to posts on local Internet chat sites.
At some of its most visible sites - like in downtown Attleboro - the Ten Mile River appears to be a dirty stream, often browned or greened with vegetative growth, its bed and banks littered with bikes, tires and strewn trash.
BY TIFFANY STANLEY FOR THE SUN CHRONICLE
Sunday, July 20, 2008 1:05 PM EDT
ATTLEBORO -- For the second weekend in a row, more than 2,000 teenagers are overtaking the grounds of Attleboro's LaSalette Shrine for the Steubenville East conference. By the time the conference wraps up on Sunday afternoon, nearly 5,000 Catholic youth from the region will have made their way through the event's big, white tents for three days of Mass, music and devotion.
For some, the devotion won't end when the tents come down and the stage is disassembled. In fact, many will find themselves on the road to Attleboro again, since conference-goers often return year after year.
This was, for example, 17-year-old Julio Ortega's third trip to a Steubenville conference.
Religion Briefs
ATTLEBORO - A Vietnamese pilgrimage day will be held at LaSalette Shrine, Route 118, on Saturday, July 26. More of this story
This Weeks Sermon Topics
Attleboro - All Saints Anglican Church, 1188 South Main St., Attleboro invites you to worship Sunday at 8 and 10 a.m. with the Rev. Lance Giuffrida. This week’s readings: Genesis 28: 10-19; Psalm 139; Romans 8: 12-25; Matthew 13: 24-43. More of this story
One with the Lord
ATTLEBORO -- For the second weekend in a row, more than 2,000 teenagers are overtaking the grounds of Attleboro's LaSalette Shrine for the Steubenville East conference. By the time the conference wraps up on Sunday afternoon, nearly 5,000 Catholic youth from the region will have made their way through the event's big, white tents for three days of Mass, music and devotion. More of this story
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 4:08 PM EDT
Massachusetts law for the past two years has required that carbon monoxide detectors be installed on every floor of a home.
The value of the law has been proven over and over again, including in an incident last week in Norton, where a family found that carbon monoxide levels their home were nearly five times higher than the safety threshold, prompting them to evacuate for safety.
"In that environment, it would've affected them very quickly," fire Capt. Benton Keene III said, noting that one of the home's detectors read 160 parts per million and fire department readings in the basement were even higher. Carbon monoxide levels tend to average 3 parts per million in most homes; officials become concerned about safety when levels exceed 9 parts per million. Detectors are activated at 35 parts per million.
Letters To The Editor
In era of blogging, adults hard to find
To the editor: The editorial comments and letters to the editor on the Cohen vs. Zizza issue have uniformly condemned the public quarrel among public officials, not just in Wrentham, but in Mansfield, North Attleboro, and Foxboro.
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GUEST COLUMN: Flagmen cheaper? Baloney
I must admit that it was troubling to read columnist Bill Gouveia's column "Police perk costly to consumers" (July 17). It is troubling to see him, a longtime town official, participating in the anti-police detail hype that has been news of late. The lame excuse of higher costs to consumers is a half-truth at best. More of this story
By JESSICA KOSOWSKI
By MARK FARINELLA
MIKE GELBWASSER
AMY DeMeLIA
By RICK FOSTER
HOPE FERTITTA
MIKE KIRBY
SUE LaHOUD
MARK FLANAGAN
REBECCA KEISTER
JIM HAND
TOM REILLY
By MEGAN K. SCOTT / Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:00 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) - This fall, students at Sarah Lawrence's Warren Green hall will be composting together, monitoring their electricity usage and drying their laundry on a clothesline. They will share appliances, cooking and shopping to reduce waste and energy, and use electric light as little as possible.
And rising junior Justin Butler, 20, couldn't be happier to live there.
"It means a lot to me that the college is thinking about this really seriously," says the co-founder of Sustainable SLC (Sarah Lawrence College), which partnered with the school on the green residence house. "It's very different if it's just students working for this as opposed to it being a joint effort."
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Going green pays dividends for Norfolk
NORFOLK - For environmentally-conscious building, the town has been awarded a $50,000 grant for the planned reconstruction or replacement of Freeman-Centennial School off Boardman Street. More of this story
Fertilizer Can Be Green
(ARA) - The impact phosphorus - a common component of lawn fertilizer - has on the environment is drawing a lot of attention as summer approaches. Phosphorus from fertilizer can leach into lakes and streams, contributing to excessive algae and water plant growth that harms fish and impedes recreational use of these waters. More of this story
Ex-gang members "Richard X" and "Marcus" talk about their lives on the streets that led them to prison. ; Gangs; prison; staff; sun chronicle; tagging; National Van Sales VP Glen Perlman says tagging and break-ins at his Attleboro business has been a nuisance and a worry.; Gangs; police; staff; sun chronicle; tagging; violence; Behind the walls of a former armory Attleboro and YMCA youth councilors teach a culture of respect and responsibility for kids in an after school recreation program.; Armory; Gangs; attleboro; staff; sun chronicle; youth; Danielle and Brittany Cann speak openly about the tragic night they were critically wounded.; Cann; MA; The Sun Chronicle; attleboro; murder; norton; sun chronicle; North Attleboro Selectmen discuss the evaluation of current Town Administrator Mark Fisher.; MA; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; Town Treasurer/Collector Diana Asanza announces that residents will be able to pay their local taxes on-line.; MA; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; North Attleborough High School sports recap.; MA; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; sports; Local residents enjoy a day at the Foxboro Dog Park.; Foxboro; MA; The Sun Chronicle; attleboro; William Moffitt, North Attleboro Board of Selectman candidate for re-election.; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; election; selectman; selectmen; Marge Kraskouskas, North Attleboro Board of Selectman candidate for re-election.; MA; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; massachusetts; selectman; selectmen; Mark Williamson, North Attleboro Board of Selectman candidate.; MA; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; massachusetts; selectman; selectmen; Michael Thompson, North Attleboro Board of Selectman candidate.; MA; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; candidate; election; selectman; David Chee, North Attleboro Board of Selectman Candidate.; candidate; MA; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; selectman; Attleboro YMCA Youth Track Team competed at Northeast Indoor Classic in Boston, MA with other youth track and field teams. Submitted by jlappinattleboroymca from Norton; Attleboro YMCA Jaguars; Northeast Indoor Classic; YMCA Jaguars; Youth track meets; reader submitted video; sports; Abraham Lincoln's 199th birthday was celebrated by the Attleboro Republican Committee with a Civil War dinner and a reading of the Gettysburg Address.; Civil War; The Sun Chronicle; attleboro; lincoln; republican; sun chronicle; Harlan is a laid back cat who has been around the block. A one of a kind cat, Harlan is looking for a good home...maybe yours? Submitted by: DoubleACS, Attleboro, MA; AACS; attleboro; MA; Pet of the Week; Pets; Governor Patrick delivered his first State of the Commonwealth Address in front of a joint session of the legislature. ; MA; boston; governor; patrick; reader submitted video; submitted; At a closed door meeting, Governor Patrick met with the Executive Council of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO after their endorsement of his destination resort casino plan.; AFL-CIO; MA; boston; casino; governor; patrick; reader submitted video; submitted; DoubleACS from Attleboro, MA:
News and Highlights of Attleboro Sports; AACS; Attleboro High School; Bishop Feehan; Shamrocks; basketball; bombardiers; gymnastics; hockey; sports; track and field; The fundraiser to assist the family of murdered Norton resident Elizabeth Cann is announced.; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; Four local high school athletes announce their intent on accepting
scholarships to New England colleges.; Feehan; Football; MA; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; sports; Bishop Feehan holds its 22nd annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Ceremony on Monday night.; Feehan; MA; NATV; North TV; North Attleborough H.S. received a large donation from their Alumni.; MA; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; The North School Committee address raising funds to build a "Boundless Playground."
; MA; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; school; Selectman address issues with town's electric department, government reform and "Afghans" paiinting.; MA; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; selectmen; In this episode we visit the Attleboro Garden Club to show how to make unique table settings using ordinary household items.; :table settings; Emily's garden; Imagination; celebrations; entertaining; garden clubs; sea shells; Emily goes out on a limb with this one! Winter is right around the corner. Time to start thinking about stocking up that wood! ; Emily's garden; Yule-log; arborist; chimney sweep; fire; fuel; logs; safety; trees; wood; Emily leaves from her Garden to attend a Pow Wow held on the grounds of LaSalette Shrine in Attleboro Massachusetts.; american indians; attleboro; Emily's garden; LaSalette Shrine; MA; pow wow; folklore; medicine man; traditions; Norton, MA Super Tuesday primary results for national and local candidates. Submitted by Norton Cable Access.; election; MA; norton; NortonTV; Jack is a sweet cat who has had a rough life.; AACS; MA; Pet of the Week; Pets; attleboro; Emily interviews Marha Maynard a master spinner and weaver. Exploration of textiles and natural dyes include the history and origins of textiles.
; Emily's garden; MA; attleboro; natural dyes; rug hooking; spinning; textile; textiles; weaving; yarn; An inside look at the 2007 Providence Spring and Flower Garden Show held annually at The Providence Convention Center.
; Emily's garden; Flower Show; Garden Art; MA; Providence; attleboro; flower; sand sculptures; spring; New England Patriots send off rally for the Super Bowl. Submitted by Foxboro Cable Access.; FCA; Foxboro; MA; sports; Board of Selectmen deal with two hot issues; the "Afghans" painting and on-going problems at the Hickory Woods development.; MA; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; The Representative Town Meeting held this past Monday night involved some heavy debate on the renovation project of the public works building on Whiting Street.; MA; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; Bishop Feehan's Christina Perez is this year's winner of the Wendy's High School Heisman Award.; MA; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; The North Attleborough and Plainville Chamber of Commerce kicked off their 50th Anniversary with a celebration at Highland Country Club.; MA; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; North Attleborough's D.A.R.E. Graduation was held Thursday night at the Middle School, and the Hockomock YMCA initiates the Fit Kids program.; MA; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; Seekonk firefighters respond to a house fire that took the lives of several pets including a dog and five birds.; Pets; Seekonk; The Sun Chronicle; fire; sun chronicle; Katana is a kind and well trained dog, who is looking for a home... maybe yours? Submitted by DoubleACS from Attleboro, MA
; AACS; MA; Pet of the Week; Pets; attleboro; massachusetts; pet; Local artist Elizabeth Arseneau creates paintings and sculptures that the visually impaired can appreciate.; Arseneau; Art; Elizabeth Arseneau; Painting; sun chronicle; The Sun Chronicle; attleboro; sculpture; DoubleACS from Attleboro, MA:
The Museum at the Mill, undergoing renovations, is expected to open at the Dodgeville Mill in Attleboro sometime this spring. Features interviews with co-founders Katherine Honey and Gary Demers.; AACS; North Attleboro resident Ed Kalafarski is a diehard New York Giants fan and has been for over 20 years.; Football; MA; North Attleboro; The Sun Chronicle; massachusetts; sports; sun chronicle; This video is from Boston Indoor Games where four Jaguars athletes competed in youth relay race.; Attleboro YMCA; Attleboro YMCA Jaguars; Boston Indoor Games; Boston Indoor Games youth relay race; YMCA Jaguars; reader submitted video; Area residents enjoy the day visiting Foxborough's Dog Park.; Foxboro; MA; dog; park; pet; staff; sun chronicle; North Attleboro Board of Selectmen address concerns at the Hickory Woods development and the restructuring of town government as they meet with the Charter Commission.; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; Principal Bill Runey explains the electrical problems that distrupted classes at Bishop Feehan High School this past week.; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; North Atlleboro vs Mansfield Wrestling highlights.; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; athletics; sports; The Seekonk Animal Shelter has a mystery on its hands: Who is the owner of Rose, an infirm but sweet-tempered 12-year-old cat who was recently brought to the shelter.; Pets; adoption; attleboro; massachusetts; pet; sun chronicle; DoubleACS from Attleboro, MA:
Elmer is a laid back cat who has had all his shots. Elmer is friendly, loves to cuddle and he is looking for a home... maybe yours?; AACS; Pet of the Week; attleboro; pet; jlappinattleboroymca from Norton:
This video is about Attleboro YMCA Jaguars competing at youth track meet in Wheaton College on Jan. 9th, 2008. ; Attleboro YMCA; Attleboro YMCA Jaguars; Jaguars youth track team; jaguars; reader submitted video; youth track team; 21st Anniversary Annual Celebration of the birthday of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. January 21, 2008 held at the John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church in North Attleboro, MA.; MLK; martin luther king; attleboro; sun chronicle; Peanut is a Lovable dog who is looking for a home... maybe yours? Peanut is available for adoption from the Attleboro animal shelter.
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; AACS; Feehan; athletics; attleboro; basketball; bombardiers; hockey; sports; submitted; Re-cap of North Attleborough town news for the week of January 12-18, 2008 including reports of the on-going problems at the Hickory Woods development and the town's snow removal budget crisis.; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; North Attleborough Health Nurse Ann Marie Flemming explains the on-going need for flu shots.; flu; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; The Hockomock YMCA battles childhood obesity as explained by Board of Director member Paul Lenahan.; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; The North Attleborough and Plainville Chamber of Commerce have extensive plans to kick off their 50th Anniversary Friday.; 50th; Chamber of Commerce; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; sunphoto from Attleboro, MA:
Governor Patrick announced that he will file historic legislation to reform the Department of Education by creating an Executive Office of Education, headed by a new cabinet secretary; reader submitted video; submitted; Officials, residents assail 'ridiculous' routh through area. State transportation officials got and earful of criticism over the possibility of a new South Coast commuter rail line that would cut through Norton, Mansfield and Attleboro.; MA; norton; NortonTV; train; massachusetts; School Committee votes to fund the high school's
hockey and lacrosse programs.; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; Ed Lambert - Long-time board member of the Downtown Associates of North
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Attleborough Fire Chief Peter Lamb explains the dangers. ; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; North Attleborough Board of Selectmen deal with more problems
at Hickory Woods and budget issues.; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; Attleboro Mayor Kevin Dumas' inauguration address, just over 17 minutes in length, January 8, 2008; Kevin Dumas; Mayor Dumas; attleboro; dumas; inauguration; staff; Attleboro Mayor Kevin Dumas outlines the goals for the next two years in his inaugural address January 8, 2008; MA; Mayor; Mayor Dumas; attleboro; inauguration; massachusetts; sun chronicle; Brennan Middle School Handbell Choir performing at Attleboro's Inauguration.; attleboro; inauguration; Mayor; sun chronicle; Mayor Dumas gets sworn in to his third term by Lt. Governor Tim Murray; attleboro; inauguration; Mayor; Mayor Dumas; North Attleboro Week in Review for December 29, 2007-January 4, 2008. Submitted by North Attleborough TV.; massachusetts; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; North Attleborough High School wrestling team scores a huge win over King Philip Thursday night. Sunbitted by North TV, North Attleborough, MA; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; sports; North Attleborough Electric explains the reason for the increased cost of electricity to North residents. Submitted by North TV, North Attleborough, MA.; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; Details regarding North Attleborough's preliminary election in February. Submitted by North TV, North Attleborough, MA
; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; Town Administrator Mark Fisher reports that revenues should be up, but insurance costs are up as well. Submitted by North TV, North Attleborough, MA.
; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; Attleboro High Girls Basketball highlights vs Rockland, January 2, 2008. Submitted by DoubleACS, Attleboro, MA; AACS; attleboro; basketball; massachusetts; sports; Based on excellent performance on the MCAS, 85 students at North Attleboro High School have qualified for the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship, which provides four years of free tuition to any state university or college in Massachusetts.; MCAS; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; scholarship; A look back at some of the big stories during North Attleborough This Weeks coverage throughout 2007.; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; North Attleboro Selectmen vote to grant temporary licenses to car dealerships.; MA; NATV; North Attleboro; North TV; massachusetts; Baby deer is rescued from a city backyard.; attleboro; deer; Attleboro vs North Attleboro annual Thanksgiving Day Football.; Football; North Attleboro; North TV; attleboro; sports; Bishop Feehan vs Mansfield MIAA Division 2A State Playoff.; Football; North Attleboro; North TV; sports; Raw video from a fatal two car motor vehicle accident on Rt 95 North in Atteleboro, MA at Rt 295.; MVA; accident; attleboro; crash; fatal; staff; North Attleboro firefighters annual "Kids Day" fair.; Fireworks display at the annual "Kids Day" festival in North Attleboro, MA; North Attleboro Town Employees from the Public Works Department are lead into Attleboro District Court for their arraignment on alleged gambling charges.; Annual Attleboro Holiday parade December 1, 2007; attleboro; christmas; MA; The Sun Chronicle; staff; With school cancelled in some area towns, kids enjoyed the day sledding.; Free tacos thanks to the Red Sox.; attleboro; free; MA; taco; staff; Annual Festival of Lights at LaSalette Shrine.; LaSalette; attleboro; staff; Two car motor vehicle accident on Pleasant Street in Attleboro.; MVA; accident; attleboro; crash; City of Atteleboro receives Transportation Grant.; ARA; attleboro; Local video from staff and partners of The Sun Chronicle newspaper. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1447672970http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=1336806777
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Customized Food Comes Home
(ARA) - The idea of customization is nothing new; American diners have always been inclined to make their own choices when it comes to what goes into (and on top of) their entrees. But as more and more restaurants make the idea of customization their focus, the trend is making its way into our homes at a rapid pace. More of this story
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(ARA) - For years, it squeaked and squealed and stuck. Finally, after updating the landscaping and creating a beautiful new outdoor living space, the Adairs had had enough. They switched out their old original sliding patio door with a show-stopping new folding door system. More of this story
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