Reporter for @enterprisenews and @usatoday. Founder of @02130News. Member of @newsguild / @CWAUnion Local 31041. Beat: Brockton City Hall. Forever DM.
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Chris Helms retweeted
Huge storey from @kathyprojo and @WheelerReporter this morning: After scouring over 100 clergy abuse lawsuits, they found 22 clergy members never mentioned on any 'credibly accused' list.
providencejournal.com/story/… via @projo
The mayor of Brockton chairs the School Committee. He asked a judge to lift the ban on him going to Brockton High School, where the board meets.
He faces a charge of assault and battery from allegedly touching a student against her wishes during a parade.
Story for Enterprise subscribers: enterprisenews.com/story/new…
Chris Helms retweeted
OCT 13 in #Brockton: CORI Friendly Career & Resource Fair at @MassasoitCC with @PlymouthSheriff & @CityBrockton! ALL jobseekers welcome.
Fire truck sticker shock: Brockton would pay $1.1M for a pumper that five years ago cost $631,000.
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Mass. cities in the survey are Fitchburg, Gloucester, New Bedford and Beverly.
A new @usmayors survey of 113 mayors across the U.S. finds the affordability crisis is getting worse.
96% of mayors surveyed cite housing costs as their primary affordability concern, followed by groceries (55.4%) and utilities (40.2%).
Well-deserved!
Congratulations to Firefighter Peter Reardon of @BrocktonFire, Massachusetts' 2026 Fire & Life Safety Educator of the Year! A well-earned honor for a highly respected professional. Read more about this year's conference: mass.gov/news/brockton-firef…
ALT Fire safety professionals at a conference
ALT Fire safety professionals at a conference
ALT Fire safety professionals at a conference
ALT Fire safety professionals at a conference
Chris Helms retweeted
The Fresno Bee Guild learned on Sept. 10 six reporters, a photojournalist and an editor will be laid off from The Bee within a few weeks. That's nearly half of our staff.
Help our laid off colleagues pay their bills here:
gofundme.com/f/help-fresno-b…
Brockton's Rocky Marciano never fought George Chuvalo, who died Saturday at 89. But Rocky admired that guy's chin.
“If every fight was scheduled for 20 rounds, George Chuvalo would be heavyweight champion,” Rocky said.
nytimes.com/2026/09/13/obitu…
Chris Helms retweeted
Yesterday, a combined 23 guild journalists from the Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald and Bradenton Herald were laid off by McClatchy.
We have launched a GoFundMe to help our colleagues, whose livelihoods and families have been upended by this decision. gofund.me/85e427c56
More great reporting from the indispensable @RyanNBCBoston. Holdout juror is a Brockton guy.
A story the @NBC10Boston Investigators have been piecing together all week:
Domestic violence allegations and eviction records raise questions about the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial
nbcboston.com/news/local/lin…
We've known since Aug. 14 that Brockton Mayor Moises Rodrigues would be charged with assault and battery. Today the charge showed up in court records.
The mayor has said there's no scenario where he resigns.
#mapoli
Link for @enterprisenews subscribers: enterprisenews.com/story/new…
Wild development: The treasurer of Plymouth County has sued to stop Troy Clarkson from becoming county administrator, on grounds commissioners went beyond their authority to give the former Brockton CFO a sweetheart contract
#mapoli
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Cabo Verdean flag at half mast at Brockton City Hall to honor and mourn victims in Fogo bus crash.
apnews.com/article/cape-verd…
Brockton parents: We want to hear from you what you'd like us to cover as the school year begins.
enterprisenews.com/story/new…
You know how Mr. Rogers said "Look for the helpers"?
My colleague @ameliarstern1 has a powerfully written piece about a helper during the World Cup shootings in Brockton.
enterprisenews.com/story/new…
