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FlyORH — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:20:06 +0000

This is what I am hearing, talked to some of the contractors.. The work be done up there is outside is to expland the parking lot. Inside, however, work is being done on the 5th floor to house PIP customers overnight. Why they need an expanded parking lot is beyond me???Also work may continue on other floors. 25???

Dudley hit by rash of car break-ins

Telegram — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:20:05 +0000

DUDLEY – More than 20 residents awoke today to find their cars had been broken into.

Obama recalls victims

Telegram — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:20:04 +0000

FORT HOOD, Texas – One by one, President Barack Obama spoke the names and told the stories today of the 13 people slain in the Fort Hood shooting rampage, honoring their memories even as he denounced the “twisted logic” that led to their deaths.

Mass. House takes step toward off-track betting

Telegram — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:20:04 +0000

BOSTON – Massachusetts is moving incrementally toward expanded gambling.

Ex-astronaut pleads guilty in attack on romantic rival

Telegram — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:20:04 +0000

ORLANDO, Fla. – A former astronaut pleaded guilty today to attacking a romantic rival after driving 1,000 miles from Houston to Orlando and was sentenced to a year on probation.

Search under way for CVS holdup men

Telegram — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:20:02 +0000

SHREWSBURY – Police with guns drawn converged on the CVS on Route 9 after the pharmacy was robbed this morning.

Natural Gas Gets Bigger

taxi — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:00:09 +0000

I noticed this article back in the middle of October, but had forgotten about it until I read this op-ed by Daniel Yergin and Robert Inesin in the Wall Street Journal.The story has actually been slowly developing over the past two decades, as technology to extract natural gas in ways that were once unviable are giving way to a truly fantastic outlook for not only American energy needs, but for

Wall of Leaves

taxi — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:00:09 +0000

Mother Nature’s leaf blower had removed all the leaves from the front and sides of our house over the past week or so… just like she does nearly every Autumn.When I stopped at home for a break this morning, Kathy was gettting in some quality time with the leaf blower.She made a big wall of leaves in the back yard.The next step is to re-connect the blower to the other side, where it turns into

Law Enforcement Activity

taxi — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:00:05 +0000

There was some kind of law enforcement activity today around 1pm, right at the curve on Salisbury Street where Flagg intersects.I see this kind of thing often enough each week. And I see WPD cruisers, detail officers, and other police presence pretty much all day, every day.For me, knowing that the WPD is out there on the job every day… well, I’m glad they’re there.

Hyperlocal again

taxi — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:33:00 +0000

I’ve been meaning to post about this for about a month, since I first started looking at the concept of locally focused blogging and locally focused news coverage (two things that are not necessarily the same), here in Worcester. One of the reasons? There’s a sixteen year old blogger who lives with his Mom in Chicago and posts about what he hears on his scanner.There was an article about him