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Brockton

Fair
Temperature: 43.4 °F

Humidity: 67 %
Wind Speed: 5 mph SSW
Pressure: 29.67 "

Dew Point: 33 °F
Gusts: 20 mph S
Rain Today: 0.09 "

• Diocese resolves 59 abuse claims through voluntary arbitration
  

  The Diocese of Springfield has reached agreements with 59 men and women who came forward to speak of their past abuse by clergy and religious.

• Brockton couple home safe
  

  Two days after gunmen stormed their hotel in Mumbai, killing dozens of people, including one member of their tour group, a Brockton couple arrived back home in Massachusetts today and fell into the arms of ...

• Brockton Couple Survives Taj Mahal Attack
  

  Nov 28, 2008 1:11 pm US/Eastern BROCKTON A Brockton couple is safe after being trapped in an Indian hotel that was attacked by terrorists.

• Overcrowded ERs Lead To Deadly Mistakes
  

  Overcrowded and understaffed, many Massachusetts emergency rooms are in critical condition.

• School district selected for disability pilot project
  

  Leicester is one of 13 Massachusetts school districts chosen to participate in a pilot project to identify and assess curriculum and instruction dealing with children with disabilities.

• Rep. Garballey: Celebrate National Adoption Day
  

  As someone who was adopted I am proud to announce that November 21 is National Adoption Day.

• Cranberries - and their bogs - revisited
  

  My Nov. 4 column was about cranberries from a blue cooler - the story of my annual trek to buy cranberries from a woman whose friends own a cranberry bog in Bandon.

• Generating little steam
  

  With a vote scheduled for town meeting tomorrow on whether to allow power plants in town, one might expect the debate on the pros and cons of the issue to be reaching a fever pitch.

• Lynn man charged with raping teen
  

  A Lynn man was charged with allegedly raping a drunken 16-year-old girl after dragging her from a Somerset Court party Friday night and into the woods.

• Police arrest man on kidnapping, assault charges
  

  Foxboro police, responding to a 911 call from an apartment complex at 101 Chestnut St.

• Search resumes in Brockton case open since 1989
  

  Investigators have resumed an almost two-decade old search for a girl who went missing at age 16.

• Report: Off-duty cop drank in tavern
  

  An off-duty police officer charged with drunken driving and leaving the scene of accidents had been drinking at a downtown pub with two fellow off-duty officers, including one whose parked car he allegedly ...

• Water windfall to flow
  

  Water suppliers for 20 communities in southeastern Massachusetts are reaping the benefits from the settlement of a suit resulting from the detection of the fuel additive methyl tertiary butyl ether in their ...

• Cops: Sober house manager selling OxyContin to addicts
  

  A man Falmouth police describe as the manager of at least three "sober houses" faces multiple charges as cops allege he was dealing OxyContin and other drugs to the very addicts the homes are intended to help.

• Mass. `welcomes home' vets with $1,000 bonuses
  

  Massachusetts veterans who've served their country abroad are being recognized with special $1,000 bonuses.

• A big piece of the Rock
  

  In life, Rocky Marciano was big in Brockton. In death, locals want him to be pretty much humongous.

• Obama scores very high on coolness scale
  

  Minutes after Barack Obama addressed the nation as president-elect, moments after delivering a historic speech before a quarter-million people, he sauntered casually off the stage with his wife, the two of them ...

• Brockton police shoot and kill drug suspect
  

  Brockton Police shot and killed a man after he allegedly pointed a handgun at them late Wednesday night, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz said in a press release this morning.

• Ethics board clears retired Mass. cop
  

  The state Ethics Commission has ruled that a retired Brockton police lieutenant did not violate conflict-of-interest laws when he called in sick to work as the director of security at the Plymouth County jail.

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City Description

Brockton is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population size was recorded as 94,304 in the 2000 census; the size has roughly stayed about the same since. The city and Plymouth are the county seats of Plymouth County. Brockton is the 6th largest city in Massachusetts and is sometimes referred to the "City of Champions", mainly due to the success of native boxers Rocky Marciano and Marvin Hagler, as well as its successful Brockton High School sports programs. In 1649, Ousamequin (Massasoit) sold the surrounding land, then known as Saughtucket, to Myles Standish as an addition to Duxbury. Brockton was part of this area, which the English renamed Bridgewater, until 1821, when it became the town of North Bridgewater. Its name changed in 1874, after a contentious process finally decided on naming it after Isaac Brock, after a local merchant heard of Brockville, Ontario, on a trip to Niagara Falls. The town of Brockton became a city on April 9, 1881. During the American Civil War, Brockton was America's largest producer of shoes, and until the latter parts of the 20th century Brockton had a large shoe and leather products industry. Brockton has claim to three

City Contained By:

• Plymouth County
• Massachusetts

City Contains:

• Campanelli Stadium
• Massasoit Community College

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 55.9437431833 km squared

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