VIDEO EXTRA: 566 grads take part in Stonehill commencement

Easton Fire Department received and responded to 49 calls during the week of May 5 to 11 including 25 medical emergencies, nine motor vehicle accidents, two fire, smoke or leak calls, four alarms, seven public or business assistance calls and one call for mutual aid each to West Bridgewater and Stoughton. Easton received mutual aid from West Bridgewater and Mansfield once each during the same week.

He always knew he wanted to teach and 35 years later Ed Hands is set to retire from a career where he has seen ditto masters replaced by photocopy machines and the expansion in women’s sports.

While Hands’ 8-kilobyte Commodore computer has gone the way of the dinosaurs, his life has remained consistent. He’s spent his years working to inspire others, to make them think.

Choosing materials as varied as bath towels and brain waves, melons and memories, a dozen artists featured in the 2008 DeCordova Annual Exhibition have created provocative art that challenges viewers mostly without drowning them in pretension or obscurantism.

While the start of the Annual Town Meeting was delayed by 30 minutes Monday while 940 residents checked in, voters had a chance to contemplate materials supporters and opponents passed out regarding the most controversial item on the warrant — a bylaw change to allow a 40R project known as Queset Commons to go forward.