Former call firefighter Sal DiMare’s unlawful termination complaint against the town came to a crashing halt Friday as a Brockton jury took only 15 minutes to find in favor of the town.

The Hanover-based P.A. Landers company has been fined $10,000 by the state ethics commission after it was determined that a project manger for a portion of the Route 44 project paid a MassHighway inspector so the inspections would “go a little smoother.”

For the 24th consecutive year, Halifax Youth and Recreation Commission will sponsor On Stage, a four-week summer theater program for students entering grades four through eight.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) announced that West Nile virus (WNV) has been detected in mosquitoes in Massachusetts for the first time this year.  The mosquito sample was collected on June 27 in the city of Worcester.