Maria Moniz, age 97, died November 18, 2009, at Brandon Woods of Dartmouth. Maria was the wife of the late Henrique Rapoza Moniz.

The Prince Henry Society held its annual banquet at the Century House in Acushnet in October, when the following officers and board of directors for 2009-10 were sworn in by Judge Armand Fernandes.

Acushnet Co. on Monday was recognized by the state for its efforts to improve the company's energy efficiency in part by investing in sustainable energy technology.

Southbridge town officials Catherine Nikolla, Wilfrid Cournoyer and Mark Morin listen to Greater New Bedford Industrial Foundation Executive Director Thomas Davis talk about the turn-around his city's industrial park has seen in the last decade.

Roger R. Savoie, 62, died in Florida on October 13, 2009, after a brief illness.

Roberta Ann Cabral, 62, of Fairhaven, died unexpectedly Monday, November 9, 2009, at St.

Selectman Michael Cioper, citing personal reasons, has resigned from the board, effective immediately.

"We're anxious and we're watching carefully and we're thankful that to date we have not had a major outbreak." - Old Rochester Regional Superintendent Bill Cooper, relieved that his district has yet to see many H1N1 flu cases.

The Miss America Pageant and its preliminaries, including Miss New Bedford, are billed as scholarship pageants.

A new era may dawn soon in terms of the town's vital records being preserved and maintained in a new format, far beyond dusty ledgers and filing cabinets in a Town Hall basement vault.

Selectmen said they will work with Town Clerk Pamela Labonte as she starts to deal with sweeping changes in State Ethics Commission law, which mandates online course work and two-hour training for all town workers next year.

The town will try to cut its losses with the old Cusson historical tract at Main Street, where new library construction plans and hopes for senior-citizen housing construction have both fallen apart in recent years.

Police are chasing some leads in the fatal bow-and-arrow shooting of a family cat, and the Animal Rescue League is offering a reward in the case.

A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for animal cruelty in Acushnet.

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