East Bridgewater

A raging fire consumed a house in East Bridgewater and sent a homeowner to the hospital with non-life-threatening burns Saturday night, according to authorities. Firefighters received word of the blaze at 15 Chestnut St. around 4:50 p.m. Saturday. As they arrived, they found thick flames engulfing each window on the first two floors of the house. The 69-year-old homeowner was…

Selectmen in East Bridgewater will investigate how the town handled an outbreak of COVID-19 at a private club, saying some residents have voiced concerns about oversight by the Board of Health. Members of the health board also ceded their authority to investigate the outbreak to the state, accepting a recommendation Monday from the town’s lawyer to recuse themselves from...

Selectmen in East Bridgewater will investigate how the town handled an outbreak of COVID-19 at the Commercial Club of East Bridgewater, saying some residents have voiced concerns about oversight by the Board of Health at the private club.

A private club in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts has temporarily shut down amid a coronavirus outbreak in the community. The town’s public health department is urging anyone who went to the Commercial Club between Nov. 16 and Nov. 27 to get tested for COVID-19. The club will remain closed until Dec. 15 and undergo a deep cleaning process. Meanwhile, the numbers…

The Commercial Club of East Bridgewater is temporarily closed after a cluster of coronavirus cases.

The town’s public health department is urging anyone who went to the Commercial Club between Nov. 16 through the day after Thanksgiving to get tested for coronavirus.

An East Bridgewater man is making it his mission to help people who are homeless. It all started with a bowl of soup, and now, he’s getting a helping hand from New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft.

Prosecutors have dismissed charges against two Massachusetts women who had been accused of hurting and threatening two children during what authorities described as a Voodoo ritual. Sisters Rachel Hilaire, 42, and Peggy LaBossiere, 53, were scheduled face trial Monday on charges including assault and battery on a child with injury, but the Plymouth district attorney’s office withdrew the case last…

A Massachusetts judge says the state’s ban on the sale of vaping products can’t be enforced on medical marijuana products. Suffolk Superior Court Judge Douglas Wilkins ruled Tuesday that marijuana card holders seeking to purchase marijuana vaping products should be exempt from the four-month ban.

A racist video apparently made by students in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, was posted to Snapchat and has been making the rounds on social media. “It was disgusting,” said Jocelyn Williams, a junior. “It is really bad, originally I thought the kids in the video don’t go to our school but then someone told me they actually do go to our...

A store in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, has been issued a cease and desist order by local health officials for selling vaping products in violation of the governor’s first-in-the-nation ban. The order was delivered to the owner of Lifestyle Vape on Tuesday, police said. The business could also face fines and other disciplinary action from the town.

A 14-year-old boy riding a bicycle was hospitalized late Monday after being struck by a truck in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, according to police. The incident happened in the area of 125 West St. at about 5:15 p.m.

A man was arrested at Boston’s Logan International Airport on Tuesday on suspicion of child rape, according to authorities. Antonio Harris, 48, of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, was arrested around 1 p.m. after he was found at Terminal B in the airport, according to state police. He was later turned over to East Bridgewater police.

A missing woman from East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, has been found, authorities announced Sunday. Twenty-nine-year-old Christine Silva, who had last been seen leaving an East Bridgewater home around 1:30 a.m. Saturday, has been located, according to Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz. Cruz thanked everyone for their efforts in a tweet.

A school in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts was placed on lockdown Thursday morning following a threat made on a smartphone app. At approximately 7:15 a.m., police responded to East Bridgewater Junior/Senior High School after they were informed that a threat referencing the 1999 Columbine High School shooting was made toward the school.

Police are looking for a suspicious man after an incident Wednesday in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. A mother called police around 3:20 p.m. to report that a man had approached her 11-year-old daughter as she was getting off the school bus on Thayer Avenue. He allegedly asked the girl twice if she wanted a ride.

Police in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, are looking for a man who approached a young girl.

The MSPCA is seeking information about a woman who left a sick dog at a pet grooming business in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, last week and never returned.

Authorities are concerned about an intersection in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, that people say is dangerous.

Authorities are concerned about an intersection in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, that people say is dangerous.