Taunton

Taunton police Patrolman John Borges died Thursday after battling COVID-19, Chief Edward J. Walsh announced in a statement. Borges was a 20-year veteran of the Taunton Police Department, according to the statement. He was a search manager for southeastern Massachusetts regional police search and rescue team, a lead trainer for the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency and participated in the Civil…

A man was in court Friday to face a hate crime charge after allegedly pistol-whipping a man and yelling racially and sexually oriented slurs at him in Taunton, Massachusetts. The man who was attacked said it was a scary experience — he thought he was going to get shot. “The whole time, when he had the gun pressed to my…

A man pistol-whipped another man and yelled racial slurs outside his home in Taunton, police say.

A search continues for the operator of a motorcycle believed to have been ejected into the Taunton River after a crash on the Veterans Memorial Bridge in Massachusetts. Massachusetts State Police said it was continuing to look for the victim, who they said was a 35-year-old Fall River man. On Sunday, the U.S. Coast Guard said it had suspended...

The chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the owner of an Rhode Island architecture firm have been indicted in connection with a bribery scheme involving plans to build a $1 billion resort and casino in Taunton, Massachusetts. Cedric Cromwell, 55, of Attleboro, the tribal council chairman, was indicted on two counts of accepting or paying bribes as an agent…

The chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe has been indicted for an alleged bribery scheme involving plans to build a casino in Taunton.

Two Massachusetts police officers were seriously injured Friday evening when they were struck by a car while on scene of a separate crash in Taunton. One officer was taken to a local hospital, and the other was taken to Rhode Island Hospital with serious injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening, Taunton Police Chief Edward Walsh said in a…

Two Taunton police officers were seriously injured around 6:15 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Route 140 and Taunton Depot Drive when a car struck them while they were on scene investigating a separate crash.

A man was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon at his home in Taunton, Massachusetts. Police responded just before 4 p.m. to a home on Myrtle Street after a shooting was reported, the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said. Thirty-year-old Jean Carlos Lopez, who lived at the home, was found outside suffering from a gunshot wound. Lopez was taken to...

Nearly every day, loud music blares from Dorothea Pelletier’s neighbor’s home, rattling her bedroom windows, waking her up at odd hours and upsetting her elderly, ill husband.  The music has been disturbing her family for three years, she said, but she hasn’t been able to get help from either Taunton police or city hall, despite making about two dozen...

The Taunton couple says they have been dealing with noisy neighbors for years – but the neighbor said he hasn’t done anything wrong.

Friday is the deadline for schools to submit their fall reopening plans, and at least 32 of them have already decided against having kids return to class at all. Auburn, Barnstable, Belmont, Bourne, Brockton, Brookline, Chelsea, Dedham, Everett, Framingham, Gardner, Lawrence, Leominster, Lynn, Marblehead, Manchester-Essex, Masconomet, Mendon-Upton, Methuen, Northbridge, Revere, Salem, Somerset, Somerville, Taunton, Topsfield, Wachusett, Watertown, Wayland, Webster, West…

The Boston Teachers Union was scheduled to deliver its school reopening plans to Mayor Marty Walsh Thursday afternoon.

Dr. Brenda Cassellius, the superintendent of Boston Public Schools, and Mayor Marty Walsh have already ruled out a full-scale return for the fall. School officials are still trying to decide between a hybrid or remote-only model as they consider limitations within their facilities and transportation capabilities.

Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday identified four high risk Massachusetts cities and towns that will be the focus of his new COVID Enforcement and Intervention Team. Chelsea, Everett, Lynn and Revere are included in the high risk category, meaning they have over eight cases per 100,000 residents. Twenty-nine other communities, including Auburn, Belchertown, Boston, Brockton, Charlton, Chicopee, Fall River, Framingham,…

Massachusetts released a map showing coronavirus hot spots across the state.

With a recent uptick in coronavirus cases, Gov. Charlie Baker is implementing new regulations starting Tuesday.

Amid rising coronavirus cases in Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker identifies four communities as “high risk” that will be the focus of increased enforcement of the mask mandate and crowd control.

A man accused of attacking a Massachusetts couple at their home over their sexuality has been held without bail after a dangerousness hearing. Michael Cates of Brockton is accused of a hate crime in the incident at a Taunton couple’s home on June 29, the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said. He was found dangerous Thursday during an appearance...