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Although bank robberies are going up in communities like Quincy, law enforcement officials say there are several key trends in these crimes: many robbers are drug-dependent repeat offenders, many are unarmed and many get caught.

Stores were swamped with customers Friday as the South Shore braced for 6 to 8 inches of snow expected this weekend.

The state Department of Public Health has named the members of a committee that will help review 100 applicants for up to 35 medical marijuana dispensary licenses.

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Rather than create either a new zoning district or an overlay district for medical marijuana treatment centers, the Planning Board proposes to site them not in out-of-the-way locations but in more public settings in exising commercial districts.

The wait staff at South Shore Country Club got a break on Thursday afternoon as Hingham Police officers took over the lunch shift. For the 30th year in a row, the Hingham Police Association organized a lunch for the town’s seniors.

Two to four inches of snow is expected Tuesday, most of it before the evening rush hour. The National Weather Service office in Taunton has issued a winter weather advisory for southeastern Massachusetts through 5 p.m.

Two to four inches of snow is expected Tuesday, most of it before the evening rush hour. The National Weather Service office in Taunton has issued a winter weather advisory for southeastern Massachusetts through 5 p.m.

Yesterday the Federal Communications Commission voted to consider the use of cellphones on airplanes, but the Department of Transportation and several Congress members separately moved to continue the ban. The Department of Transportation and Congress members are saying the issue is a consumer rights one, because no one wants to sit next to a person who jabbers on his or her phone throughout a flight.   

The number of homeless people in Massachusetts has grown by 80 percent in the past six years, the second highest rate in the nation. But a new program announced Thursday by Gov. Deval Patrick could help a few hundred of those people learn new skills and land jobs with decent wages.