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A Brockton man who has served as a volunteer high school football coach was arrested Thursday on suspicion of child rape, possessing child pornography and more, authorities said.

A Brockton man who has served as a volunteer high school football coach was arraigned Thursday on charges of child rape, possessing child pornography and more, authorities said.

A Brockton man who has served as a volunteer high school football coach was arrested Thursday on suspicion of child rape, possessing child pornography and more, authorities said.

What started as an idea during game night has grown into a major business. Now, the co-owners of the Brockton Beer Company are preparing to open a new facility downtown. The co-owners, Pierre Alexandre, Ed Cabellon, Rowan Olmstead and Eval Silvera, say the move is a part of a larger goal of revitalizing the city of Brockton, Massachusetts.

The life of boxing champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler is being celebrated in his hometown of Brockton this weekend. Hagler died in March at the age of 66, and the celebration Sunday would have been his 67th birthday, The Enterprise reported. “Marvelous Marvin Hagler has been an inspiration and a source of civic pride for Brockton for generations,” Mayor Robert Sullivan…

A vigil was held Monday evening in memory of two young boys who drowned in Brockton, Massachusetts. Two cousins — 12-year-old Tiago Depina and 13-year-old Rafael Andrande — were pulled from Waldo Lake at D.W. Field Park Saturday after initially being reported missing around 7:30 p.m., according to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office. The vigil was held by Waldo…

Two young boys are dead after being pulled from the water at a park in Brockton, Massachusetts, on Saturday. The Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that two cousins — 12-year-old Tiago Depina and 13-year-old Rafael Andrande — were pulled from Waldo Lake at D.W. Field Park on Saturday after initially being reported missing around 7:30 p.m. Multiple 911 calls…

The Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that two cousins — 12-year-old Tiago Depina and 13-year-old Rafael Andrande — were pulled from Waldo Lake at D.W. Field Park on Saturday after initially being reported missing around 7:30 p.m.

The Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that two cousins — 12-year-old Tiago Depina and 13-year-old Rafael Andrande — were pulled from Waldo Lake at D.W. Field Park on Saturday after initially being reported missing around 7:30 p.m.

The Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that two boys, 12-year-old Tiago Depina and 13-year-old Rafael Andrande, cousins from Brockton and students at South Middle School, were pulled from Waldo Lake.

The children, aged 12 and 13, were recovered from about 10 feet below the surface of Waldo Lake Saturday night.

Two children died after being pulled from the water Saturday night at a municipal park in Brockton, Massachusetts, after they were reported missing earlier in the evening, officials said. Brockton Fire Capt. Steve McLean shared the devastating news at a press conference around 10:15 p.m. where he was joined by Brockton Mayor Robert Sullivan and Darren Duarte, the spokesperson for…

Two children were pulled from the water Saturday night at a municipal park in Brockton, Massachusetts, after they were reported missing earlier in the evening, officials said.

A local high school student is excited to attend Harvard University this fall, but it’s her admissions essay that has garnered a lot of attention on social media. “The opening line of my essay was, and I quote, ‘I hate the letter S,’” said Abigail Mack of Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Like many high school seniors, Mack wanted her college admissions...

Authorities in Brockton, Massachusetts, are searching for a suspect who allegedly shot someone and then fled the area in the victim’s car Friday night. Officers found a 22-year-old shooting victim shortly after 8 p.m. in the area of Chatham West Drive, where there is a large apartment complex. The man was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening...

Brockton police say the suspect took off in the victim’s car and has not been found.

Brockton High School served as a vaccination clinic Thursday as students 16 and older lined up to get the COVID shot in the cafeteria. The head of Brockton’s Public Health Department says clinics like this are the future as mass vaccination sites close down in Massachusetts.

Middleweight boxing champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler is being celebrated in his Massachusetts hometown with a street named in his honor. The Brockton City Council on Monday approved a proposal by two councilors to name a currently under-construction street Marvin Hagler Drive, The Enterprise reported Wednesday. Hagler, who died in March at age 66, finished his professional career with a 62-3-2 record with...

A man on the Massachusetts Most Wanted list was killed during a traffic stop in Tennessee this weekend, prosecutors said Monday. Marvin Veiga, 32, was wanted on murder and gun charges out of Plymouth County for a fatal shooting in Brockton on Oct. 13. But Veiga was fatally shot by police in Nashville Saturday morning. He had “advanced on the…

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