Region Roundup: Starbucks Return, Stonehill Grad Sues Over Roommate’s Active Sex Life (And more)…

Court papers reveal that a former Stonehill College graduate is suing the school because she says her roommate's sex life drove her into a suicidal depression, CBS Boston reported this week.

Stonehill says the school worked quickly to resolve the student's issue.

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At the former site of the Stoughton Coffee Shop, The Corner Cafe opened Monday morning, February 27. Located at the corner of School Street and Canton Street, the small spot is looking to attract a crowd serving good food with an excellent presentation.

L.A. Fitness, a national fitness chain, opened a branch adjacent to the Target Store and across from T.G.I. Friday's Restaurant on Hawes Way, off Route 139, in Stoughton on February 29.

And, Family Dollar has opened an expanded Stoughton location at 525 Washington Street, in the space formerly occupied by Royal Buffet Chinese Restaurant and Kidsports on Route 138.

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Starbucks will reclaim a slice of Sharon's coffee market through a new downtown pizzeria.

Mangia Neapolitan Pizza will carry Starbucks' menu when it opens 25-seat eatery at 21 South Main Street.

Starbucks was last in Sharon in 2008, when it closed its Post Office Square location and others it deemed underperforming.

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Norton Selectmen and town manager Michael Yunits are appealing to the would-be Robin Hoods who have been ripping off field markers on Norton’s Pheeny's Island to stay away and let the permitting process go ahead.

Yunits reported Thursday the vandals who were trying to stymie proponents of Kenneth Leavitt's proposed adventure camp on the island have been ashore at least two more times since the initial raid on tree markers, wetlands flags and "no trespassing" signs.

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Mansfield Planning Board members Ralph Penney and Mac McClanahan insisted loudly the vacant chocolate factory should stay an industrial building, and not be transformed into apartments, the only plan to surface so far for the re-use of the century-old brick behemoth on Oakland St.

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