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Mayor Robert Sullivan pointed to these new housing and retail projects being built or opening soon in the central business district.

Some community members in Brockton say they're frustrated over the treatment of a Brockton High Student by a police officer during his arrest.

BROCKTON — As the state begins to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, the city's mayor plans to present a proposed fiscal year 2022 budget that is nearly half a billion dollars. "I feel a lot better standing here this year as opposed to last year," Mayor Robert Sullivan said. "Last year, the financial circumstances of the city and the commonwealth were unknown — really unknown." Sullivan briefly presented his proposed $493,840,543 budget to the Brockton City Council on Tuesday evening during a special meeting, ahead of next week's annual budget hearings. The city council's finance comm...

The Community Justice Task Force has presented recommendations for how to address systemic racism and inequities in Brockton.

BROCKTON — A year after taking office as Brockton's 50th mayor, Robert Sullivan gave his first State of the City address on Thursday evening. The speech was prerecorded and delivered virtually, airing live on Brockton Community Access, including its YouTube page, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The coronavirus, which has disproportionately affected the city, was at the forefront of Sullivan's address. As of Thursday, 10,924 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic and 368 residents have died after contracting the disease. But the mayor also discussed s...