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The Boston Police Department has honored three Quincy patrol officers for saving a drug overdose victim during the World Series championship parade for the Boston Red Sox on Nov. 2.

Welcome to Auntie Zaza’s Fiber Works. On Dec. 1, the yarn shop celebrated it’s first year in business. It’s a quirky and creative enterprise that’s gaining new fans every day.
 

 A settlement has been reached in a civil case against a former Milton broker now in prison for financial fraud.

With less than two months until the first marijuana dispensaries are expected to be approved by the state, officials have not yet created the committee that will decide who gets the green light.

To make town hall run more efficiently, Scituate officials plan to ask the state to conduct a free assessment of the timetables used for budget season and the responsibilities of town offices and offer suggestions for improvement.

The town’s tax rate will increase by an estimated 27 cents per $1,000 in assessed value, the assessors said.

Monica Knight of Halifax claims a change in state’s juvenile offender age should keep her from going to trial. Now 18, she was 16 when she crashed into a school bus. Three teenage passengers were badly injured.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has hired a new resident inspector for the troubled Pilgrim power station.

Mayor Susan Kay says she’s confident work on a $4.5 million renovation of Legion Field will begin this summer,  a major step in reviving a town landmark.

A Rockland Chinese restaurant had to be evacuated Thursday after a kitchen fire. There were no injuries.