'Walking Dead: Dead City' films in Taunton; how much traffic officers make: Top stories
Before we begin the new week in earnest, we're taking a look back at the week that was, and the stories that led the news with Taunton Daily Gazette readers.
Top stories this past week included:
The solar eclipse! Although we weren't in the path of totality, we were still treated to quite the cosmic show, and people turned out to keep a safe eye on the skies for the celestial event.
Dighton-Rehoboth boys volleyball being off to its best start in years. Now halfway to an automatic postseason bid, here are the five factors that have led to D-R boys volleyball's strongest start in years.
The latest Greater Taunton real estate report, featuring a Raynham home that sold for $1,150,000. The house on Mary Lou Court was built in 1999, and it features beautiful custom built-ins and woodwork, dark wood floors, French doors, and a stunning stoned gas fireplace. Plus, it's got a custom chef's kitchen. Check out this property, as well as other recent top-sellers.
These were the Top 5 stories of the past week, according to Gazette readers:
'Walking Dead: Dead City' films zombie apocalypse in Taunton
No, those WERE zombies you saw in Whittenton this past week.
But don't worry, it was all pretend.
AMC's "The Walking Dead: Dead City" was filming in Taunton this past week!
'The Walking Dead': 'Walking Dead: Dead City' filming zombie apocalypse in Taunton this week. What to know
Police: Taunton man ignored cries for help after causing crash that killed Fall River woman
A Taunton man who police say was speeding and driving drunk when he caused a head-on crash that killed a beloved Fall River school crossing guard was arraigned Wednesday morning in Taunton District Court and ordered held on $25,000 bail.
Ricky J. Ponte, 29, allegedly drove his Mercedes sedan into a Honda CRV being driven by 67-year-old Margaret “Peggy” McGowan, after police say Ponte tried to illegally pass another vehicle while heading west on Route 44 in Taunton.
Ponte is charged with four criminal counts.
Police: Taunton man ignored cries for help after causing crash that killed Fall River woman
How much Taunton traffic officers make, what they do, who gets to bid
Since the city adopted its own TCO (traffic control officer) program in the summer of 2022, at least 30 civilians have become qualified to fill the role, according to police Sgt. Kevin Medas, who oversees the municipal program.
And although civilians have to wait their turn and defer to both active and retired police officers vying for TCO jobs, he said they nonetheless are an integral part of an important, public safety program.
So what goes into job, and who gets to bid? Learn more, here.
'Perfect side job': How much Taunton traffic officers make, what they do, who gets to bid
Remarkably youthful Taunton woman turns 100. What's her secret? Not what you might think
Taunton's Alice Perry recently turned 100, but she says she feels like she's 60 again.
“I just can’t believe it. I honestly never thought I would live this long,” said Perry, speaking from her apartment at The Residence at Great Woods in Norton, which she only just moved into last year, after living independently in Taunton all her life.
100th birthday: Remarkably youthful Taunton woman turns 100. What's her secret? Not what you might think
B-P teachers say school has 'low morale' and 'high turnover.'
B-P teachers pleading for a role in the superintendent search are unhappy with the district’s current leadership and want a voice in helping make sure the district gets the kind of change it badly needs, B-P teachers union President Tasha Cordero said.
The Bristol-Plymouth school committee “exhibits disdain and animosity towards teachers, never truly believing or listening to us” and the school has “a poor climate and low morale under the current superintendent’s leadership for a decade, and have had a high turnover of staff as a result, more so than ever before,” Cordero said in an email to the Gazette on March 29.
Taunton Daily Gazette Reporter Daniel Schemer has the story.
'Disdain': B-P teachers say school has 'low morale' and 'high turnover.' What they want
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