Two Brockton obituaries were published this week: Melchionno, Donald, 65, who died Tuesday, August 18, 2026, and Creedon, Kevin P., 78, who died Thursday, August 20, 2026. Both notices were posted under the care of Waitt Funeral Home of Brockton. No additional biographical or service de…
Plymouth County deed records show 12 Brockton property transfers between July 24 and Aug. 22, nine with recorded sale prices ranging from $340,000 to $1,060,000 and a median of $600,000. The month's top transaction was 285 Green St, which sold for $1,060,000, the only sale to exceed $1 million.
Brockton restaurants are rolling out discounted menus this week as the city's restaurant week begins, giving diners 10 days to sample local spots on a budget, according to Brockton Patch. Participating restaurants are advertising deals as low as 8 dollars, per the outlet's report headli…
Massachusetts residential tax rates climbed in 109 communities for fiscal year 2026, a new Patch report shows. The report, headlined "Here Are The Highest, Lowest Property Tax Bills In MA," did not break out Brockton's own rate but places the city among the hundreds of Massachusetts com…
Brockton Council on Aging relocates senior picnic after a water main break at Brockton High School. Staff got a 10 a.m. phone call about the break and reset the event at an alternate site within a half hour, according to a Council on Aging staff member identified as Janice.
Brockton conservation panel orders extra stormwater review before turf field advances.
An "unforeseen circumstance" cut short Wednesday's proceedings in the triple murder trial of Duxbury mother Lindsay Clancy, Brockton Patch reports. Clancy is charged with killing her three young children, and the Aug. 19 disruption comes as the case continues moving through Massachusett…
U.S. News released its 2026-27 rankings of Massachusetts' best public high schools this week. The list, titled "These Are The Best Public High Schools In MA For 2026-27: U.S. News" and shared with readers by Brockton Patch on Aug. 19, evaluates schools statewide using six separate perfo…
Brockton's Finance Committee heard Chief Financial Officer Dr. Troy Clarkson warn that the city's budget faces an "existential" crisis tied to unresolved pension cost-sharing with Brockton Public Schools.
Brockton obituaries marked the deaths of two locally connected residents over the weekend into Monday. Dorothy Tinkham Delo, 82, who was born in Brockton, Massachusetts, died Aug. 13 surrounded by family, according to an obituary in Wisconsin's Herald Times Reporter. The Enterprise, Bro…