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A food service worker at the Chapman Middle School was arrested on statutory rape charges Wednesday night hours after she was placed on administrative leave from her job, police said.

A West Bridgewater woman expected to be summoned to court to face motor vehicle homicide charges will still be allowed to drive more than 10 days after the fatal crash police say she caused last week.

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The Massachusetts Department of Transportation board voted unanimously on Wednesday to change operators of the state’s expansive commuter rail network, awarding a lucrative $2.69 billion contract for the next eight years to the French rail company Keolis. The unanimous vote came after the MassDOT board of directors heard concerns from the current operator - the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Rail Co. - about the evaluation process and from union members worried about whether Keolis had deliberately low-balled labor cost estimates to underbid MBCR.

Authorities believe a man, dubbed the "Brim Beanie Bandit," who robbed the South Shore Savings Bank in Stoughton Monday was also involved in five other bank robberies last month, including the same Stoughton bank on Dec. 13.

Richard A. Walker of Weymouth has claimed a $10 million prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “40th Anniversary Millions” instant game.

Some say it’s cute. Others say it’s in poor taste. Animal lovers can’t seem to agree on how they feel about a new Puppy Doe figurine that’s being made by a Connecticut toymaker.

After a week of extreme weather shifts, local New Englanders buckle down for another season of tumultuous and erratic weather.

Steven James of Marshfield was an avid sportsman and advocate of the outdoors who friends say used his passion to give back. James, 53, of Marshfield was killed Tuesday when the 15-foot aluminum skiff he and two other men were on capsized. Fellow sportsman and friend Mike Pierdinock of Marshfield struggled to come to terms with James' death. "Stevie hunted all over the world, in some dangerous, dangerous situations, and he dies duck hunting. I just scratch my head,” Pierdinock said.