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Meet Mirror-Spectator Intern John Gigian
WATERTOWN — Every summer the Armenian Mirror-Spectator hires an intern. The interns receive a stipend from the Armenian Students’ Association. This year, the intern is John Gigian. Gigian is about to start his senior year at UMass Amherst, where he is a journalism and history major. He is...
Update: Energy Prices and Heat Pumps
Winter is long gone and the heat of summer is with us. The challenges of climate change and what to do about it continue, especially in this wacky election year. As a Lexington HeatSmart Advisor, I continue to field numerous questions on electrification, electricity prices and heat pumps. Here’s a heat pump update as we (too quickly) approach fall and winter:
Man killed in fall at Leominster State Forest was ‘epitome of a Renaissance man’
A 69-year-old Lunenberg man who died while climbing in the Leominster State Forest earlier this month was remembered in his obituary as the “epitome of a Renaissance man” who loved music and the outdoors. Robert “Bob” Conroy died on the afternoon of July 11 when he fell while...
Tragic house fire spurs community support for Winchester mail carrier
A GoFundMe campaign and item collection drive have been launched to support Corey Lyons Marsden, a well-known letter carrier in Winchester, following a devastating house fire on July 20. The fire destroyed the Marsden family home in Woburn, leaving Corey, a single mother of two daughters, ages 10 and 9,...
State Police ID MA, NJ Women Killed In Charles County Crash, VA Victim Airlifted To Hospital
On Thursday, police said that Norma Matthews, 81, of Lowell, Massachusetts, and Virginia Licata, 86, of Blackwood, NJ, have been identified as the pair killed in a crash on July 24 that shut down Route 301 for hours. The other driver, King George, Virginia resident Caitlynn Connell, 28, was also...
Family of murdered Lowell man cheers in court as temple shooting suspect held on no bail
“He doesn’t deserve to be out on the streets. He doesn’t deserve to be walking around while my brother is getting ready to get buried,” said Jose Ortiz’s sister, Sasha Rivera.
Nine River Hawks Named to IWLCA Honor Roll
NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. - Nine members of the UMass Lowell women's lacrosse team were named to the 2024 Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Honor Roll, as announced by the association on Wednesday afternoon. Graduate students Caroline Klim (Wrentham, Mass.) and Julia Napolitano (Oakdale, N.Y.), seniors Rylee Kelly (Harwood, Md.) and...
$1M Lottery Ticket Sold In Wakefield
The winner picked up the major win by playing the "Lifetime Millions" game, a $50 scratch-off. The Summer of Fun 2024 Trust of Chelmsford collected the check on Wednesday, July 24. They selected to take the lump sum payment of $650,000 (before taxes) rather than the annuity. The winner bought...
Suspected child murderer Demiko Fox arrested in New Hampshire, U.S. Marshals say
A man accused of killing a 7-year-old girl in Washington state in April was arrested by law enforcement in New Hampshire Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Demiko Fox, 22, is facing a charge of second-degree murder in the death of a girl who was in his care...
Fisherman caught with oversized stripers in NH; planned to sell them in Mass.
Tips from anglers fishing along New Castle and Rye Tuesday afternoon led to authorities busting a fisherman's alleged scheme to illegally keep 14 oversized striped bass and sell the fish in Massachusetts. New Hampshire Fish and Game’s Law Enforcement Division and Operation Game Thief announced Wednesday the Massachusetts man admitted to his plan after being caught by Portsmouth police Tuesday. ...
Charlie Silva from "This Old House" has raised more than $300,000 for PMC
WESTFORD - The home on Main Street in Westford is beautiful. A historic property, it burned years ago and has been uninhabited since. The town of Westford bought it and then sold it to a couple who has hired a crew to fix it up. It is a home that audiences will get to know-inside and out--in an upcoming season of Roku's "This Old House." On a hot day in July, the place is buzzing with activity. It is a huge job for workers to restore the home to it to its new modern grandeur. ...
Will Joe Biden supporters in New Hampshire back Kamala Harris?
SALEM, NH - As Democratic support consolidates around Vice President Kamala Harris, Granite Staters are now weighing whether they want her to be the next President of the United States. "Honestly, it's just, it's a lot," one voter in Bedford told WBZ. "I honestly feel like we need to have a bigger pool to choose from," another said.Poll showed Trump ahead after debate Less than a month ago, the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm's College conducted a post-debate poll finding former President Donald Trump two points ahead of President Joe Biden among Granite State voters. But a...
Reminder: Survey open through August for Strategic Plan
WESTFORD — The Town of Westford is still seeking recent feedback on the direction of its Strategic Plan. Once completed, the plan would serve as a guiding document for officials over the next 30 years. $95,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds were appropriated toward the project on July...
FEMA adds Grafton County to major disaster declaration for New Hampshire
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has added Grafton County to a major disaster declaration made earlier this month over an April nor’easter in New Hampshire, the governor announced Tuesday. It was added after additional preliminary damage assessments “found enough damage to reach the County’s predetermined disaster declaration threshold,” Gov. Chris Sununu’s office said in a […]
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