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These were the most read stories of the week on TauntonGazette.com :
An adult died in a house fire on North Walker Street in Taunton Thursday afternoon, the Taunton Fire Department said.
On Thursday, Aug. 22, at approximately 3:34 p.m., the Taunton Fire Department was called to 19 North Walker St. for a report of a structure fire, Fire Chief Steven Lavigne said in a written statement Thursday evening.
Companies arrived to find smoke showing from a home and "made a quick, aggressive interior attack with a hose line," the written statement said.
Fatal house fire: Occupant found in burning Taunton house, pronounced dead on scene
Philip Yovonie said his daughter Elfreda's "joyful laughter" fills his heart now and brings him comfort as he grapples with the unthinkable pain of losing her.
"She was just so full of life," Philip Yovonie said Thursday.
Elfreda Neneh Yovonie, 23, of Taunton, drowned on the afternoon of Saturday, Aug. 10 in Bunk Pond, in Taunton on the Raynham line, the Bristol County District Attorney's Office said.
'So full of life': Taunton drowning victim's dad will always remember her joyful laughter
Though he’s taken Diman on a journey, Andrew Rebello said he’s “ready for the next step.”
And that next step is as assistant superintendent at Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School in Taunton — a position B-P has not had for many years.
Rebello, currently the assistant superintendent-principal at Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School in Fall River will be stepping away from the school where he's devoted over eight years of his education career. The news comes one week before the start of classes.
Rebello spoke about why he's resigning and his future.
'Ready for the next step': Meet Bristol-Plymouth's new assistant superintendent
Aggressive and dangerous to the community, or a scared animal wanting freedom?
A runaway 1,300-pound bull police called "highly aggressive" recently escaped from a Raynham farm while being loaded onto a truck to go to the slaughterhouse, crashed through multiple fences, including some that were electrified, ran out onto I-495, causing a multi-vehicle crash, ran into Lake Nippenicket and charged at police before being shot by police and then shot and killed by the bull's owner, police said.
In response, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is placing a billboard along I-495 to “memorialize the brave bull who did everything in his power to escape slaughter,” according to a press release from the organization.
'Brave' or 'highly aggressive'? PETA billboard will honor Raynham bull shot after causing I-495 crash
An outdoor retail shopping plaza assembled out of shipping containers? That’s an idea the city of Taunton is determined to make a reality within a year as part of efforts to revitalize the waterfront area of the Weir Village.
Where would this retail plaza be located? The former Bacon Felt factory site at 395 West Water St.
Joseph Holdiman, lead developer for RCSI Property LLC, said Bacon Felt is “raw inspiration,” and this concept is an “opportunity for Taunton to reshape what people think about living here,” when he pitched this proposal to the City Council as a Whole on June 18.
'Holistic urbanism': Will Taunton factory be transformed into shipping container mall?
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