Top stories: Community celebrates life of late State Rep. Carol Doherty
Top stories this past week included:
A massive 275-unit market-rate housing development, intended to be built next to the new MBTA rail station in East Taunton, has a new developer.
A profile of Dighton-Rehoboth baseball's Ben Miller, and how the senior pitcher/infielder looks to lead by example.
There's going to be a free classical concert at the Old Colony History Museum in Taunton.
The 1712 Restaurant & Tavern in Dighton will be closing at the end of this month.
The latest Greater Taunton real estate report, featuring a renovated multi-family in Taunton that sold for $1,000,000. The Cohannet Street home was built in 1900, and has undergone a significant makeover. Check out this property, as well as other recent top-sellers.
These were the Top 5 stories of the past week, according to Gazette readers:
A celebration of life was held for late State Rep. Carol Doherty on Saturday, April 12, at the Memorial United Methodist Church in Taunton.
Family, friends, and officials attended, to honor Doherty's life and work for her community.
Moving moment: Celebration of life for Taunton/Easton State Rep. Carol Doherty
Graduating seniors will now need to earn passing grades in biology, 10th grade English, algebra 1 and geometry in order to receive a Taunton High School diploma.
Those are some of the new graduation requirements that the Taunton School Committee voted to implement at their April 2 meeting.
The new requirements come after a statewide ballot question where voters voted to remove MCAS as a graduation requirement.
Gazette Reporter Emma Rindlisbacher takes a look at what we know about the new graduation requirements.
Graduation requirements: Here are Taunton High School's new graduation requirements to replace MCAS
Taunton has welcomed a new bookshop!
Serendipity Bookshop opened downtown on April 7, at 1 Main St.
Owner Donna Melchionno is aiming to make the bookshop a cozy community space.
'More than just books': New bookshop in downtown Taunton aims to be cozy destination
Now it's Raynham's turn to decide whether it will comply with the state's controversial multi-family housing law or forge a path of resistance.
At Raynham's upcoming Annual Town Meeting voters will decide whether to amend the town's bylaws to establish a multi-family overlay zoning district to comply with the state's MBTA Communities Act — a mandate requiring all communities with MBTA transit service or that abut them to establish a new zone for multi-family housing.
Gazette Reporter Daniel Schemer has the story.
'Jamming this down our throat': Raynham proposes 2 new multi-family housing zones. Where?
Taunton City Councilor Jeff Postell is not running for re-election, opening up a seat on the council for a newcomer.
Here's what we know about Postell's decision, plus information about the upcoming election.
Election: Longtime Taunton City Councilor Jeff Postell not running for re-election. What he said
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