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11/25/2025

Meet Cinderella, a cat who would like nothing more than to sit at a window and look at the birds or hang out on a bed. She would like a calm home with maybe another cat or two. Cinderella is available for adoption at the North Attleboro animal shelter.

Poor Cinderella has been at the shelter for three years with no inquiries. She is a spayed female, up to date with vaccines, microchipped and is...

11/24/2025

A 16-foot-tall rain-harvesting art piece showcased at the Biennale in Venice, Italy, is planned to be installed in Robbins Park along the Balfour Riverwalk in Attleboro.

ATTLEBORO -- A 16-foot-tall rain-harvesting art piece showcased at the Biennale in Venice, Italy, is set to be implemented in Robbins Park along...

11/24/2025

The Attleboro City Council is considering a citywide ban on kratom, a tropical tree whose leaves can produce stimulant effects at low doses and opioid-like, sedative effects at high doses .

ATTLEBORO — The city council is considering a citywide ban on kratom, a tropical tree whose leaves can produce stimulant effects at low doses and...

11/24/2025

Help us spread some holiday cheer this season! The Sun Chronicle has partnered with the Greater Attleboro Area Council for Children to be a drop off site for the agency's Christmas Is For Kids gift drive. Our lobby at 34 South Main St., Attleboro, will be open between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday to Friday, until Dec. 1 for people to drop off new, unwrapped gifts.

11/24/2025

State police are investigating after a wrong-way driver caused a head-on crash on Interstate 495 in Mansfield early Sunday morning.

MANSFIELD — State police are investigating after a wrong-way driver caused a head-on crash on Interstate 495 early Sunday morning.

11/23/2025

E-bike riders are facing some blowback, as local officials from several communities including Norton and Mansfield are in discussion to either put restrictions on or altogether ban e-bikes from recreational trails.

Since Kim and Bob Arena bought their e-bikes two years ago, they have logged hundreds of miles on recreational trails throughout Massachusetts,...

11/23/2025

For the first time since 2012, the Bishop Feehan High football team is going to a MIAA Super Bowl.

MANSFIELD — For the first time since 2012, the Bishop Feehan High football team is going to a MIAA Super Bowl.

11/23/2025

RI AG says he hopes conviction of ex-North Attleboro man in Attleboro resident's death brings family 'semblance of peace.'

PROVIDENCE — It was a cold case for a decade before a former North Attleboro resident was charged nearly five years ago with the death of an Attleboro man in

11/20/2025

The face of the Attleboro area has changed greatly since 2010. More detailed U.S. Census data indicate that Attleboro and nearly every other town around it saw massive percentage increases in the number of Blacks and Latinos between 2010 and 2020. https://ow.ly/mhnO50XuE97

11/20/2025

Food pantries in the Attleboro area are gearing up in anticipation of a growing demand this holiday season while also reporting that community members are stepping up to meet it.

Local food pantries are gearing up in anticipation of a growing demand this holiday season while also reporting that community members are stepping...

11/20/2025

LaSalette Shrine’s annual Festival of Lights in Attleboro will open Saturday at 5 p.m. and feature 137 new displays and more than a million lights. It runs through Jan. 4.

ATTLEBORO -- The annual festival at LaSalette Shrine this season will feature 137 new displays when the switch is flipped Saturday on the more than...