On Monday, GateHouse Media Inc. filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the parent company of The Boston Globe, stating that the newspaper's new community Web site uses online material from GateHouse without permission.

BRAINTREE - Laptop computers, jewelry, a camera, a TV and a DVD player were among the items stolen from a home on the 400 block of Union Street, police said. The homeowner told police that after returning at about 5 p.m.

By JENNIFER SANTOS Quincy The Manet Community Health Center's annual autumn auction will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, at the Blue Cross building, 1 Enterprise Drive.

QUINCY - DOVE, an agency that fights domestic violence, will sponsor the "Harvesting Hope Fundraiser and Cocktail Party" from 7 to 11 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Granite Links Golf Club in Quincy. The fundraiser will feature a light dinner, dancing, music by Java Jive, and a live auction.

The local average price of a gallon of gasoline dropped 18 cents this week, equaling the sharpest decline in at least three years. In The Patriot Ledger's weekly survey, the average price on Wednesday was $3.25, down from a record $4.08 in early July.