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A pair of Republican lawmakers are hoping to build support for a tax free weekend for Mass. restaurants. 

Rep. Claire Cronin of Easton and Keiko Orrall of Lakeville want to eliminate collection of the meals tax for a week in August

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A permanent part of Freetown now bears the name of one of its fallen heroes.

The town gathered at Crossroads Common Saturday for the dedication of the Tyler Trahan Memorial Roundabout. Trahan was killed in combat on April 30th, 2009 in Iraq, just days shy of his 23rd birthday

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A traffic "roundabout" on Chace Road in Freetown will be dedicated Saturday in memory of Navy Petty Officer Tyler Trahan, who was killed in Iraq in 2009. 

Tyler's father, John Pierre Trahan tells WBSM News, his son could have attended the Naval Acadamy, but chose a combat role instead

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The top regulators of New England's flagging fishing industry are asking fishermen not to take out their frustrations at the onboard observers who monitor what they catch and what they throw back.

The request came in an open letter to fishing permit holders Thursday, a little over two weeks into a fishing year that saw the fleet take painful cuts in catch limits

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tsm - Mock crash at Fairhaven High School
Wear your seatbelt and don't drink and drive.  That was the message Fairhaven Police and FIrefighters tried to leave with students Friday at Fairhaven High School

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Defense attorneys for the surviving Boston bombing suspect can't take pictures of their client unless the photos are shared with prosecutors. 

Lawyers representing  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev say they want to take pictures to document his injuries as evidence of "the voluntariness of his statements" during interrogation. 

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Venezuela is running out of toilet paper.

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Members of the New Bedford City Council are taking issue with parts of Mayor Jon Mitchell's proposed $263-million budget. 

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New Bedford Police say a man accidentally shot himself in the leg on Thursday while cleaning his derringer.

Det. Capt. Steven Vicente says the incident happened around noon-time in the 300-block of Bedford Street. 

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The state's gambling commission has voted to allow failed applicants for casino licenses in eastern or western Massachusetts the opportunity to compete for the sole license in southeastern Massachusetts

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