Before we begin the new week in earnest, we’re taking a look back at the week that was, and the stories that led the news with Taunton Daily Gazette readers.
Top stories this past week included:
Former Bristol County District Attorney Paul Walsh Jr. has died. He led the office for 16 years in prosecuting several high-profile cases, and took unprecedented steps to lift what he called “the shroud of secrecy” that covered a shocking sexual abuse scandal that rocked the Diocese of Fall River.
Stop & Shop revealed a list of store closures.
Making wedding plans? Don’t forget to get a marriage license at Taunton City Hall, where you can also get married, if you want to skip all of the fuss and stress of wedding planning. Learn more, right here.
More of the Gazette’s All-Scholastic picks. This week, we shared our picks for: boys track and field, and girls track and field.
How widespread across the city of Taunton is the issue of badly numbered or out-of-sequence street addresses?
The latest Greater Taunton real estate report, featuring a raised ranch in Taunton that sold for $590,000. The Richmond Street home features a gorgeous updated kitchen, two modernized bathrooms, a den with a pellet stove, and a convenient bar area. 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:
In a recent online poll, the Gazette asked readers to vote for their favorite french fries in the Taunton area.
The people of Greater Taunton have spoken:
Poutine Peddlers won best fries, by a landslide.
‘What’s not to love’! : This beloved peddler of fries won best french fries in Taunton-area
The Dighton-Rehoboth Regional School Committee has set its own policy to counteract the circumstances that caused the serious injury of a female member of the school’s field hockey team last fall — when a shot taken by a male player on the other team hit her in the face.
This is what the new policy looks like.
New policy: D-R slams MIAA, passes policy to ‘protect female athletes from males’ after serious injury
South Coast Rail is a major feat of engineering and politicking that has taken decades to see through — the long-promised return of passenger rail to Fall River, Taunton and New Bedford. But what began as a promise in 1991 and which will carry riders to Boston in a little under a year is still “incomplete.”
What’s opening in spring of 2025 is only Phase 1.
What the “Full Build” would look like, and why it may never happen.
Rail service: Even when it opens, South Coast Rail may never be completely ‘finished.’ Here’s why.
Each week, Taunton Eats takes a look at meal deals, special events, and mouth-watering offerings at local eateries and markets, to help you plan your next night out.
This week, Taunton Eats featured brunch at Aire Taunton, where the chef is on-hand to craft your made-to-order omelets, waffles, pancakes, and eggs.
Plus, St. Anthony’s Portuguese festa is coming up!
Bring your appetite and take a look at some local foodie scoops, in the latest Taunton Eats.
Taunton Eats: Brunch at Aire; St. Anthony’s Portuguese festa; Shark Week cocktails
As a new deadline for bids looms for Steward Health Care to sell its eight Massachusetts hospitals — including Good Samaritan in Brockton, Morton in Taunton and Saint Anne’s in Fall River — the state’s senators urged the companies who own the facilities’ real estate to sweeten the deal for prospective buyers.
Steward Health Care: Will anyone buy Brockton, Taunton, Fall River hospitals saddled with millions in rent?
Herald News/Taunton Daily Gazette copy editor and digital producer Kristina Fontes can be reached at kfontes@heraldnews.com. Support local journalism by purchasing a digital or print subscription to The Herald News and Taunton Daily Gazette today.
