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‘Tis the season for holiday shoplifting – a problem for area retailers that ends up costing the retail industry $38 billion in store losses each year, said Ryan Kearney of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts.

Eastern Nazarene College, a private Christian school, has finally clarified an ambiguous stance that, for decades, kept students from dancing at events. With a policy now in place, the school will host its first student dance this winter.

A proposal to require seat belts on school buses – perennial legislation that never makes it through the Legislature – was before lawmakers again Thursday.

Police say they had to use dogs and a tire-shredding device to stop a teenage driver who fled from officers after he was involved in a road rage incident.

Reaching the 30-year mark isn’t easy for businesses, but Manet Community Health Center did just that and will celebrate with an open houseTuesday.

Scituate voters will head to the polls Saturday to make the final call on a proposed property tax increase to fund a $12 million overhaul of the Branch Street library.

Changes proposed for the SouthField project by its master developer could slap the Weymouth schools with immediate costs that the district doesn’t have the money to cover, school committee members said Thursday night.

The police department is adding patrols directed at suspected drunken drivers.The patrols will begin tonight and last through New Year’s Day, said Sgt. Steven Dearth.

 Whoever thinks American youngsters are self-centered weren’t at Scituate High School’s library Thursday.

A group of SouthField residents is backing a controversial proposal by the project’s master developer to reshape the redevelopment of the former Navy air base that lies in Weymouth, Abington and Rockland and its relationship with the towns.