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Henrys Baseball Club seeks players ages 16 to 40 for games from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sundays. Coach’s helpers and volunteers are also needed. Call 781-891-0621.
  

This is the editorial cartoon for Thursday, Dec. 3, 2008, from the mind and pen of Patriot Ledger cartoonist O'Mahoney.

If you have to scrape up another $600 a year or more to pay your property taxes in Quincy this year, is pinning the blame on the current mayor or his predecessor really going to make it any easier to write the check?

Musical groups from six churches will participate in the 11th annual A Little Christmas in Jackson Square, an Epiphany Sunday concert at 3 p.m. Jan. 4 at East Weymouth Congregational Church. Open this story to hear six selections from past concerts.

Church suppers remain important in bringing people together to talk and better get to know each other.

Looking for your town's police web site? Look no further.

Just after 1 p.m. Thursday, a car hit a utility pole on Concord street in Rockland. The sign says "Intensive traffic enforcement area."

If you get on a Red Line train labeled “Big Red,” don’t expect to sit down. In order to control large crowds during peak travel hours, MTBA General Manager Dan Grabauskas has announced a new pilot program that will create special high-capacity cars armed to accommodate more commuters.

Police are still searching for the man who robbed the TD Banknorth at 95 Highland Ave.