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Norfolk Firefighters Investigate Gas Leak at Walgreens

(Above): Norfolk Firefighters Jamie Masterson, right, and Captain Peter Petruchik return from the roof at Walgreens on Thursday, January 12. More...

Norfolk Firefighters Put Out Fire at Boardman Street Home

(Above): Norfolk Firefighters position the aerial ladder to access the roof of 103 Boardman Street during a chimney fire on Tuesday, January 17 at 7:30 p.m. More...

Norfolk In Brief

The Long Arm Of The Deadbeat Dad Law

A man police say is a deadbeat dad wanted for 13 years got arrested in Rhode Island and brought back to Massachusetts, police said. More...

The victim of an apparent attack at his home by three men told police he didn’t want to press charges because the men were trying to collect a drug debt from him, police said. A woman called police about 6:18 p.m. More...

It’s A Long Way To Tegucigalpa, It’s A Long Way To Go

A 39-year-old man who presented police a Guatemalan driver’s license when stopped told police he has been living in the United States for two years even though he has a driving record in Massachusetts going back to 1993, police said. More...

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Blessed Sacrament School Open House Set for Sunday, January 29

Teachers, Administrators, Parents, and Students To Be On Hand at 10:15 a.m. at Catholic Elementary School in Walpole

Blessed Sacrament School in Walpole is planning to hold its annual open house at 10:15 a.m. Sunday, January 29. More...

Town Trust About To Build ‘Affordable’ Homes

Main Street, Gumps Farm Two of the Sites for Below-Market-Rate Dwellings

By Matt McDonald

The town’s Municipal Affordable Housing Trust is asking for $100,000 in Community Preservation Act funds to help Habitat for Humanity build a new below-market-rate home next to St. Jude Church on Main Street. More...

Guest Columns

Venture Capital Companies

By William R. Crane

The subject of Bain Capital and the whole business of “venture capital” firms has become a most misunderstood football kicked about by some folks who misconstrue the business and talked about by many folks who have no idea what they are More...