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News on the Philippines disaster and Veterans Day.

With the release of our last opossum and squirrel orphans earlier this month, we have finished the baby season. We are incredibly excited to announce that we have managed to successfully release an incredible amount of eastern cottontail rabbits using a novel treatment plan and an exciting new partnership.

Newly arrived eastern cottontail

Q: Greg, I’d like to know about the Plymouth and Dodge K-Cars that came out in 1981. How good were these cars, and would you say that the K-Car saved Chrysler Corporation from going bankrupt? Thanks, Miles L., retired in Florida.

Veterans were easy to spot mixed in with the crowd of flag-waving families lining Middle and Broad streets Monday morning. Many wore baseball hats or lapel pins with the emblem of their branch of service and the conflict in which they served during the town’s annual Veterans Day parade from Jackson Square to town hall. Some dressed in fatigues and boots and held American flags while they cheered the marchers going by.

Get great gift book ideas on Nov. 23

            Books make perfect gifts, but what to buy?  Get recommendations for cookbooks, mysteries, bestsellers and inspirational books from authors and avid readers.  A Holiday Buying Guide will be held on Saturday, November 23, from 2:00-3:30 p.m. in the Keys Community Room (lower level) of the Milton Library, 476 Canton Avenue in Milton.  Library Director Will Adamczyk, mystery author Hallie Ephron, spirituality columnist Suzette Martinez Standring, and cooking coach Connie Spiros will share personal favorites. The free event, sponsored by the Friends of the Milton Library, is open to the public. Find out more...

Typhoon-ravaged Philippine islands faced an unimaginably huge recovery effort that had barely begun Monday, as bloated bodies lay uncollected and uncounted in the streets and survivors pleaded for food, water and medicine.

Election of three minorities to councilor-at-large seats signals change in Brockton political landscape

Two Brockton police officers used a Taser, or electronic stun gun, to try and subdue suspects during a melee outside two downtown establishments early Sunday morning.

Eleven-year-old Julia Whealan writes about her her grandfather, Vietnam veteran Edward A. Cummings of Randolph, and her great-uncle, Philip T. Delorenzo, who was killed ion the wart.

Parts of eastern Massachusetts may see the season's first snowfall early Tuesday morning.