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Millions of dollars worth of counterfeit goods make their way into the hands of an unwitting consumer on a regular basis, police say.

John and Ann O’Donnell of Braintree were loaded down with bags from Macy’s at the South Shore Plaza on Thursday.

Health officials in Braintree are on track to increase the minimum age for buying cigarettes to 19 from the state of minimum of 18.

Scituate Harbor has become a haven for female entrepreneurship.  Almost 75 percent of Front Street businesses are now owned by women.  Their shops range from high end clothing, to fine foods, to unique arts and crafts from around the world.

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Search for suspect after attempted bank robbery at Randolph Savings Bank branch in Stoughton.

Quincy Medical Center was bursting with toys on Friday, Dec. 20, as employees competed in “The Great QMC Stocking Challenge” to benefit Toys For Tots. Departments throughout the hospital decorated oversized Christmas stockings and stuffed them with toys to support the non-profit. By the end of the day, the lobby was full of 20 overflowing stockings complete with sparkles, bells, lights, and additional holiday décor. 

Federal prosecutors will hold a second trial to seek the death penalty against a man who admitted killing three people in Massachusetts and New Hampshire during a weeklong crime spree. Gary Lee Sampson, a drifter from Abington, pleaded guilty to federal charges in the 2001 slayings of 19-year-old Jonathan Rizzo of Kingston and 69-year-old Philip McCloskey of Taunton. He pleaded guilty to separate state charges in New Hampshire in the death of Robert Whitney of Concord.

Michael Serode, of Salon Serode in Pembroke, has been Kristine Scigliano’s hairdresser for 35 years. So maybe it comes as no surprise that he supports her nonprofit’s cause.