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Local news for Shrewsbury, MA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

21 hrs ago | Worcester Magazine

Going Brokers: The real estate bust and you

This is what a real estate collapse does for you. A colonial that sold for $299,900 in 2005 goes on the market for the same price this year, but is marked down 20% to $239,900 within months.

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Related Topix: Millbury, MA

Wednesday | Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Police ID train victim as Shrewsbury man

The man killed by a fast-moving Amtrak train at the Westboro commuter rail station yesterday has been identified as Edmund P. Flynn, 52, of 80 Old Mill Road, Shrewsbury.

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Tue Aug 05, 2008

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Price Chopper awaits public hearing on proposed new site in Shrewsbury

The town could have another supermarket if plans for a Price Chopper are approved for an undeveloped parcel on Route 9. The supermarket, proposed by Retailscapes LLC, would comprise 64,454 square feet on the ...

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Sun Aug 03, 2008

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Route 9 Kia auto dealership purchased by adjacent business

The Board of Selectmen last night approved a class 1 automobile license to allow the owners of Wagner Automotives to purchase the neighboring Ragsdale Kia dealership on Route 9. Mark W. Wagner, president, and ...

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Related Topix: Spencer, MA, Worcester, MA

Fri Aug 01, 2008

The Item Extra

Mahler ready to lead Team LEGS

Pan Mass Challenge bike riders have been dotting the roadways for months. This year, one Boylston rider, Mike Mahler of Fox Tail Way, will embark on his sixth Pan Mass Challenge ride.

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Related Topix: Boylston, MA, Family, Kids

Wed Jul 30, 2008

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Man who set fire, stole from residents sentenced to prison

A former Shrewsbury man was sentenced to state prison yesterday after admitting that he set a fire in a Shrewsbury home in 2005, then stole a wallet and container of coins from the residence before alerting the ...

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Related Topix: State Prisons, Worcester, MA, Fire

Tue Jul 29, 2008

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Man who set fire, stole from residents sentenced to prison

A former Shrewsbury man was sentenced to state prison yesterday after admitting that he set a fire in a Shrewsbury home in 2005, then stole a wallet and container of coins from the residence before alerting the ...

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Related Topix: State Prisons, Worcester, MA, Fire

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Man who set fire, stole from residents sentenced to prison

A former Shrewsbury man was sentenced to state prison yesterday after admitting that he set a fire in a Shrewsbury home in 2005, then stole a wallet and container of coins from the residence before alerting the ...

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Related Topix: State Prisons, Worcester, MA, Fire

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Triple stabbing prompts commission scrutiny

Members of the License Commission want to review more police reports and interview at least one of the victims of the triple stabbing that occurred in May outside Hot Shotz on Main Street.

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Related Topix: Fitchburg Metro, Leominster, MA

Mon Jul 28, 2008

Telegram & Gazette

Would-be hero in Shrewsbury fire sentenced to prison

A former Shrewsbury man was sentenced to state prison today after admitting that he set a fire in a Shrewsbury home in 2005, then stole a wallet and container of coins from the residence before alerting the ...

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Related Topix: State Prisons, Fire, Worcester, MA

Telegram & Gazette

Would-be hero in Shrewsbury fire sentenced to prison

A former Shrewsbury man was sentenced to state prison today after admitting that he set a fire in a Shrewsbury home in 2005, then stole a wallet and container of coins from the residence before alerting the ...

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Related Topix: State Prisons, Fire, Worcester, MA

The Inquirer & Mirror

Traffic details could use civilian flaggers

Proposed state guidelines would allow police officers to be replaced with civilian flaggers on public road projects where the speed limit is 40 mph or less, according a preliminary draft obtained by the Cape ...

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Sat Jul 26, 2008

WHDH

Jury indicts 2 teens for burning Northborough mall

A grand jury has indicted three teenagers on criminal charges for allegedly firebombing a teacher's car in Shrewsbury, and charged two of them with torching six businesses in a Northborough mall.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Northborough, MA, Worcester County, MA

Fri Jul 25, 2008

Boston.com

Jury indicts 2 teens for burning Northborough mall

A grand jury has indicted three teenagers on criminal charges for allegedly firebombing a teacher's car in Shrewsbury, and charged two of them with torching six businesses in a Northborough mall.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Northborough, MA, Worcester County, MA

MassLive.com

Stolen paintings ordered returned to owner

Three paintings stolen from a Massachusetts home more than 30 years ago have been ordered returned to the sole surviving heir of the original owner.

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Telegram & Gazette

Mad about Mandarin

The conventional wisdom was you didn't really need to understand other cultures and languages, and I believe that was wrong.

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Related Topix: Grafton, MA, Massachusetts, Education Etc., World News, China, Asia

Wed Jul 23, 2008

Cousinconnect.com

Genealogy Query - GARFIELD

I am looking for information on Aaron Garfield who was in Fitzwilliam in 1770 but then disappears.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Genealogy

Mon Jul 21, 2008

Telegram & Gazette

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

To try to come up with a plan to help people who will need assistance with heating their homes this winter, the Board of Selectmen has formed the Home Heating Working Group.

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Related Topix: Worcester, MA

Sat Jul 19, 2008

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Judge sentences Shrewsbury man in charity case

A Shrewsbury man, one of three former Muslim charity officials charged with concealing material facts from the government, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court to 11 months in prison.

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Fri Jul 18, 2008

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Fuel cost forces Light Department to increase rate

Because of the rising cost of oil and natural gas, the Municipal Light Department will increase its power cost adjustment factor by 2 cents per kilowatt hour, beginning with the bill for July.

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Related Topix: Fitchburg Metro

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