Top stories: Recount confirms Field win in extremely close Taunton, Easton state rep race
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The recount of the election between Democrat Lisa Field and Republican Larry Quintal has confirmed the initial official results of the June 10, 2025, state representative race — with Field the winner.
Per the initial official results, Field won the election by 17 votes. After a recount, which was held on Monday June 30, 2025, in Easton and Wednesday, July 2, 2025, in Taunton, the gap between Field and Quintal narrowed to 15 votes, but Field still has the majority of the votes and is the victor in the election.
Gazette Reporter Emma Rindlisbacher breaks down the results.
Field wins state rep race: Recount does not change winner in extremely close Taunton, Easton state rep race. Results
Two new officers have joined the Middleboro Police Department:
Corey B. Bailey and Victoria J. O'Day, both Middleboro residents, were appointed to the department by the Middleboro Select Board on June 16.
Get to know them a bit more, here.
New police officers: Middleborough welcomes two new police officers to the department
Bishop Feehan girls basketball rising senior guard and Dighton resident Mollie Mullen will be continuing her academic and athletic career at the Division 1 level, while also staying local.
Here's where she's going.
D1 basketball: Dighton resident commits her academic, basketball future to a local D1 program. See where.
Police used automated license plate readers and cell phone data to zero in on the suspect in the murder of Stephan Myers, whose body was found in the construction area behind Bristol-Plymouth high school in Taunton in April, according to a state police affidavit.
Gazette Reporter Emma Rindlisbacher takes a look at the case.
What police report reveals: How cops zeroed in on Taunton murder suspect
The Clarion Hotel in Taunton, which was previously used as an emergency shelter by the state, is being renovated and is in the process of being sold to Hilton, Taunton Economic and Community Development Director Jay Pateakos said in a July 1, 2025, social media post.
What we know about the renovations, as of this writing.
'Destination': Taunton hotel to be sold to Hilton. What to know about renovation
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