Douglas News

Worcester Central District Court Criminal and Traffic Sessions Judge Robert G. Harbour Dawn M. Leatham, 45, of 1 Horne Homestead Rd., Charlton, charged with driving with a suspended license , sentenced to 60 days in the House of Correction, with credit for 60 days time already served; license not in possession, filed with a guilty finding; ...

The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center 's Renewable Energy Trust awarded a $178,000 loan to a development group proposing a 26 megawatt wind farm in Douglas, Mass.

A Maple Street home was destroyed yesterday by a three-alarm blaze that started in a coal stove in the kitchen.

Mr. Neal said he was still looking to meet a local official who said he or she wouldn't take stimulus money for highway projects.

An employee of a Peabody food pantry has been charged with stealing $500 worth of grocery gift cards donated by city employees.

The married Bourne couple needed help quickly. The couple, with two teenage children, were without heat and had no way to pay for oil.

Readers of The Republican have so far donated over $19,000 to the Toy for Joy holiday campaign.

Mary E. Kochenour and Philip F. Remillard sold property at 7 Bob's Hill, Adams, for $90,000 to Joshua R. Demarsico-Birkland and Amber G. Demarsico-Birkland. Christine S. Exner and Paul Exner III sold property at 16 Harding Ave., Adams, for $130,000 to Andrew M. Goyette and Rebecca L. Goyette.

Whitin Community Center's day care license is still intact after state departments completed investigations late last week, CEO Gary R. Wood said yesterday.

The Orleans mom was days away from losing her home's heat. The 35-year-old single woman supported her two children as a full-time certified nurse assistant.

Selectmen and administrators from five Blackstone Valley towns have shifted their attention for now from regional economic development to fighting legislation they say is hurting local municipal budgets.

A 5-year-old autistic boy was found after two hours of searching in the Douglas woods on Saturday, police said.

The Northboro Historical Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4. The evening's program will be 'A Good Olde New England Christmas.' Even though Christmas was once banned in Boston, New Englanders have always celebrated the season with songs and music.

Douglas Wind farm gets blessing of special town meeting DOUGLAS - Voters at last night's special town meeting unanimously approved a tax increment financing agreement with American Pro Wind for a proposed 13-turbine wind farm on the west side of town.

Two young girls disappeared from a Douglas daycare and were found wandering around in a man's yard nearly a half-mile away.

Dr. Douglas called Dr. Boylston ignorant, illiterate and rash. The controversy over the swine flu vaccine puzzles folks of older generations.

Douglas Police officer faces domestic assault charge DOUGLAS - A veteran police officer is scheduled for a Dec.

A Mattapan man and a Roxbury woman were sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday for the 2007 slayings of two men, according to Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley.

Worcester Central District Court Jury Session Jury-Waived Cases Judge David P. Despotopulos James R. Dudley Jr., 47, of 3 Wayne Terrace, Worcester, charged with assault and battery, dismissed.

STANDOFF AT DOUGLAS BARN Paul Miller, who threatened to kill cops in April, in court today.