Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
A Methuen man has been sentenced to six years in prison for sending child pornography over the Internet.
Angst in the MIDDLE AGES (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
I recently found the above photo while randomly surfing for pictures of my hometown. That castle is familiar to anyone who grew up in the city of Methuen, Massachusetts as "Searles Castle" which can be seen from various points in the city, but only when you're looking for it. It now sits on the grounds of the walled-in Presentation of Mary Academy. Now overgrown and mostly inaccessible from...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
The Methuen School Committee has agreed to go along with Superintendent Jeanne Whitten's plan to keep a business consultant turned part-time $100-per-hour administrator through the end of this school year.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008
IRISH PRIDE: A native of Derry, Northern Ireland, Ann Mullan-Karakatsanis traveled to America in 1990 to attend a program designed for Irish entrepreneurs at Boston College. Adopting the American "can-do" attitude, she then embarked on designing a line of pottery for the American market that would reflect her Irish heritage while creating manufacturing jobs in her homeland.
U.S. News (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
People like Rita Arsenault, a retired bank administrator from Methuen, Mass., can vouch for what honey can do. Arsenault, who has diabetes and developed a gaping sore near her toe after a nighttime spider bite, says she could nearly see her tendon when the silver-dollar-size wound had reached its peak. (Diabetes typically worsens ulcers by making it more difficult for the body to replace infected...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
Sharmin Rahman broke her fast on a recent Friday night with vegetable fried rice at a Chinese restaurant close to her office in Merrimack, N.H. Two nights a week, Rahman's mother, who lives near her in Methuen, prepares a Muslim iftar, or breaking fast at sunset. Rahman appreciates those dinners because at home, wiped out by a day of work ...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
The executive director of the Lowell Housing Authority was charged earlier this month with second-offense drunken driving after Methuen police found him in a government-issued vehicle that had two shredded flat tires, according to a Sept. 17 police report.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
The executive director of the Lowell Housing Authority was charged earlier this month with second-offense drunken driving after Methuen police found him in a government-issued vehicle that had two shredded flat tires, according to a Sept. 17 police report.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
Sharmin Rahman broke her fast on a recent Friday night with vegetable fried rice at a Chinese restaurant close to her office in Merrimack, N.H. Two nights a week, Rahman's mother, who lives near her in Methuen, prepares a Muslim iftar, or breaking fast at sunset. Rahman appreciates those dinners because at home, wiped out by a day of work ...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
Police are investigating a car crash that killed an elderly man in Salem, N.H. Police say 87-year-old Joseph Lavoi of Methuen, Mass., was pronounced dead at the hospital after his car ran off the road and hit a tree outside the Salem Fire headquarters on Main Street just before midnight Thursday night.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
... They loaded a truck with the boxes and headed to Noble Family Animal Care and Adoption Center in Methuen.Michael Keiley, the manager of the center, said he wasn't surprised at the number of birds brought in."We've had our share of animal hoarding cases," Keiley said. "This year alone, there have been more than five. We had a case of 52 cats recently. Usually, these hoarding cases involve...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
... “I am 70 years old and still working because I cannot afford not to,” said Patricia Lacroix of Methuen, Mass. “Because of greed and corruption, it has come to this. … Help the middle class now!”“My greatest concern is being able to send my 16-year-old son to college,” wrote another reader, Angela Cilluffa of Covington, La. “I have started to research scholarships, grants and loans, but I...
RssDaily (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
For a second time, freshman Democratic State Rep. Linda Dean Campbell easily defeated Christopher DiBella for the Methuen House seat. With all 11 precincts reporting Campbell grabbed 2,478 votes to DiBella's 1,982 for a 56 percent to 44 percent win. Campbell defeated DiBella in the 2006 Democratic also. She now faces independent Joseph Leone, a Methuen city councilor in the general election....
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
A 15-year veteran of the Essex County Sheriff's Department is facing a heroin possession charge.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
... and was released on personal recognizance. Buonomo was arrested in August and resigned on Sept. 7.METHUEN Sheriff's officer held on heroin charges A 15-year veteran of the Essex County Sheriff's Department is facing a heroin possession charge. John Bachta of Methuen was arrested during the weekend in Tewksbury and was charged with a single count of possession of heroin. He was released...
