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Hero paratrooper mourned, remembered in Plymouth

PLYMOUTH - Inside the modest, sparsely decorated Second Church of Plymouth, roughly the size of a barn, mourners displayed a range of emotions as they listened to Benjamin W. Sherman’s family and pastor tell stories about his childhood. There was ...

From BRIAN R. BALLOU, Boston Globe,  21 Nov 2009

New Bedford, Boston rowing group partner in new venture

Against a backdrop of sleek racing shells stacked in a boathouse along the Charles River, Mayor Scott Lang of New Bedford announced yesterday that his city has teamed with Community Rowing Inc. to help bring the sport of rowing to the murky Acushnet ...

From BRIAN R. BALLOU, Boston Globe,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Environmental Protection Agency,  Department of Health,  Massachusetts Institute of Technology,  Bruce Smith

An air of violence chills Marshall students, parents

Waiting in line to board a school bus yesterday in front of the John Marshall Elementary School in Dorchester, several students pointed to the row of shiny police motorcycles parked nearby and to a large huddle of adults, some wearing suits, in front ...

From BRIAN R. BALLOU, Boston Globe,  19 Nov 2009

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Students urge lawmakers to act on bullying

Students, teachers, and specialists on aggressive behavior filled a State House hearing room yesterday with personal stories about bullying at school and in cyberspace and offered opinions on several antibullying bills under consideration by lawmakers. ...

From BRIAN R. BALLOU, Boston Globe,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Virginia Tech

Kingston teen pleads not guilty in cemetery vandalism case

PLYMOUTH - A Kingston teen who with three youths is accused of toppling 91 gravestones and a large concrete Veterans of Foreign Wars memorial in Kingston on Veterans Day pleaded not guilty yesterday in Plymouth District Court on dozens of vandalism ...

From BRIAN R. BALLOU, Boston Globe,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Veterans of Foreign Wars

Police find bomb-making items in Quincy teen’s home

QUINCY - A Quincy High School resource officer doing a home check on a 14-year-old student who allegedly assaulted his father yesterday morning noticed bomb-making materials in the teen’s bedroom, touching off a chaotic evacuation, authorities ...

From BRIAN R. BALLOU, Boston Globe,  14 Nov 2009

North Attleborough recalls Marine killed in Afghanistan

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH - With bitter cold winds lashing at their faces yesterday morning, hundreds of North Attleborough High School students stood in silence while the hearse carrying Marine Captain Kyle Rolf Van De Giesen’s coffin drove by the front of ...

From BRIAN R. BALLOU, Boston Globe,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Deval Patrick,  John Wesley

Officer helped save life in Lynn house fire

LYNN - A 74-year-old grandfather managed to usher his family out of their rapidly burning home here Tuesday night, and a veteran police officer held his breath as he searched amid thick smoke looking for a trapped occupant. Officer Tom Hazard, was two ...

From BRIAN R. BALLOU, Boston Globe,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bill Clinton,  Boston Medical Center

Man slain outside Dorchester school

Violence returned yesterday to the neighborhood surrounding the John Marshall Elementary School in Dorchester when a young man was shot to death at an intersection about 100 yards from the school. The shooting occurred just minutes before noon, when an ...

From BRIAN R. BALLOU, Boston Globe,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Boston Medical Center

Mass. officers honored for valor

A street corner drug deal was unfolding, and Brockton police Officers William Carpenter and Matthew Graham jumped into action. The officers knew the suspect well, from a prior cocaine arrest, and also knew him to be a dangerous criminal with a history ...

From BRIAN R. BALLOU, Boston Globe,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Deval Patrick

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