Editors Picks: Biggest Local News Event of 2012

Your team of editors weighs in on the top local news events from the past year.

Editor's Note: The following is part of a special "end-of-the-year" series in which local editors from your nearby Patch towns highlight their favorites in various topics.   Tamara Starr - Editor, Dedham Patch I think the brush fire in Dedham was the top story of 2012 in the Dedham area. There were reports of 20 acres of burning and the smoke can be seen as far north as Lynnfield. Jeff Sullivan - Editor, Mansfield Patch Unfortunately, the biggest story in Mansfield this year was the death of two individuals during a concert at the Comcast Center. We saw the damage that drugs can do, and the impact it can have on a community, even if those involved were not from Mansfield. Dan Libon - Editor, Wrentham Patch I think the Foxborough casino …

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Jonathan Friedman

6:50 pm on Thursday, December 27, 2012

Deb and Gretchen, I agree with both your posts. Thanks for your comments.   more ›

Weekly Region Roundup

Region Roundup: Foxboro Casino Concerns Locals; DJ Henry; Basketball at the Garden (And More…)

A look at the top headlines in your town and the surrounding area for the week of March 12, 2012.

Proposed Foxboro Casino Concerns Sharon Resident Matthew Baldassari sees a casino on Route 1 in Foxboro as drawing bad things to Sharon, where he has resided since the mid-1980s. "You're going to see traffic and you're going to see crime go up" in Sharon, Baldassari said Monday. Although Wynn Resorts' proposed casino site is in Foxboro, residents of neighboring communities are joining the fight against it, says Chris Lowery, No Foxboro Casino's volunteer coordinator. Foxboro residents are driving this volunteer effort. "This is a regional issue. It will affect the whole area," Lowery says. Read more by clicking here. *** Danroy Henry Sr. Reacts to Released Materials in Son's Shooting Danroy Henry Sr., the father of Easton native DJ Henry, …

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