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Flower power: Salem woman to be named Unsung Heroine

May 11, 2008 11:13 pm

SALEM and mdash; A Salem woman who spends hours planting flowers on city rotaries will be honored next week as the city's Unsung Heroine for 2008. Sandi Power was nominated for the state award by May...

Beverly tackling long-overdue inspections

May 11, 2008 11:10 pm

BEVERLY and mdash; When a fire forced five families out of their Cabot Street apartment the day after Christmas last year, the new city building commissioner's first instinct was to check the latest ...

'Disgrace' of HQ forces police operations into nearby trailer Men of low station

May 11, 2008 11:07 pm

BEVERLY and mdash; For the first time since it opened in 1935, the Beverly police station was empty this weekend. "It's kind of spooky," Lt. William Terry said on Saturday afternoon. "...

Rehired Peabody dispatcher suspended by chief

May 10, 2008 6:00 am

PEABODY and mdash; The firefighter who slept through a 911 call but recently won his job back in court has been suspended without pay. Fire Chief Steve Pasdon yesterday confirmed that he has suspende...

New law will improve oversight of chemicals, chiefs say

May 10, 2008 6:00 am

DANVERS and mdash; New legislation developed in the aftermath of the Danversport explosion would fill gaps in the state's oversight of companies that handle hazardous chemicals, according to the pres...

Susan Flynn: Rethinking the dandelion strategy

May 10, 2008 6:00 am

The list of what I like about home ownership is long. The list of what I don't like is short. It's the lawn. This time of year, the problem first rears its ugly head and mdash; or heads. Seemingly ov...

Man gets suspended sentence in Salem gun case

May 10, 2008 5:50 am

SALEM and mdash; A judge yesterday decided that prosecutors couldn't prove Jose Morales was "carrying" an unlicensed rifle as he climbed naked out the fifth-floor window of his Washington S...

Weekend Calendar

May 10, 2008 5:45 am

Benefits Saturday, May 10 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., The Shoppes at Hamilton Crossing, (Crosby's Marketplace), in Kohl's RV Blood Mobile. All donations go directly to Children's Hospital Boston. 978-471-9178 ...

Police

May 10, 2008 4:41 am

Topsfield Friday r , 25, of 49 Middle St., Newburyport, was arrested at 3:36 a.m. and charged with drunken driving and a marked lanes violation after a traffic stop on Boxford Road. Danvers

Salem Award given to Darfur 'crusader'

May 9, 2008 10:41 pm

SALEM and mdash; A Renaissance literature professor who has spent nearly a decade trying to bring peace to Sudan and stop the genocide in Darfur was presented last night with the 16th annual Salem Aw...

Worcester, Massachusetts News from Telegram.com

Grafton voters to act on $550K school study

May 11, 2008 12:00 am

GRAFTON - A $38.1 million budget for fiscal 2009 and a $550,000 debt exclusion for a school space needs feasibility study are among the warrant articles to be voted on at the semiannual town meeting M...

Voters approve articles to attract businesses

May 11, 2008 12:00 am

WESTMINSTER - Voters at yesterday's annual town meeting approved two articles giving town officials the tools they need to help persuade businesses to locate in town.

Spencer deciding on selectmen, override

May 11, 2008 12:00 am

SPENCER - Voters will head to the polls Tuesday to choose two new selectmen from a pool of five candidates and to decide whether to spend $528,371 on a Proposition 2-1/2 override.

GOP chooses Sullivan to run against Courtney

May 11, 2008 12:00 am

WILLIMANTIC, Conn. - The 2nd Congressional District Republican Convention yesterday unanimously endorsed Sean Sullivan, R-Ledyard, for Congress.

Shrewsbury math team places third

May 11, 2008 12:00 am

SHREWSBURY - A team of Shrewsbury high school students came in third place among 287 teams in a regional math competition held in New York City.

Standoff ends with surrender

May 11, 2008 12:00 am

WORCESTER - What could have been a violent confrontation between police and a man armed with a shotgun ended peacefully Friday night when the man gave up the weapon and was taken to a local hospital f...

Police call man's story a naked lie

May 11, 2008 12:00 am

LEICESTER - A man who claimed he was robbed at gunpoint and stripped of his clothing at the intersection of Stafford and streets April 23 will be charged with filing a false report.

Fallen brethren memorialized

May 11, 2008 12:00 am

FITCHBURG - Lawrence G. Bell remembers the last time he saw his father alive.

Regional digest

May 11, 2008 12:00 am

LUNENBURG -- A 53-year-old man was killed in an elderly housing complex fire yesterday evening despite another resident dashing up the burning building's outside stairs to drag him clear, and the effo...

Nobel winner to Becker grads: Go out and make a difference

May 11, 2008 12:00 am

WORCESTER - In his commencement address for Becker College, Nobel laureate Craig C. Mello yesterday explained his work with RNA interference in cells and then challenged the 322 graduates to work to c...

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