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Wrentham gets traffic advice

WRENTHAM - Representatives of two regional planning groups recently visited town, coming up with several recommendations for traffic improvements.

Wrentham has cable TV choice

WRENTHAM - About half the town is now able to choose between cable TV providers Comcast and Verizon. Verizon has strung fiber optic cable in town, but residents in newer subdivisions with no overhead utility wires are not yet served by Verizon, officials say.

Trash fee for town?

WRENTHAM - With the financial picture not expected to improve for the next few years at least, and state aid up in the air, the town is looking for ways to drum up local revenue.

Raising student spirits at KP High

WRENTHAM - Kicking off today, King Philip Regional High School students are taking part in an intensified version of spirit week.

Longtime Wrentham official retires

The town's longtime supervisor of public safety communications, Peter Preston, who also served for years in other capacities and on several town boards, has retired, capping 47 years of town service. Preston, 65, who served on the board of selectmen for nine years until April 2003, including four years as chairman, and board of health, was honored at last week's town meeting.

Wrentham eyes tax shift

WRENTHAM - The town is considering further shifting the tax burden from residential to business taxpayers, with the outlet mall shouldering most of that added charge.

Holiday dinners to be served

Thanksgiving is a time to enjoy the company of friends and family as well as the special traditional meal that Americans have looked forward to for almost 400 years.

Time to sign up for hoop in Wrentham

WRENTHAM - The Wrentham Recreation Department will hold registrations for the 2010 Wrentham Youth Basketball programs, which are also open to Plainville and Norfolk youths, on the following dates:

Route 1 in Wrentham: What happens next?

WRENTHAM - For the second time in about a year, residents have opposed an opportunity for major commercial development, with concerns over traffic and quality of life again outweighing needed tax dollars and jobs.

Sign up for basketball in Wrentham

WRENTHAM - The Wrentham Recreation Department announces registrations for the 2010 Wrentham Youth Basketball programs, which are also open to Plainville and Norfolk youths, on the following dates:

Wrentham voters OK more police officers

WRENTHAM - Residents at this week's town meeting easily approved $105,000 for two more officers for the short-handed police department. The vote was unanimous.

Wrentham rejects rezoning land off Route 1 for business

WRENTHAM - Besides postponing an adult entertainment district, voters at this week's town meeting opposed rezoning 47 acres off Route 1 near Interstate 495 to encourage commercial development.

KP band brings home US title

WRENTHAM -The King Philip Regional School District music program has won yet another honor, with the marching band and color guard capturing a national championship in Maryland this past weekend.

Go shopping in Wrentham

Maples Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Wrentham invites the public to its Christmas Bazaar, scheduled for Friday, Nov. 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be craft and jewelry tables and raffle items. Have lunch at Santa's Cafe, and purchase pastries at the bakery. All proceeds benefit the resident activity fund.

Wrentham votes for meals tax

WRENTHAM - The town will join several other area communities in implementing a meals tax and also will have an increase in its hotel/motel tax, but an adult entertainment district will have to wait.

More time for ethics

Cities and towns around the area have been given a reprieve as the state has extended the deadline for employees taking an online ethics course, but some area officials said tweaks are still needed for the program.

Adult zoning bylaw among items facing Wrentham

WRENTHAM - Residents at Monday's town meeting face two key zoning changes along with a request for funds for additional police officers.

Meals tax also going to voters

WRENTHAM - Voters at Monday's town meeting are being asked to join other area towns in supporting meal and hotel taxes to bring in more tax dollars.

Scouts care for conservation area

WRENTHAM - The popular Birchwold Farm conservation area in the west end of town has had a major sprucing up, thanks to a local Boy Scout.

Rezoning up for vote in Wrentham

WRENTHAM - Besides the adult entertainment district zoning change, voters at Monday's town meeting face a proposal to rezone 47 acres off Route 1 near Interstate 495 to encourage commercial development.

Adult district brings crowd to Wrentham

WRENTHAM - Residents, especially on Madison Street, continue to strongly oppose an adult entertainment district proposed off Route 1.

Wrentham man acquitted in tax case

WRENTHAM - A local man has been acquitted by a federal jury of filing false tax returns and failing to report rental income from property he and his wife owned.

Wrentham to get its first one, opening at Anvil

WRENTHAM - The town is getting its first Irish pub, which will join a few such establishments that have opened in the area over the past several years.

Wrentham needs volunteers for boards

The town is in need of many volunteers to serve on town committees, boards and commissions. They include, with the number of openings:

Scott Brown's uphill battle

Scott Brown acknowledges he faces an uphill battle as a Republican seeking to fill the late Ted Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat.

Adult entertainment again topic in Wrentham

WRENTHAM - Two key public hearings for zoning changes going before the Nov. 9 town meeting are scheduled for Wednesday night, including one for a controversial adult entertainment district proposed off Route 1.

Time to pay tribute

Residents in communities across the country will turn out to celebrate Veterans Day on Wednesday, Nov. 11, but not enough of them, according to Jack Authelet, Foxboro's town historian.

Wrentham property auction yields town $340,000

WRENTHAM - The town's first auction in memory of property taken for back taxes yielded $340,000 in much-needed revenue.

Schools face drug sweeps

Eight Foxboro High School students were suspended Friday following the second of two police drug sweeps at area high schools.

Romney goes to bat for Brown

WRENTHAM - Former Gov. Mitt Romney Friday declared that Washington is being run by "neo-monarchists" and the country needs a second revolution to restore power to the people.

State police identify I-495 crash victim

WRENTHAM - State police have identified the victim in a fatal pickup truck rollover on Interstate 495 Tuesday night as a Weymouth man.

Town looks to auction

WRENTHAM - For the first time in recent memory, and with hopes of bringing in much-needed revenue, the town is holding an auction of property on which extended back taxes are owed.

Wrentham videotapes closed selectmen sessions

At the suggestion of member Robert Leclair, the Wrentham Board of Selectmen is videotaping its closed sessions. Leclair proposed the taping to ensure the town has a more accurate record of the sessions. "I felt it was not transparent government," he said.

North woman charged after Wrentham crash

WRENTHAM - A North Attleboro woman was arrested early Saturday morning and charged with drunken driving after crashing into a utility pole at Wampum Corner while she was using a cell phone.

Utility pole catches fire in Wrentham

WRENTHAM - Traffic was diverted around a small section of South Street early Saturday afternoon, when a utility pole near the center of town caught fire.