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Whitman resident Geoff Diehl is hoping to unseat state Rep. Allen McCarthy in November.

Witness a cyberbattle, where Whitmanites' mailboxes are the chosen field of combat.

Marge Bruchac, in the role of "Molly" , talks to fellow Old Sturbridge Village performer Lois Kelley.

The following items were recorded in the log of the Newburyport police: Colin M. McGuane, 30, 124 Airport Drive, York, Maine, was issued a summons Sunday at 6:44 p.m. on charges of violating an abuse prevention order and placing annoying phone calls.

The perfect chocolate chip cookie should be dense with a slightly crisp exterior and a chewy, moist interior.

American universities have an ally in their efforts to educate more students in science, technology and engineering and keep the nation competitive in the global economy, a Tufts University study released Wednesday shows.

The family of Joseph Helfgot, the Brookline man whose face was donated in April for New England's first face transplant, is taking its campaign to raise awareness about organ donation to a national audience.

Will taxpayers take the first step toward preserving a highly visible piece of local history in Whitman's downtown, even though it will increase their taxes? Officials think Monday's Town Meeting vote on a $1.5 million debt exclusion, to cover the purchase and conversion of the historic First Baptist Church into a senior center, could go either ...

Local restaurants may be the region's most battered victims of this recession, but one little Main Street breakfast and lunch eatery keeps chugging along.

UPDATED to reflect that the indecent involved a pedestrian, not a motor vehicle as I first thought.

Police say an animal control officer has shot and wounded a fox suspected of biting a woman on the buttocks and tearing into the sneaker of a teenager in southeastern Massachusetts.

Police say an animal control officer has shot and wounded a fox suspected of biting a woman on the buttocks and tearing into the sneaker of a teenager in southeastern Massachusetts.

Police say an animal control officer has shot and wounded a fox suspected of biting a woman on the buttocks and tearing into the sneaker of a teenager in southeastern Massachusetts.

Police say an animal control officer has shot and wounded a fox suspected of biting a woman on the buttocks and tearing into the sneaker of a teenager in southeastern Massachusetts.

"There's probably several of them in this area," said Whitman police officer Frank O'Rourke, who added Franklin Street residents live near an open acreage called Bear Meadow that attracts different species of wildlife.

Police are trying to chase down a fox that attacked two woman in Whitman. A family on Brigham Street saw the fox run through their yard and called police Sunday afternoon.

Regular readers of these pages will know I bake for the newsroom. Generally I make cakes.

The team at Reid's Automotive, led by Jim Reid Jr., has over 40 years of experience in building high-performance engines.

Published: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 3:02 p.m. After an unplanned prolonged absence from my e-mail inbox, I returned to find welcome responses to recent columns.

Whitman is a small town with a rich history, but because it has neither a historic district nor any protective bylaw to check demolition of significant buildings, much of the physical evidence of that past is long gone.