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T O DAY ’SNEWS

LOCAL

‘Dirty politics’ criedin Abington override■ Charges of “dirty” politicsand negative campaigningare dominating the run-upto Saturday’s special elec-tion to decide the fate of aproposed $1.7 millionProposition 21/2 override.PAGE 7

West Nile virusfound in Walpole■ The Department of Pub-lic Health announces thatthe West Nile virus has beenfound in a mosquito samplein Walpole, the first such de-tection of the season.PAGE 7

S TAT E

Sales tax hike mayspark short-term sales■ Retailers are hoping tosee a sales bump over thenext week if consumersscramble to make big-ticketpurchases before the statesales tax goes up from 5percent to 6.25 percent.PAGE 12

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Manslaughter probetargets Jackson doctor■ Michael Jackson’s per-sonal doctor is the target ofthe manslaughter investiga-tion into the singer’s death,according to court docu-ments.PAGE 3

E N T E RTA I N M E N T

Winehouse in court onfan assault charge■ Singer Amy Winehousetells a London court thatshe did not punch a fanwho asked for her photo-graph, saying she felt intimi-dated by the alleged victim.PAGE 20

Bridge 20Classified 23-28Comics 19Dear Abby 22Entertainment 20Horoscope 20Obituaries 13Opinion 5Sports 15-18The problem solver 22

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INDEX

THE VOICESOF OUR

COMMUNITYTO D AY

“(He made) everyone laughwith his little quirky personalityand the suckers on the School

Committee fell for it.”east side

On retiring Brockton School SuperintendentBasan Nembirkow and his departing pay

ON THE WEB, T O D AY

V OXB OX

“I am very dismayed at the knee-jerkreaction of some of our city

councilors to the development ofhousing for poor working people ... ”

ELEANOR WENTWORTHOn plan to build 40 units of

single-room-occupancy housing in Brockton

IN LETTERS, PAGE 5

“All firefighters areheroes. Just for being on callto help save a life ... they all

should be thanked!”RUFORREAL

On Raynham firefighters beingcommended for saving a toddler's life

ON THE WEB, T O D AYJoin the conversation. Add your comments on the Web at www.enterprisenews.com or see the opinion page to find out how to submit a letter to the editor.

U LT I M AT EHONOR

Raynham soldier receives highest military award

COMING SUNDAY ■ Jared Monti put his fellow soldiers first during a fateful 2006 firefight inAfghanistan, but such actions were nothing new for him.

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Paul Monti,father of JaredMonti, talksabout the callfrom PresidentObama informinghim his son wasawarded theMedal of Honor

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By Jessica ScarpatiENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

Paul T. Monti removedhis black, rectangle-framed glasses andmassaged the bridge

of his nose with his thumband forefinger.

He tried to smile when he putthe glasses back on, keeping his

composure.What should’ve

been a joyous occasion— a call from Presi-dent Barack Obama in-forming him that hisson would be awardedthe military’s highesthonor — was over-shadowed by a father’ssor row.

“I’d still ratherhave him back than all

the medals in the world,” said the62-year-old retired teacher. “Ijust want my son back.”

Three years after he buriedhis oldest son, Army Sgt. 1st

Class Jared C. Monti, 30, killedin Afghanistan trying to save hisfellow soldiers, the Raynham fa-ther learned Tuesday he wouldtravel to Washington, D.C., to re-ceive the Medal of Honor on hisson’s behalf.

“It’s very, very bittersweet,”

Paul Monti said Thursday frominside his Center Street home.“I’m sort of going through ev-erything that I went throughwhen he died.”

Jared Monti will become thefirst Massachusetts residentsince the Vietnam War to receivethe Medal of Honor — “the na-tion’s highest medal for valor incombat,” according to the Army.

Army Reservist Sgt. KevinMoreira, 30, of Raynham, whoserves as commander of Bridge-water VFW Post 2125, said thehonor is “huge” for the regionand the nation.

“That comes right from thepresident,” Moreira said. “Yo udon’t just give that out.”

As of Thursday evening, nodate for Monti’s ceremony hadbeen set. The father of the fallensoldier said an Army official toldhim it would be mid-September.

Jared Monti’s mother, Janet,

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PAUL T. MONTI sits in his Raynham home with photos of his son, Army Sgt. 1st Class Jared C. Monti, who wasposthumously awarded the Medal of Honor after being killed in Afghanistan trying to save his fellow soldiers.

ONE ‘U G LY ’ FILMKATHERINE HEIGL, GERARD BUTLERARE SADDLED WITH UNORIGINALSCRIPT IN THE ‘UGLY TRUTH’

IN MOVIES & MUSIC, PAGE 21

Jared C. Monti in a family pho-to taken in Plymouth.

EASTON BOARDRULES AGAINSTEFFORT TO DEMOLISHHISTORIC AMESSHOVEL FACTORY

IN LOCAL, PAGE 7

B R O C K T O N

Foxcaughtafterattackon 3rdpersonBy Maria PapadopoulosENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

BROCKTON — Her rightankle neatly bandaged after a foxattack, Mary Ellen Nuttingjumped off her crutches Thurs-day afternoon when she heardthe gunshots in her backyard onOak Street.

“That just scared me todeath,” said Nutting after hear-ing AnimalControl Of-ficer TomDeChellisfiring at af ox .

Nuttingwas thethird personto be at-tacked by afox in theOak Street area in two days, asofficials intensified a campaignto rid the region of the animals.On Thursday, they got one ofthem.

A fox clamped onto Nut-ting’s right ankle about 9 p.m.Wednesday as she and a friendwere gathering vegetables in herga r d e n .

Earlier Wednesday, just afew houses away, Mary Seaver,69, was attacked and bitten by afox in her front yard.

INSIDE■ Police in-tensify foxhunt — twostories,photos /7, 9■ On theWeb: Twonew videosenterprisenews.com

B R O C K T O N

School bosssays he’s no‘rock star’By Kyle AlspachENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

BROCKTON — M a t t h ewMalone wants the residents ofBrockton to know one thing:He’s no rocks t a r.

Malone, thecity’s incomingsuperintendentof schools, wasdescribed thatway by two School Committeemembers at a June meeting forhis meteoric rise — from substi-tute teacher to superintendent in

COMINGS U N DAY■ Q&A withcity’s newschool chief

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