Government · Finance Committee
Finance panel backs schools' exit from DESE oversight
Brockton Finance Committee backs DESE review showing schools' growth, tables $1.6 million trash-barrel bond. Superintendent Dr.
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Nine property sales logged in September
Brockton's September property transfer log shows nine sales, topped by a notable Harvard Street deal. From our own coverage: Brockton logs nine property transfers in September. Also in today's brief (3 items): Cardinal Spellman soccer faces Bishop Stang Oct. 7; Free job fair coming to B…
Sports
Brockton sports roundup, Sept. 28 to Oct. 4
Brockton Baseball Association, the city's youth league for players ages 4 to 18, announced it is planning an Awards Night in October to wrap up its season, though the exact date was still to be confirmed as of this week (the league's site listed Oct. 17, 2026, as a placeholder). No Broc…
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of September 28, 2026 through October 4, 2026
Four Brockton residents' obituary notices were posted this week: Pierre, Antoine, 91; Morris, Mary, 82; Fernberg, Thomas, 71; and Brady, Virginia, 79. All four died between September 28 and October 2, 2026, and their notices were posted through Echovita, with arrangements handled by Fun…
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Brockton home sales span $325,000 to $960,000 in September deed filings
Nine Brockton property transfers were recorded by the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds between Sept. 4 and Oct. 3. Six carried disclosed sale prices ranging from $325,000 to $960,000, with a median of $507,500; three were nominal-consideration transfers, not market sales.
Government · Select Board
Council adopts Boys & Girls Club loan deal
Brockton City Council adopted a home rule petition clearing financing for the Boys and Girls Club of Brockton. The council voted 11-0 to let the city subordinate its reversionary interest in the club's 233 Warren Avenue property, enabling up to $1.3 million in conventional lender financing.
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Deed filings show 11 late-summer property sales
Brockton deed filings show 11 property sales in late summer as nor'easter flooding hit city streets. From our own coverage: Brockton records 11 property sales in late summer deeds. Also in today's brief (4 items): Nor'easter floods parts of Brockton over the weekend; Cardinal Spellman s…
Sports
Brockton sports roundup, Sept. 21 to Sept. 27
Brockton's Conservation Commission moved a turf-field project for the Snow Park soccer complex forward this week, closing out the site's original 2009 construction approval and advancing a new notice of intent after the city's wetlands consultant, Weston and Sampson, recommended sign-of…
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of September 21, 2026 through September 27, 2026
One Brockton obituary was published this week: Tippetts, Kathleen Frances, who died Wednesday, September 23, 2026. Her arrangements are being handled by Funerarias Multi Culturel of Brockton. No additional biographical or service details were available in this week's notices.
Morning Brief
Brockton home sales topped out at $760,000 in late August as registry data shows a dozen transactions clustered in a single week
Twelve Brockton properties sold between Aug. 28 and Sept. 26, with prices ranging from $355,000 to $760,000 and a median of $517,500, according to Plymouth County Registry of Deeds records.