Taunton News & Announcements Storm Update: City-Wide Parking Ban in Effect Due to the impending winter storm, a City-wide parking ban will be in effect from 11:00 PM Saturday, February 8, 2025 through 2:00 PM on Sunday, February 9, 2025.

Taunton is a city and county seat of Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. [2] Taunton is situated on the Taunton River, which winds its way through the city on its way to Mount Hope Bay, 10 miles (16 km) to the south.

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Taunton (/ ˈ t ɔː n t ən /) is the county town of Somerset, England. It is a market town and has a minster church. Its population in 2011 was 64,621. [2] Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, owned by the Bishops of Winchester, which was rebuilt as Taunton Castle by the Normans in the 12th century.

Jan 16, 2025 · TAUNTON – Everything about the space known as The Center on Main, which officially opened in downtown Taunton in December, is about welcoming everyone in the community. ...

Aug 17, 2022 · Taunton has an animated downtown area, combining impressive architecture, history, commerce and dining. The linchpin is Taunton Green, which has had roughly the same dimensions since it was laid out in the 1740s as a military training ground.

Update on Dead Birds (Geese, Swans, Ducks) in Taunton The Department of Public Health and MassWildlife have advised City officials that the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) or bird flu, which rarely infects humans, is the suspected cause of recent deaths of wild birds in Taunton.

Feb 5, 2025 · Why was the Clarion Hotel in Taunton being to house homeless. The Clarion Hotel in Taunton, 700 Myles Standish Blvd., began being used as an emergency shelter with the state on April 7, 2023 ...

Jan 25, 2025 · Taunton, city, Bristol county, southeastern Massachusetts, U.S., on the Taunton River, 33 miles (53 km) south of Boston. Elizabeth Poole, an early proprietor, was said to have purchased the site from Native Americans in 1638. It was organized as a town in 1639 and later named for Taunton, England.

Taunton is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the seat of Bristol County and the hub of the Greater Taunton Area. As of the 2020 census, Taunton had 59,408 people living in it. [2] The United States Census Bureau says that the city has an area of 48 square miles.