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Lowell police: Teen tried to cover up hit-run involvement

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

LOWELL - In the hours after allegedly causing a hit-and-run crash that left a 12-year-old boy in serious condition, Michelle P. Medeiros tried to cover up her involvement in the crime, say police.

SUICIDE FINDING QUESTIONED: Ex-boyfriend's arrest has Billerica woman's family seeking answers

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

TYNGSBORO -- Outgoing and outspoken, Billerica native Sarah Green always had to have the last word, her sister said. That's why even four years after Green's June 15, 2005, death was ruled a suicide, her family still questions why there was no suicide note.

New store Apple of mall's eye

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

NASHUA -- Today's grand opening of a polished, new Apple computer store in the Pheasant Lane Mall has boosted the mall's occupancy rate to "very close to 100 percent," according to Vin Cosco, the mall's general manager.

Retirees continue education at UMass Lowell

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

LOWELL -- For Jeanne Gunion, it all started with the midweek bridge game she taught at the Chelmsford Senior Center. "Some of the people would disappear on Wednesdays," Gunion said. So she asked why her senior-citizen students were cutting her class: they were taking other classes they'd enrolled in at UMass Lowell, through the

Dracut principal promotion questioned

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

DRACUT -- How did Superintendent W. Spencer Mullin make his decision to hire the new principal for Englesby Intermediate School? School Committee member Mike McNamara wants to know, after he said complaints surfaced from screening committee members who felt their voices weren't heard.

Arrest Log: 11/20/2009

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

Hudson, N.H. -- Robert Vigeant, 29, 60 Lowell Road; suspended registration, driving after revocation or suspension. -- Gabriel Gallego, 25, Milford; suspended registration. Lowell -- Stephen Richardson, 35, 3 River Place; disorderly conduct.

Fund set up to help Lowell hit-run victim

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

LOWELL -- A witness to Wednesday's hit-and-run accident has set up a fund to raise money for Kelvin Savanhmixay, the 12-year-old boy who was struck by a car while crossing Route 113 Wednesday afternoon.

Pelham man admits to tax fraud

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

BOSTON -- A 61-year-old Pelham, N.H., man pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to filing false tax returns after he admitted he hid the profits of his Norwood-based asbestos- removal company. James T.

Water main break in Billerica

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

BILLERICA -- Several businesses were without water pressure Tuesday afternoon after a water main burst in the area of Chelmsford Road and Executive Park Drive, said police. Workers from the town's Water Department were dispatched to the scene shortly after 1 p.

Billerica votes on new school proposal

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

BILLERICA -- Polls are open until 8 p.m. Saturday in a Proposition 2 1/2 debt-exclusion vote to build a new $33.6 million Parker Elementary School. Proponents say the building has many structural problems, and that the town should take advantage of state reimbursement.