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A Braintree firefighter has raised $16,000 to help families affected by the school shooting in Newtown, Conn.

Braintree Firefighter Raises Money To Help Families of Newtown Shooting Victims

A local firefighter’s effort to help families in Newtown, Conn., has paid off in a big way.

2013/05/13

Photo of SWAT team member taken by Silver Lake student

SWAT Team Drill Catches Students Off Guard At Silver Lake Schools

More than two dozen SWAT team members descended on Silver Lake Regional Middle and High Schools. It was only after it was complete, though, that everyone knew for sure it was only a drill.

2013/01/23

A school bus passes a makeshift memorial to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as it takes students to Newtown High School December 18, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. (Photo credit BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Newtown, Conn., Officials Request Halt To Gifts

Officials in Newtown, Conn., are asking people to stop sending gifts to the grief-stricken community following the deadly school shooting, saying they’re deeply grateful but can’t handle the donation deluge.

2012/12/26

A couple stand in silence a memorial for those killed in the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, on December 24, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. Donations and letters are pouring in from across the country as the town tries to recover from the massacre. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Newtown Celebrates Christmas And Remembers Victims

Police officers from around the state took extra shifts to direct traffic, patrol the town and give police in Newtown a break.

2012/12/25

Mass Pike ‘Gun Control’ Billboard Adds Representation Of Newtown Victims

Twenty small handprints have been added to the 252-foot anti-gun violence billboard along the Massachusetts Turnpike.

2012/12/22

Opinion: Guns

Following the events in Connecticut last Friday, there is a fundamental question that keeps crossing my mind: Why did this have to happen? How many more schools need to be shot up before we act? How many children need to die over a Constitutional Amendment that addressed the right for Americans to possess muskets?

2012/12/18

Natick elementary school principal moved his office to the main lobby after the CT school shooting.

Mass. Schools Step Up Security After Newtown Shooting

Many parents couldn’t help but feel anxious sending their children back to school after the shooting in Newtown.

2012/12/17

Portraits Of Victims Of The Sandy Hook School Shooting

After the gunfire ended Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the trail of loss was more than many could bear: 20 students and six adults at the school, the gunman’s mother at home, and the gunman himself.

2012/12/16

(Photo credit: DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

Sandy Hook Staff Hailed As Heroes After Shooting

A worker who turned on the intercom, alerting others in the building that something was very wrong. A custodian who risked his life by running through the halls warning of danger. A clerk who led 18 children on their hands and knees to safety, then gave them paper and crayons to keep them calm and quiet.

2012/12/16