A widow who wanted to donate a 1.3-acre parcel of land on Neponset Reservoir in her late husband’s name convinced the Board of Selectmen Tuesday to reverse its previous rejection of the gift.

Town counsel Paul DeRensis Tuesday gave selectmen an opinion that the Independent Sportsmen’s Club’s 1989 written agreement to not conduct shotgun shoots on Wednesday nights in the winter is enforceable.

A cabinetmaker who lost a lifetime collection of tools and sustained major damage to his detached garage in a $250,000 Christmas night blaze was relaxing in his living room, watching the Celtics on TV, when arriving fire trucks alerted him to the fire.

Some selectmen want to put the brakes on Sunday morning liquor service at local restaurants in the new year.

Foxboro Police, responding to a call from the Red Fox Motel on Sunday, Dec. 28, had to use their Taser weapon to stun a suspect before taking him into custody.

Facing alleged liquor license violations on five separate dates in August and September, CBS Scene Restaurant at Patriot Place on Tuesday, Dec. 30, agreed to accept a letter of reprimand on one of the incidents. In exchange, a divided Board of Selectmen agreed to drop the other allegations.

Facing alleged liquor license violations on five separate dates in August and September, CBS Scene Restaurant at Patriot Place on Tuesday, Dec. 30, agreed to accepted a letter of reprimand on one of the incidents.In exchange, a divided Board of Selectmen agreed to drop the other allegations.

A cabinetmaker who lost a lifetime collection of tools and sustained major damage to his detached garage in a $250,000 Christmas night blaze was relaxing in his living room, watching the Celtics on TV, when arriving fire trucks alerted him to the fire.

Financial opportunity as well as pain is expected to mark the new year in Foxboro.

About 80 percent of a four-bay section of the Foxboro Highway Department garage on Elm Street will need to be replaced after a town front end loader struck the building in a Dec. 23 accident.

The Foxboro Highway Department will be picking up Christmas trees starting Monday, Jan. 5 and continuing through Friday, Jan. 16.

An owner who tried to save her dog from a town and court death sentence was at his side when the pet was euthanized Dec. 19.

Retired town clerk Marie Crimmins is lending her expertise to a nearby town.

Foxboro Police, responding to a call from the Red Fox Motel on Sunday, Dec. 28, had to use their Taser weapon to stun a suspect before taking him into custody.

A five-member panel is conducting screening interviews with some of the 18 applicants for the position of Foxboro fire chief.

Some selectmen want to put the brakes on Sunday morning liquor service at local restaurants in the new year.

New England Patriots linebacker Junior Seau says he won't press an assault charge against the Attleboro man who tackled him during the Dec. 21 game at Gillette Stadium.

Foxboro's Year of the Dog (Park) ended with the park closed but the legal barking still echoing through the community.

An owner who tried to save her dog from a town and court death sentence was at his side when the pet was euthanized Dec. 19.

The lift bucket of a front end loader struck the steel overhead beam at the town's highway department garage Tuesday, causing major damage to the building.