Cynthia Goldberg is being charged with stealing more than $750,000 from her Brighton employer by misusing company credit cards, cashing company checks she’s written to herself, and obtaining her own line of credit using the employer’s information to pay for shopping sprees at PETCO and Victoria’s Secret, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said Thursday.

If a proposed change to the student handbook passes the school committee, student athletes would be suspended for 25 percent of the season rather than the current 50.

While nothing is set in stone before Election Day, political experts say a three-party race for Beacon Hill’s top seat is likely to favor Gov. Deval Patrick.

Brian Cherry, 48, of 134 Summit St., was sitting outside a neighborhood coffee shop Monday when he was attacked by another Abington man in an incident triggered by an aggressive dog, authorities say. The suspect, Michael J. McGunigle, 49, of 58 Progress St., was arraigned Wednesday in Brockton District Court on a charge of aggravated assault. He pleaded not guilty and was released after posting $3,000 bail.

Motoring through Stoughton on a clear, cool Monday night with his two great loves — his wife, Judy, and his Harley-Davidson motorcycle — would have been Mario “Duke” Moretti’s idea of a perfect evening. But the idyllic night ended in tragedy when his motorcycle collided with a car Monday night. He died of his injuries Tuesday night.

Braintree Rep. Joseph Driscoll has filed a bill that would require the MBTA to comply with local zoning before installing advertising billboards on its properties. (Do you like the idea? Open the story to take our poll.)

Derek Lindsay, who has been arraigned more than 100 times, is scheduled Friday to appear in two different courts in two different counties to face charges.

The massive amounts of rain that the area has sustained over the last few months has local officials concerned about the threat of an overactive mosquito population this year, but state mosquito trappings are so far proving otherwise.

Lobbyists and business leaders showed up en masse to plead with state lawmakers to narrow the scope of tax regulations they say has negative local ramifications and make the state less attractive to international companies.

To help pay down its $5.2 billion in debt, the public transportation agency is proposing either raising fares, cutting services or both. The move comes after the state Legislature gave $160 million of the sales tax increase in the latest budget to the MBTA.