Sportsmen's Show

MassWildlife will hold its 30th annual Southeastern Massachusetts Sportsmen's Show on Jan. 24 and 25, at the Standish Sportsmen's Association, at 1 Burr Lane in East Bridgewater. The show will feature information on boating, fishing, hunting, and archery, as well as clothing used for those sports. MassWildlife staff will be selling licenses needed for those outdoor sports, offering information on outdoor recreation, and discussing sportsmen's safety. The state Environmental Police will also be on hand, as well as the representatives from the Massachusetts Beach Buggy Association and other sporting organizations. Tickets will cost $7 and $1 for children under 12. - Christine Legere

TOWN LOSES APPEAL OVER PLANE NOISE - After more than a year fighting a series of flight-path changes in and out of Logan International Airport that resulted in more planes over Marshfield, the town has lost its court appeal. The change in flight paths, supported by an advisory committee representing 29 towns circling Boston, was implemented after completion of the exhaustive Boston Overflight Noise Study. The study was aimed at reducing jet noise over communities that airplanes flew over at low altitudes. Patterns were shifted east over the Massachusetts Bay so that aircraft flew at higher altitudes as they passed over land. The south section of Marshfield, however, experienced more planes overhead. Marshfield, which had not sent representatives to advisory committee meetings until the panel had approved the flight path changes, asked the US Court of Appeals in late 2007 to review the Federal Aviation Administration's approval of new paths. "It wasn't shocking news," Town Administrator Rocco Longo said of the court's decision. "But the town did its best." - Christine Legere

MARSHALL EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY - Glenn Marshall, former chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council, is expected to plead guilty to several charges of fraud and embezzlement in US District Court on Jan. 21. Richard Young, the president of anti-casino groups Casino Free Massachusetts and Casino Facts, plans to attend those proceedings. Marshall was chairman during negotiations of a multimillion-dollar casino agreement with Middleborough, and his signature is on that deal. "This whole process started in Middleborough, and it will end with Glenn in federal court," Young said of the upcoming court appearance. "I know, for myself, I want to see it through to the end." Middleborough officials plan to meet with Tribal Council members to discuss the relationship between the town and the tribe some time after the Feb. 8 election of Tribal Council officers. - Christine Legere