On Veterans Day we pay tribute to the brave men and women that serve in our military. We thank our readers for sharing stories about their favorite veterans with us. Brett Morash, U.S. NavyFranklin, Mass.My favorite veteran is our son, retired U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Brett Morash. When Brett was a little boy he always played in the tub with grey plastic US Navy ships. Outside he played with GI Joe toy ..read more

Chanting “hey hey, ho ho, the ferry can’t go!” and “don’t close our ferry!,” a few dozen people gathered for a rally at the Hingham Shipyard to protest a decision by the T to stop all ferry service.“The more we make our voices heard, the more we can save our ferry,” Hull resident Jason McCann told the crowd, who clutched signs with slogans like “Don’t cut off the South Shore!” and “SOS ..read more

WEYMOUTH- With the pandemic driving record amounts of job loss, the Weymouth Food Pantry is getting a flood of requests from families that need help with finding Thanksgiving Day dinner amenities.Food Pantry Executive Director Pamela Denholm said 640 families had submitted registrations for Thanksgiving Day staples.“It is a 30 to 40 percent increase for us,” she said. “We usually serve about 375 families at Thanksgiving,”Denholm said any local ..read more

WEYMOUTH -School Superintendent Jennifer Curtis-Whipple and high school principal Alan Straus stated this week, 123 seniors would be awarded a John and Abigail Adams Scholarship. The scholarships are given to students who achieved high scores on the MCAS exam during their sophomore year."We are extremely proud of our seniors for earning such high scores on their MCAS testing," Strauss and Curtis-Whipple stated. "The John and Abigail Adams Scholarship is a well-earned recognition ..read more

Upcoming as well as established musicians have long graced the stage at the C Note in Hull. For the past 12 years the popular South Shore live music and dance venue has showcased versatile styles of music, supported non-profit organizations and charitable events, and has given young and novice performers a platform and an audience.Now the C Note needs the community’s help.The Assisted Living Band, whose members hail from the South Shore, will be performing a virtual ..read more

The company that built a controversial digital billboard along Route 3 wants to move the structure about 1,000 feet down the highway, where it will have less impact on neighbors ..read more

About 70 opponents held a demonstration outside Weymouth Town Hall on Friday ..read more

BOSTON -- The election of seven new female state representatives this week is poised to boost women's representation on Beacon Hill to a new high next session.Sixty-two women -- a dozen in the Senate and 50 in the House -- won their elections Tuesday, meaning that women are set to hold 31 percent of the Legislature's 200 seats when the new two-year term begins on Jan. 6, 2021.Counting turnover that's occurred through special elections, next year's ranks of women ..read more

Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential race will provide a boost to a U.S. economy battered by the COVID-19 pandemic as his bold spending plans and stauncher support for trade and immigration more than offset the drawbacks of new taxes and regulations, top economists say.Biden’s blueprint will bring back the 11 million jobs and $670 billion in annualized gross domestic product wiped out – and not yet recovered – in the crisis more rapidly than if ..read more

UPDATED: Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil ..read more