Lawrence News Archives

“All of the applications were very worthy this year and it was very difficult to say no.”

The Addison Gallery will be alive with the sound of music - and other forms of art and culture - on May 1 as the Andover Cultural Council hosts a reception for its 2008 grant recipients. via Andover Townsman

ALLEY NORTH OF COLLEGE AVENUE, from Durkee Street to Drew Street, closed to traffic for concrete reconstruction. via WisInfo

“With the proximity to Route 495 and 93, you can be out in a matter of seconds and gone”

A man wearing a baseball cap pulled low on his head, robbed the Sovereign Bank at Stadium Plaza on Route 114 yesterday afternoon - the area's second bank heist in two days. via EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

The Georgetown Senior Center is at the First Congregational Church on Andover Street. via NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA

“The land is useless with the building on it”

City officials will step up their efforts tomorrow in a Delaware bankruptcy court to recoup more than $1.8 million in unpaid taxes, interest and other fees from the owners of the former Parsons Paper Co. via MassLive.com

“It's interesting how, as the year proceeds, different parts of the problem capture attention”

Spring's here, but thousands of local residents are still struggling to pay their heating bills. via EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

Officer Charles Saindon was patrolling on Lowell Street yesterday morning when he saw two men getting out of a parked Acura and holding property taken from the car. via EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

Thieves broke into a Carleton Street home and took three televisions, police said. via EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

“I can't tell you how excited and positive people have been. They're ecstatic”

Given the number of jokes about heartless lawyers that exist, the first thing that comes to most people's minds when they think of lawyers isn't usually compassion. via Andover Townsman

A former Lawrence schools groundskeeper has been sentenced to 22 months in prison after destroying evidence following an FBI raid on his home. via WWLP

“Unfortunately, there was the loss of one life, but one life was saved”

Three police officers who helped two brothers involved in an accident at a school last summer will be honored by a statewide police association this month. via EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

Police broke up a party in a Prospect Street apartment that featured a fog machine and a disco light, and arrested two men on charges of keeping a noisy and disorderly house. via EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

“This is an important economic tool”

Sal Lupoli is tired of his workers waling away because they're confused or intimidated by the complexity and cost of becoming U.S. citizens. via EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

“We have been advised by the seller that the Lawrence Historic Commission has agreed to its removal and we will file the necessary demolition forms following receipt of lease award”

A $15 million federal building is coming to Lawrence, per order of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, local officials have confirmed. via EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

A Haverhill man faces charges after crashing his pick-up into a bakery, rupturing a natural gas line and forcing the temporary evacuation of a four-block area of downtown Lawrence. via Cw56.com

“The crime isn't exclusive to Lawrence. Copper theft right now is huge. ... And it's going to continue”

A 68-year-old man and two younger accomplices face charges in connection with the theft of hundreds of pounds of stolen copper wire and tubing they were loading into a van outside a vacant restaurant, police ... via GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA