Chris Helms

Reporter for @enterprisenews and @usatoday. Founder of @02130News. Member of @newsguild / @CWAUnion Local 31041. Beat: Brockton City Hall. Forever DM.

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It's a big day in the life of a city hall reporter. Here's Brockton's draft budget. If you need me, I'll be reading this.

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Brandon works three jobs to make ends meet: patient transporter at @bmc_south, plane de-icer at @BostonLogan and landscaper. I met him at a walk-out by @1199mass as the union preps for a one-day strike on May 1.

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Ouch. Brockton Hospital says it's prepping to go two weeks with backup systems (i.e. pen and paper) as fallout from Monday's cybersecurity incident continues.

One patient I talked to feared an "It's a Wonderful Life" situation if pharmacy mix-ups result.

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🚨ON STRIKE🚨

Unionized staff at ProPublica @propublicaguild walked off the job today.

Stand with workers: DO NOT cross the picket line.

That means no visiting ProPublica's website, social media or engaging with its content today.

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Congratulations, Coach!

[The Enterprise @enterprisenews]

Brockton football legend headed to MA High School Football Coaches HOF https://t.co/SA79x3p3Yf

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Brockton has at least 16 dogs named "Rocky," making it one of the city's top 10 dog names.

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Our story [for Enterprise subscribers]
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Very cool to see Rockland nursing home residents reunite with first responders who helped evacuate them from a Nov. 29 fire.

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What's worse than having to go to City Hall to pay your taxes?

Having to take time off work to go to City Hall to pay your taxes. #mapoli

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Brockton's King Kevin Walsh prepares for the WBC International Featherweight Title in Belfast Ireland against Michael Conlan.

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How does Fall River's snowplow tracker app work? Gov. Maura Healey checks it out.

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Brockton Public Schools will be closed for the rest of the week while cleanup from the storm continues.

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The morning after the Blizzard of 2026 in Brockton on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026.

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SNOW EMERGENCY IN THE CITY OF BROCKTON. SUNDAY FEBRUARY 22 AT 2:00 AM. PLEASE REMOVE CARS FROM ALL CITY STREETS.

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Brockton Public Schools will be closed on February 23 & 24, 2026 due to weather. All programs and before/after-school activities will be canceled on those days.

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This tracks.

And yet I’ve never heard anyone at Dunks shout “Paywall!” expecting free coffee.

[Cristina Silva @cristymsilva]

Most Americans don’t pay for news and don’t think they need to

A woman in her 50s said, “I don’t pay to go to church, to get a spiritual message, you know?“ https://t.co/vPdKumOHQu

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Scoop: Brockton Police Supervisors vote "no confidence" in Chief Brenda Pérez. They want her out.

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The Angelo School will be closed on Monday, Feb. 9, due to water damage caused by a sprinkler issue.