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A ceremony will be held Friday, Nov. 8, to dedicate the traffic island at Route 3A and Beal Street in Hingham in memory of U.S. Army Air Corps Sgt. Boris Demko of Hingham.

Wind gusts that reached almost 50 miles an hour knocked down trees and blocked roads from Quincy to Plymouth, but no injuries were reported

The Department of Conservation and Recreation will close Wampatuck Road in the Blue Hills Reservation from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday to deal with a brush fire smoldering since last weekend.

At least three people were taken to the hospital in unknown conditions after a multi-car crash in Middleboro Friday night, police said.

The American Red Cross will hold several community blood drives across the South Shore in November.

Strong winds on Friday caused the steeple of the Central Baptist Church to begin swaying.

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission confirmed Friday that it received petitions from six towns relative to the Parx Raynham proposal. Bridgewater, Lakeville and Middleboro had previously submitted petitions to the state in advance of the Oct. 31 filing deadline.

In 2007, Lisa Kern, a Bridgewater mother of five, took her children out of school and hopped the train to Boston to catch the Red Sox victory parade for the new World Series champions. This year, she has some tips for anyone else heading to the celebration.

A day after the arraignment of a Polish man on animal-cruelty charges in the highly-publicized Puppy Doe case, another case of animal cruelty in Quincy was in Norfolk Superior Court.

News on a bear attack, Kraft Mac & Cheese, and a baby and mom rescued from flooding in Texas.