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Hilton Head finds buyer for extra fire truck, one more still on the market

The Town of Hilton Head Island has found a buyer for one of its brand-new fire trucks and hopes to get rid of a second, never-used truck.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

Centennial Drive firm socked for $107K

A city-based engineering firm has agreed to pay more than $107,000 to settle alleged violations of the state's prevailing-wage laws, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley's office announced yesterday.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

Lappin: 'Justice has been served'

Robert Lappin has had relatively little to say about Bernard Madoff, the Wall Street investment manager who was sentenced yesterday to 150 years in federal prison.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

Boston.com

Judge considers bid by Markoff's lawyer

A Suffolk County Superior Court judge said yesterday he would consider a request by Philip Markoff's lawyer that prosecutors provide answers ensuring that the grand jury process was not tainted by the enormous media attention to the case.

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Sat Jun 27, 2009

Boston Globe

Good American wines for your plonk cellar

Despite a reputation for austerity, Church of England separatists who founded the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts liked their wine and were eager to establish vineyards in their adopted country.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

Bostonist

Photo of the Day, June 18, 2009: Buoy

Moving from a black & white photo, charlieontheradio made good use of selective color in this shot from Swampscott.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

His hobby kept him on track

Hobbyists of any ilk run the gamut from dabblers to devotees. Armand "Jack" Palleschi was one of the latter.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

Salem charter school has first graduates

High school has been a unique experience for a group of seven young women who comprise the first graduating class of Salem Academy Charter School.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

Teen sex photos a troubling trend

It reads like a good police procedural novel, but the process of convicting Kyle Fuchs of Saugus for raping and taking explicit photos of underage girls has frightening implications, according to District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett.

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SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

Two women, 84 and 90, say license is freedom

Rita Downing, 84, renewed her driver's license on Tuesday. "I went over to Beverly, took the eye test and got my license for the next five years," she said.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

Police: Man bashes bar patron with beer mug

The popular eatery has been open less than a month, but already there was trouble brewing at the hotspot over the weekend.

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Mon Jun 15, 2009

MyFoxBoston

Walk for respect

Students who were inside the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum during last week's deadly shooting took part in today's Walk For Respect.

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Sun Jun 14, 2009

Media Nation

Close to home

Eighth-graders from Danvers as well as Swampscott were inside the Holocaust Museum in Washington earlier today when a white supremacist pulled out a gun, began shooting and killed a security officer.

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Fri Jun 12, 2009

SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

Local survivor of Holocaust knew guard who was shot

It didn't end at Buchenwald. Sonia Weitz, a survivor of that Nazi death camp, watched the grim news coming from the Holocaust Museum in Washington on Wednesday only to learn of another victim of hate, museum guard Stephen Johns, 39.

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WBZ-TV

Mass. Students At Holocaust Museum During Shooting

Jun 10, 2009 4:53 pm US/Eastern WASHINGTON 1 of 1 Emergency vehicles, police, traffic and pedestrians are gathered outside of the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. following reports of a shooting there on June 10, 2009.

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Thu Jun 11, 2009

CapeCodOnline.com

Bay State students see museum murder

By Jessica Fargen The murder of a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum terrified hundreds of Bay State students visiting the Washington, D.C., institution and sent shockwaves through the Jewish community that had built the monument to remembrance and peace.

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SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

Danvers, Swampscott students in D.C. museum during shooting

Virginia Ahearn of Danvers got a chilling text message yesterday from her daughter Samantha, who was on an eighth-grade trip to the nation's capital.

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Wed Jun 10, 2009

Boston Globe

Mass. legislators debate instrument sterilization bill

A medical risk, or just hot air? Legislators debate requiring schools to sterilize wind instruments Tim Sullivan , Kathryn Long, and James Ball of the Somerville High's band.

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Mon Jun 08, 2009

SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

Swampscott graduation speeches stress the familiar

History teacher Jon Flanagan gave the Swampscott High School Class of 2009 one last quiz during yesterday's graduation ceremony.

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Sat Jun 06, 2009

Boston.com

Former official in Gloucester to manage town

Bringing to a close a four-month search for a new town manager, Winthrop has named a former top Gloucester official to the job.

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