Pizza shop goes viral; Brockton man pleads guilty to RMV scheme: 5 top stories last week
A 23-year-old man was ordered held without bail in Brockton District Court in connection to a shooting outside a Brockton Wingstop restaurant, the district attorney's office said in a written statement.
What started as a hobby for 50-year-old Arron Capron, owner and head chef of The Edge Pizza, took a chance on turning his passion into a business and went viral on YouTube.
One woman and a juvenile were shot on Battles Farm Drive in Brockton on Tuesday, according to reporting by WCVB.
Our readers have spoken and named the best bakery in the Brockton area. Did your favorite win?
In case you missed it, here are five of the top stories from the past week.
A 23-year-old man was ordered held without bail in Brockton District Court on Monday, June 9, in connection to a shooting outside a Brockton Wingstop restaurant, the Plymouth County District Attorney's office said in a written statement.
Suspect i shooting in held without bail: Suspect in Brockton Wingstop shooting held without bail: What investigators say happened
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What started as a hobby for 50-year-old Arron Capron, owner and head chef of The Edge Pizza, quickly turned into something much bigger. Once Capron took a chance on turning his passion into a business, new opportunities followed, including going viral on YouTube. When YouTuber Shane Uriot released "Inside the 1-Man Pizza Shop Making 150 Pizzas A Night," he didn't expect it to go viral. In two months, the video gained over 1.1 million views, putting The Edge Pizza in Plymouth on the map.
Plymouth pizza shop goes viral: Plymouth pizza shop goes viral on YouTube with 1.1 million views. Meet the man behind it.
Photos of The Edge Pizza: A hobby turned business: Arron Capron's The Edge Pizza in Plymouth goes viral on YouTube
A 71-year-old man pleaded guilty Wednesday, June 11, in federal court in Boston to charges he bribed a Brockton Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) road test examiner to issue drivers licenses to people who did not pass — or some cases even take — their road test, the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's office announced in a written statement.
Driving school owner pleads guilty: Brockton driving school owner pleads guilty to RMV scheme, paying more than $20K in bribes
Former driving instructor pleads guilty: Former Brockton RMV driving instructor pleads guilty in driver's license fraud scandal
Easton voters said a resounding "no" to a $7.3 million Proposition 2 1/2 override in Tuesday's special town election. By a nearly two-to-one margin voters rejected the override, with 2,252 residents voting yes, or 37%, and 3,754 voting no, or 63%, according to unofficial results from the town Tuesday night.
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On April 13, 2024, Heather Littlefield opened Frontline Cafe and Bakery in West Bridgewater. Now, just 14 months later, Frontline was named the best bakery in the Brockton area according the the Enterprise's public opinion poll. Frontline won the vote with 44.35% and Montilio's Baking Company finished a close second with 38.87%.
Find out why this bakery was named best: Find out why this bakery was named the best in the Brockton area
Photos inside Frontline Cafe and Bakery Healing through baking: West Bridgewater's Frontline Cafe and Bakery captured in photos
Staff writer Kathy Bossa can be reached by email at kbossa@enterprisenews.com. Support local journalism by purchasing a digital or print subscription to The Enterprise today.
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