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Cities and towns on the South Shore and elsewhere in the state are spending more every year for health insurance and pensions for fewer employees, and are using a bigger share of their budgets to pay the debt service on borrowing.

The right lane on the off-ramp of Route 24 North toward I-93 South in Randolph is closed after a tractor-trailer lost its load Tuesday afternoon, according to Massachusetts State Police.

News on Satanists, a police shooting and Dennis Rodman.

Investigators have found no indication that foul play was involved in the death of a woman whose body was found under the Fore River Bridge on Monday night, a spokesman for the Norfolk County district attorney’s office said.

Lindsey Vonn won't be ready in time for the Sochi Olympics and announced today she can't compete. Vonn, considered one of the best downhill skiers in the world, wrote on Facebook, "I am devastated to announce that I will not be able to compete in Sochi." Vonn injured her knee about a year ago and then hurt it again in training in November. 

Frances Silverstein always felt she missed out on becoming a bat mitzvah. Only boys were allowed the traditional Jewish coming of age when she was 13. So the former Randolph resident decided to achieve the longtime goal before she reached 90.

The Weymouth Town Council on Monday elected at-large Councilor Patrick O’Connor to a two-year term as council president. District 6 Councilor Michael Smart was chosen to take over as vice president.

Today I have an update on the snowy owl that we recently admitted at NEWC.

Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch wanted to talk people, not projects, Monday night during his inauguration speech at the new Central Middle School.

City historian Tom Galvin will present a slideshow on Quincy’s Industrial and Commercial Past on Friday, January 10 at 1 PM  at Quincy College.