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Five-day robbery spree gets man 3 years in jail
A 28-year-old Woburn man admitted he in court he went on a five-day robbery spree last year cleaning out dry cleaners in Tewksbury and Woburn, and a pet supply store in Burlington to feed a serious drug habit.
Batchelder to depart district in June 2009
Schools' Supt. Dr. Carl Batchelder formally announced earlier this week that he will step down from the district's top post next June.
$150K gifted for new tennis courts
A lifelong city resident donated $150,000 to the School Committee Tuesday night for the construction of four new tennis courts at the WMHS site.
Republican candidate Brion Cangiamila will be write-in
Add the name of Brion Cangiamila to the political mix locally for the Tuesday, Nov.
Location of Marlowe Memorial Plaque to be imbedded in rock
After two to three months of deliberation, the Marlowe Park Dedication Committee has decided upon a location for the John J. Marlowe Memorial Plaque, namely, a plaque imbedded in the rock, water fountain on the ...
Young Grower Winner Zoltan Kovaks recounts his 13-year American success story
Zoltan Kovacs has a fascinating background. Born and raised under the former communist regime in Hungary , he came to the United States as a 22-year-old horticulture exchange student with a passion for ...
Author of hoax Holocaust memoir in legal fight with U.S. publisher
An author whose Holocaust memoir was found to be fictional is fighting her publisher in a Woburn, Mass., court over the proceeds of a 2001 lawsuit.
What's an odor between friends?
Neighbors notify the city when the plant is belching noxious odors, but a health official often finds the smell is gone by the time he responds.
Dwyer touts his experience in bid for State Rep. seat
Serving two terms on the Woburn City Council after retiring from a profession that brought him in contact with various local and state officials, James Dwyer touts an impressive resume in his bid to unseat ...
Group vows fight to save building
The city of Boston wants to demolish a graffiti-covered cinderblock building at Mary Cummings Park in Burlington and Woburn, but the plan has outraged a local activist group, which recently asked the state ...
Pay raises approved by council
The City Council voted at its recent meeting to approve pay raises for the city's election workers and some police personnel.
Mass. man pleads not guilty to child rape charges
WOBURN, Mass.- A former custodian and junior varsity basketball coach at Everett High School has been ordered held on $15,000 bail after pleading not guilty to raping a 12-year-old boy.
Salem Five Bank robbery Saturday under investigation
Escaping with an undetermined amount of cash, a man claiming to be armed robbed a Woburn Center bank on Saturday afternoon.
Senior Winchester portrait artist relishes art and life
Long time Winchester portrait artist Mary Jacobs, 84, looks as though she's forty five, and, as she says herself, acts "as though I'm thirty!" A mother of five children - Peg, Barbara, Mary Anne, Richard and ...
Police say Woburn shooting not random
Local and state police are searching for a suspect who shot a man Sunday morning.
Police Investigate Woburn Shooting
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Two injured in rollover accident on I-95
After a rollover accident on Interstate 95, two women were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Draper Street proposal requires more review
A Draper Street company's proposed move to a building next door will be delayed until at least next month after the City Council at its recent meeting sent a pair of special permit petitions to committee.
City hopes major work on WMHS will end by Sept.
Admitting that the construction job will continue for at least two more months, the city's Building Committee inked a $6,000 contract extension with WMHS project manager Patrick Saitta.
Hurd says local services are a priority
It will not necessarily be much of a change for Jack Hurd if he gets elected in September as state senator in the Fourth Middlesex District, because, he said, he expects to simply continue giving his best ...