Braintree's Most Read Stories Of 2022

BRAINTREE, MA — The year is nearly over, and, with 2023 quickly approaching, it's worth taking a look back at the biggest stories of the year locally.

Here are the three stories that garnered the most readers on the Braintree Patch in 2023:

Maskless Braintree School Committee Members Cut Meeting Short

• One of the maskless members has been on the committee for a decade, and the other, Matt Lynch, was at the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol.

Woman Gets Accessory Charge In South Shore Plaza Shooting

• Braintree police arrested an Attleboro woman in connection to the Jan. 22 shooting at the South Shore Plaza that killed a 26-year-old Dorchester man.

Braintree's Lord & Taylor To Become Lab Space

• The nation's oldest department store's shuttered locations in Braintree, Natick and Burlington are preparing to house life science companies