Gov. Deval Patrick went to Hingham with Hingham Rep. Garrett Bradley and Weymouth Sen. Robert Hedlund on Friday to announce a capital project that will rebuild the Hingham Rotary. Patrick also announced that Cohasset will receive $450,000 to repair the Jacobs Meadow sewer main.

Burgeoning New England MMA promotion Cage Fighting Xtreme will hold Rumble in the Jungle II at the Plymouth Jungle Plex on Nov. 14, arguably the promotion’s most highly anticipated card to date.

Trained police canines sniffing for banned substances like marijuana or alcohol will not be conducting any sweeps of school property in the near future.

Something new is at the town landings in Orleans. Something not seen since the early 1990s. Smiles. Happy shellfishermen with their limits of scallops from the waters of Pleasant Bay. It was like a refreshing breeze from the northwest to see folks simply smile. As one shellfisherman said in a whisper to me, "The bay is back." We sure hope so.

The Crescenzi family imports old-world Italy by the bottle. Its business, Simply Tuscan Imports, is the exclusive importer of family-made extra virgin olive oil.

More than three months after the former HitQuarters Baseball Academy abruptly closed its doors, a long-time baseball coach has started his own business — aimed at training today’s youth in the methods and makeup of America’s pastime — in the spot.

According to the Burlington Food Pantry, 155 Burlington families in town are struggling to get meals on their tables from day to the next. The families are the pantry’s clients and in need of extra help this year, food pantry volunteers said. Editor’s note: The Burlington Food Pantry is a beneficiary of Gifts of Hope, a Gate House Media project that supports organizations that help those in need in the community.

How about some strumming with that Stray Cat Strut? A Cool Cats Coffee House will benefit Second Chance Fund for Animal Welfare, a non-profit organization that helps cat owners with affordable and accessible spay and neuter services.

Singer-songwriter Kate Campbell and 16-year-old guitar phenom Mia Boostrom of Dighton, who made it  to the quarterfinals on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” will play the Rose Garden Coffeehouse in Mansfield on Saturday.

Former Middlesex County Register of Probate John Buonomo, who faces up to 300 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to the theft of more than $100,00 in taxpayers’ and campaign fund money, may lose his Somerville pension.