Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

A Community's Recognition

The Brockton Public School system uses every opportunity to inspire and to educate our cities youth.  One way this is being done is at the Arnone School where they recently celebrated their 5^th Annual Dare to Dream Day - “a salute to people who dare to dream” – a day to recognize while celebrating and embracing diversity.  On this day students presented two educational performances focusing on the triumphs of African American inventors and the subtly of discrimination in a modern setting.

Art/Brockton '07 at the Brockton Public Library

If you are frequent viewer of One North Main then you have seen a few segments on art or art on display throughout the city.  On this episode we bring you another segment on art – this time on display at the Brockton Public Library.  When the library was originally funded it included finances specifically set aside for an area designated to be an art gallery – known today as the Joseph Driscoll Gallery.  For the month of February the display “Art/Brockton ‘07” and we bring you an introduction to the exhibit and why the Brockton Public Library is a perfect location.

A Look Into Brockton's Promise Part 1:  An Introduction

In 2006 Brockton was named “One of the Best 100 Communities for Youth in the Nation” and this was largely in part to the efforts of the non-profit group Brockton’s Promise.  Modeled after Americas Promise the goal is to provide the youth of a community “Five Promises”.  Brockton’s Promise operates as the coordinator to facilitate the for-profit, not-for-profit, community groups, and individuals to help each child achieve the “Five Promises”.  Over the next several episodes of One North Main  we will take a look at each of these promises starting with a segment on the organization itself.  We present you with part one of

“A Look Into Brockton’s Promise”.

War Memorial Fund Raising Concert (Highlights)

There is an ongoing restoration campaign for the War Memorial Building on West Elm Street here in Brockton.  This initiative was started under the Yunits administration and continues to receive the same support with the Harrington administration (City Hall website).  When the building was built it was meant to not only serve as a memorial, but as functioning community center providing Brocktonians a venue for innumerable reasons.  One of these reasons was “the arts” and it’s fitting that the War Memorial Building now plays host to the Brockton Symphony and even more fitting the Brockton High School band recently played to raise funds for the restoration project.  Let’s take a look at the recent musical performance benefiting the War Memorial Restoration Project.