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The Weymouth Auto Mall, formerly Ricky Smith Pontiac, will close Dec. 13 after 54 years of service. Owner Rick Smith said the business, which was founded in 1954 by his father, Ricky Smith, began to fall on hard times in 2009 when GM terminated its franchise agreements with a number of dealerships as part of the company’s bankruptcy.

Loose gatherings of the curious and conspiracy-minded at Dallas’ Dealey Plaza have marked past anniversaries of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, featuring everything from makeshift memorials to marching drummers to discussions about who else might have been in on the killing. But in the place where the president’s motorcade passed through and shots rang out on Nov. 22, 1963, a solemn ceremony on the 50th anniversary of his death designed to avoid such distractions will include brief remarks by the mayor and the tolling of church bells.

A statue of John F. Kennedy on the lawn of the Massachusetts State House will be open for public viewing on the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s assassination.

I was 18 months old on Nov. 22, 1963. I have no recollection of where I was or, for that matter, who I was. However, that dreadful day left a mark on my family and, by extension, a mark on me. It wasn’t until March 30, 1981, that I truly began to understand its depth and complexity.

Cohasset voters will be asked to allocate nearly $1.9 million, tend to housekeeping items and make bylaw changes Saturday at a special town meeting.

The town’s efforts to gather information to challenge new federal flood insurance maps is bearing fruit, Hingham Town Administrator Ted Alexiades said.

After three serious accidents in recent weeks – including one fatality – officials are looking at ways to slow down traffic on Winter Street in Norwell.

Organizers for the ballot initiative to tank automatic gas tax hikes said that they have collected 100,000 signatures to place the question on the November 2014 ballot.

The owner of a Quincy Center office building has sued the developer behind the $1.6 billion downtown redevelopment project, alleging that the developer failed to pay rent and tried to get existing tenants to relocate to another building.

On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III, D-Mass., testified before a House subcommittee on behalf of a bill to commemorate the Peace Corps.