One dead in Andover highway crash
January 29, 2008
By Jillian Jorgensen, Globe Staff
State police are investigating a three-car crash on Interstate 495 this morning in which a New Hampshire man was killed.
Lawrence Belodeau of Pelham, N.H. was a passenger in one of the cars when the accident happened at about 7:25 a.m. in the northbound lanes …
Cape and Islands dig out from near blizzard
January 29, 2008
By Beth Daley and Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff HYANNIS — Hundreds of Nantucket-bound travelers were stranded on Cape Cod for a second day Monday, after a northeaster that missed Greater Boston walloped parts of the region with an estimated foot of snow and gusty winds.
Ferries to the island remained…
Boston Bruins drop to Montreal
January 23, 2008
The Bruins, playing the Generals to Montreal’s Globetrotters, lost their sixth straight match to their hated rivals this season, dropping an 8-2 decision before 21,273 at the Bell Centre, giving up the most goals they’ve allowed all year. The hammering came on the heels of a two-game sweep of the Ra…
Tom Brady’s inury minor
January 23, 2008
The sight of star quarterback Tom Brady wearing a protective boot over his right foot Monday had New York tabloids buzzing and Patriots followers fearing the worst, but the injury is not serious.
Brady has a high right ankle sprain, according to an NFL source, which explains why he was wearing th…
Big Dig settlement near
January 23, 2008
By Andrea Estes and Sean P. Murphy, Globe Staff
The attorney general’s office is set to announce a settlement over Big Dig defects that would garner the state more than $400 million, most of it from Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, the consortium that oversaw the design and construction of the massi…
Man accused of killing girlfriend held without bail
January 23, 2008
By John C. Drake, Globe Staff
A Lowell judge denied bail today for a 28-year-old man charged with killing his live-in girlfriend and dumping her body in a Dracut dumpster.
Salinda Sun is accused of shooting Shannon Meara, 24, in the head and disposing of her body with the help of Eric Anderson…
Fire inspector: Lawrence nightclub called “extreme hazard” in 2007
January 23, 2008
By John R. Ellement and Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff
The former Lawrence nightclub where an inferno started Monday was described in a 2007 letter from the city’s fire prevention officer as an “extreme hazard to public safety” that was “a three-story bonfire just waiting for an ignition source.”
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Search continues for cause of Lawrence fire
January 23, 2008
By John R. Ellement and Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff
LAWRENCE — Fire investigators chipped through thick layers of ice today as they combed charred debris searching for the cause of a wind-driven inferno Monday that destroyed most of a city block.
A melted steel scaffolding stood over a gaping ho…
Body found in New Bedford Harbor
January 23, 2008
By Globe Staff
The body of an apparent drowning victim was pulled this morning from New Bedford Harbor and divers are searching the chilly water for a second man who has been missing for eight hours, according to police and the Coast Guard.
Police responded at 3:40 a.m. to a pier near Eastern …
Robert Kraft the Leader of the Unbeaten New England Patriots
January 22, 2008
(AP) FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The billionaire owner of the New England Patriots stops to buy his morning coffee and feels “a communal buzz” among the customers. He continues to his office where pictures of him posing with President Clinton and the first President Bush hang on a wall.
Rich or poor, Dem…