Reporter for @enterprisenews and @usatoday. Founder of @02130News. Member of @newsguild / @CWAUnion Local 31041. Beat: Brockton City Hall. Forever DM.
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Jun 4
It's a big day in the life of a city hall reporter. Here's Brockton's draft budget. If you need me, I'll be reading this.
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Apr 17
Brandon works three jobs to make ends meet: patient transporter at @bmc_south, plane de-icer at @BostonLogan and landscaper. I met him at a walk-out by @1199mass as the union preps for a one-day strike on May 1.
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Apr 9
Ouch. Brockton Hospital says it's prepping to go two weeks with backup systems (i.e. pen and paper) as fallout from Monday's cybersecurity incident continues.
One patient I talked to feared an "It's a Wonderful Life" situation if pharmacy mix-ups result.
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🚨ON STRIKE🚨
Unionized staff at ProPublica @propublicaguild walked off the job today.
Stand with workers: DO NOT cross the picket line.
That means no visiting ProPublica's website, social media or engaging with its content today.
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Mar 24
Congratulations, Coach!
Brockton football legend headed to MA High School Football Coaches HOF enterprisenews.com/story/spo…
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Mar 16
Brockton has at least 16 dogs named "Rocky," making it one of the city's top 10 dog names.
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Mar 6
Very cool to see Rockland nursing home residents reunite with first responders who helped evacuate them from a Nov. 29 fire.
ALT Robert Williams bumps fists with Rockland Police Chief Nicholas Zeoli. Credit: Marc Vasconcellos/Brockton Enterprise
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Mar 4
What's worse than having to go to City Hall to pay your taxes?
Having to take time off work to go to City Hall to pay your taxes. #mapoli
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Feb 26
How does Fall River's snowplow tracker app work? Gov. Maura Healey checks it out.
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Brockton Public Schools will be closed for the rest of the week while cleanup from the storm continues.
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SNOW EMERGENCY IN THE CITY OF BROCKTON. SUNDAY FEBRUARY 22 AT 2:00 AM. PLEASE REMOVE CARS FROM ALL CITY STREETS.
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Brockton Public Schools will be closed on February 23 & 24, 2026 due to weather. All programs and before/after-school activities will be canceled on those days.
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Feb 13
This tracks.
And yet I’ve never heard anyone at Dunks shout “Paywall!” expecting free coffee.
Feb 13
Most Americans don’t pay for news and don’t think they need to
A woman in her 50s said, “I don’t pay to go to church, to get a spiritual message, you know?“ niemanlab.org/2026/02/most-a…
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Feb 11
Scoop: Brockton Police Supervisors vote "no confidence" in Chief Brenda Pérez. They want her out.
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The Angelo School will be closed on Monday, Feb. 9, due to water damage caused by a sprinkler issue.
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