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Brockton, Massachusetts
Brockton is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States; the population is 95,777 as of 2019. Brockton, along with Plymouth, are the county seats of Plymouth County.[2] Brockton is the seventh largest city in Massachusetts and is sometimes referred to as the "City of Champions", due to the success of native boxers Rocky Marciano and Marvin Hagler, as well as its successful Brockton High School sports programs. Two of the villages within the city are Montello and Campello, both have the distinction of having their own MBTA Commuter Rail Stations and post offices. Campello is the smallest neighborhood in the city, but also the most populous. Brockton hosts a baseball team, the Brockton Rox. Brockton is the second windiest city in the United States, with an average wind speed of 14.3 mph.[3]
In 1649, Ousamequin (Massasoit) sold the surrounding land, then known as Saughtucket, to Myles Standish as an addition to Duxbury. Brockton was part of this area, which the English renamed Bridgewater, until 1821, when it became the town of North Bridgewater. Its name changed in 1874, after a contentious process finally decided on naming it after Isaac Brock (the initial British commanding general at Queenston Heights, where invading American troops suffered a rout, in 1812), after a local merchant heard of Brockville, Ontario, on a trip to Niagara Falls. Brockton became a city on April 9, 1881. During the American Civil War, Brockton was America's largest producer of shoes, and until the latter parts of the 20th century, Brockton had a large shoe and leather products industry.[4]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 21.6 square miles (56 km2), of which 21.5 square miles (56 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (0.56%) is water. Brockton is the 162nd largest city by land area in the Commonwealth, and the twelfth largest of the twenty-seven towns in Plymouth County. Brockton is bordered by Stoughton to the northwest, Avon to the north, Holbrook to the northeast, Abington to the northeast, Whitman and East Bridgewater to the southeast, West Bridgewater to the south, and Easton to the west. Brockton is approximately 25 miles south of Boston, and 30 miles northeast of Providence, Rhode Island.
Brockton is mostly an urban setting, lying along the Salisbury Plain River, which once powered the many shoe factories of the city. To the northeast lies the Beaver Brook Conservation Land, attached to the southern end of the Ames Nowell State Park in Abington. There are several parks throughout the city, but the largest is D.W. Field Park, an Olmsted-inspired park which includes ponds, Waldo Lake and Brockton Reservoir in Avon, as well as a golf course.
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Friends, family mark 1-year anniversary of fatal Boston garage collapse with unveiling of honorary bench
Friends and family members of a man who died in a collapse at the Boston Government Center Garage project marked ...
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Massachusetts man killed in Boston garage collapse honored by hometown 1 year after his death
The city of Brockton unveiled a memorial bench in honor of 51-year-old Peter Monsini, who died when the floor collapsed as he was doing demolition work at the Government Center parking garage in March ...
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Man found stabbed to death on Belmont Avenue in Brockton, DA says
Brockton Police were driving down Belmont Avenue investigating a robbery when they found the victim lying on the ground, the DA said.
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Investigation underway after man fatally stabbed in Brockton
Authorities are investigating after a man was found fatally stabbed in Brockton early Saturday morning, officials said. Brockton police officers ...
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Family of five displaced in Brockton attached garage house fire
A fire that started in an attached garage on Brockton's south side has displaced a family of five, according to Brockton Fire Chief Brian Nardelli.
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Student, 17, Stabbed at Brockton School, Fellow Student in Custody
A 17-year-old student was stabbed Thursday morning at a school in Brockton, Massachusetts. Brockton police said they responded to a report of an assault and battery with a knife shortly around 9:30 a.
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Student stabbed at Brockton school; 16-year-old classmate in custody
A teenager was stabbed at a school for students who need special education services in Brockton Thursday morning.
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GoFundMe created for Brockton family of 14-year-old boy shot dead; mother injured
A GoFundMe was created by the sister of a 14-year-old Brockton boy who was shot and killed in his home. Their mother was critically injured.
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Brockton Man Charged In Fatal Double Shooting: DA
(Shutterstock) BROCKTON, MA—A Brockton man has been held without bail on charges in the shooting death of his 14-year-old stepson and shooting of his partner, Plymouth County District Attorney ...
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Brockton man pleads not guilty to shooting and killing 14-year-old stepson
BROCKTON – Justelino Resende pleaded not guilty on charges that he allegedly shot and killed his 14-year-old stepson early Tuesday morning in Brockton. It happened just before 2 a.m. on Tribou Street.
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Brockton man ordered held without bail, accused of fatally shooting 14-year-old boy
Prosecutors allege that Justelino Resende, 38, of Brockton, critically wounded Felicia Williams, 39, and killed the teenage boy, identified as Nehemiah Cepeda, whom he had helped raise since he was 2.
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3 Homicide Suspects Added To MA State Police 'Most Wanted' List
Police are asking the public to look out for three suspects accused of homicide who were added to the state's "most wanted" list.