Route 3 north has reopened after being closed just before Exit 11 in Duxbury because of a propane leak from a line-painting truck that tipped over at about 2 a.m.

Some schoolchildren are riding to school in uninspected vans, cars with bald tires and unlicensed drivers behind the wheel, a surprise check by state Registry of Motor Vehicles found Thursday.

The emotional homecoming of a 21-year-old Plymouth paratrooper who died in Afghanistan early this month culminated Friday morning in a final farewell for Army Sgt. Benjamin Sherman.

The number of dog bites that resulted in emergency room visits were at their highest locally and statewide last year, the most recent for which data are available. Similarly, there was a 19.7 percent increase statewide in bites that ended up with the victims admitted to the hospital.

While people were happy to see information available and the chance for public comment, most said the long-awaited Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Assessment presented is inadequate and will not serve as a complete environmental plan for the $1 billion extension project.

Turkey, stuffing, cranberries, pumpkin pie and the rest of the traditional trimmings for a classic Thanksgiving dinner have dropped four percent in price this year, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.

They were passing around a beer bottle Wednesday night at the meeting of the city’s history club. The bottle was empty and it was historic, bearing the imprint of the long-departed King Philip Brewery on Bay Street in Fall River.

Those tuned into the 83rd Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade next week should keep an eye out for a familiar face among the performers — Livvy Marcus of Easton.

The Melrose Public Library’s “A Celebration of Authors” series will feature Steve Buckley, sportswriter, Sportsradio 850 WEEI commentator and author on Thursday, Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m.

A program that is helping to keep more than 450 Cape Cod families in their homes has lost its funding. The Massachusetts House, in the closing hours before adjournment, de-funded the Rental Assistance to Families in Transition program (RAFT) in order to put more money into another program that supports shelters for the homeless.