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On February 4, 2021, 23-year-old American woman Sandra Birchmore (May 1997 – February 1, 2021) [2] was found dead in her Canton, Massachusetts apartment. Her death was initially ruled as a suicide by asphyxia. Federal authorities later determined that her death was a homicide, with a local police officer alleged to have killed her. [3] [4]
Canton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,370 at the 2020 census . Canton is part of Greater Boston , about 15 miles (24 kilometers) southwest of Downtown Boston .
The Canton Corner Historic District is a historic district encompassing the historic town center of Canton, Massachusetts. Centered on the junction of Pleasant and Washington Streets, it includes more than 25 properties and 170 acres (69 ha), whose architectural history spans 250 years of occupation and include the town's major civic buildings.
Seven speakers addressed Canton City Council on Monday to express outrage and sadness for the April 18 death of Canton Township resident Frank Tyson who died while in city police custody.
Statue of Deborah Sampson. The Town of Sharon was first settled as part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637 and was deemed the 2nd precinct of Stoughton in 1740. It was established as the district of Stoughtonham on June 21, 1765, incorporated as the Town of Stoughtonham on August 23, 1775, and was named Sharon on February 25, 1783, after Israel's Sharon plain, due to its high level of ...
The Old Colony Memorial (est.1822) is a semiweekly newspaper published in Plymouth, Massachusetts. [1] Gannett owns the paper; [ 2 ] previous owners include the George W. Prescott Publishing Co. [ 3 ] and the Memorial Press Group .
In the early 1630s, a Praying Indian village named Shawshin was at the current site of Billerica, [3] commonly spelled Shawsheen today, as in the Shawsheen River.In 1638, Massachusetts Bay Governor John Winthrop and Lt. Governor Thomas Dudley were granted land along the Concord River in the area, and roughly a dozen families from Cambridge and Charlestown Village had begun to occupy Shawshin ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.6 square miles (12 km 2), of which 4.4 square miles (11 km 2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km 2) (4.16%) is water. Avon is bordered by the City of Brockton on the south, Stoughton on the west, Randolph on the northeast, and Holbrook on the east. Avon is 17 miles ...