Follow these links for more on today's stories: Braintree: School Budget Receives Preliminary Approval Canton: Canton Town Election Is Uncontested Today Hingham: View Finder: Red Sox and Patriots Alumni vs. Hingham Police Association Plymouth: Framed by Patch: School Concert Packs Memorial Hall Milton: Fontbonne Academy Lacrosse Kicks off Inaugural Varsity Season

For a while now, our Patch sites have been bringing you news from Boston to Martha's Vineyard every evening. Starting today, we will focus our 6 p.m. newscast to five towns South of Boston with Patches – Braintree, Canton, Hingham, Milton and Plymouth. Each night we'll bring you a compelling story from all the communities, and also new features like Pet of the Week as we develop the concept. Please reach out to any of the five editors with comments or ideas. Thanks! Follow these links for more on today's stories: Braintree: Braintree Author Reintroduces Town in Pictures Canton: Canton School …

Follow these links for more on today's featured stories: Hot Bartender, Cool Drink (Barnstable-Hyannis) Census Indicates Sharp Growth (Braintree) Drug Bust Suspects Had Been Under Surveillance for Years (Falmouth) Islanders Craft Dresses for Children in Need (Martha's Vineyard) The Loudest Trombonist on the Planet (West Roxbury)

Hingham Scientists Present the Facts About Nuclear Dangers Talk on Designing Stained Glass Windows by Michael Willard in West Roxbury Habitat for Humanity Opening its First ReStore in West Roxbury A preview of Plymouth Town Meeting

Follow these links for more on today's stories: Adjusted Five Corners Plan Moves Forward Survivor Sneak Peak: Boston Rob on Redemption Island in Episode 7 Falmouth Dog Park Nears Completion So Who Threw the Chicken Nugget?

Community Purim Celebration Fun for Everyone Falmouth Dog Park Nears Completion Mock Lock-Down at Plymouth North High School Try It Local Launches in Barnstable

Murray, Coakley Request Reexamination of Nuclear Storage in Light of Japan Nuclear Crisis Shoplifting Tools Don't Help with Cops in Braintree West Barnstable Resident to Police: 'How Dangerous is it?' Longer Lasting and Cost Effective Street Lights Coming to West Roxbury

Wampanoags Regain Their Voice Celebrate Greek Independence Day with Spanakopita and Baklava Sister City Telethon for Shichigahama New Shape of Bullying Detailed at Braintree High

Follow these links for more on today's featured stories: Five Corners Development to Change (Braintree) Traditions and Treasures Quilt Show (Canton) Katama Ablaze (Martha's Vineyard) The Week Ahead (Milton) Head-On Crash on Route 80 (Plymouth) "Super Moon" Shines Over Boston (West Roxbury)

Follow these links for today's stories: St. Patrick's Day Tradition Draws Crowd at Collicot Bickford's Grille Closes Suddenly Video: Mayflower II Comes Home Road Race Loses Four Longtime Leaders

Follow these links for today's articles: Plymouth Selectmen Determined to Help Sister City Shichigahama Making the Cut: Martha's Vineyard Film Festival Opens Friday Braintree's Full-Day Kindergarten Program Takes Shape Who was Saint Patrick and What is the History of St. Patrick's Day?

Final Superintendent Candidates Publicly Interviewed No Relief for Understaffed Police Department Candidate Night in Canton Coleman Aims to Finish Hockey Career With a State Championship Ohrenberger and Beethoven School Students Raising Money for Children of Japan

Thieves Target Unlocked Cars for Cash, Electronics Reports from Shichigahama Friends: Many Safe, Others Still Missing Town, Sheriff Clean Up Hyannis' Fresh Holes Neighborhood (Barnstable-Hyannis) Police Chief Gives Selectmen Reasons for Concern, Optimism

Follow these links for more on today's featured stories: Firefighters' Chili Challenge 2011 (Barnstable-Hyannis) Nutrition, Via Meals on Wheels (Braintree) Quiet Town Election Expected (Canton) Vineyard Gets $100,000 United Way Grant (Martha's Vineyard) State Trooper Injured After OUI Accident (Milton) No Arrest Yet of West Roxbury Flasher (West Roxbury)

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Selectmen OK Transfer of Seapit River Grant Viewfinder: A Photo Gallery of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat WRSE Smart Energy Party Serves Up Some Surprising Facts Vineyard's Playoff Dreams Dashed in Double Overtime Hyannis West Elementary has a New Principal