Is this dispatcher lazy or just misunderstood? Take a listen and judge for yourself, but Lawrence Police were none too pleased upon hearing this dispatcher who took the call this morning of a suspicious package found in front of Lawrence District Court early this morning.
Here’s the memo from Capt. Scott J. McNamara to the dispatcher, [...]
In June 2007, Marie Pigaga’s car struck and killed a mom drying off her car while her 12-year-old daughter watched. This week, Behind the headlines talks with Eagle-Tribune reporter Paul Tennant who has been covering the trial.
Oh, we know it happens. But it’s the type of business we often think happens somewhere else. This week, that “somewhere else” turned out to be downtown Haverhill. Police have arrested two 29-year-old women they say were performing sex acts for money under the guise of their massage parlor business, Star Touch Massage. Police were [...]
There was plenty of fodder at this year’s St. Patrick’s Day political roasts, but are some topics just too hot to poke fun at? Retired state Department of Environmental Protection worker Gerald McCall thinks so. Here’s the video clip of his comments to the Methuen City Council Monday expressing concern that jokes at Mayor Manzi’s [...]
As much as we love to poke fun at our politicians, it’s even more fun to watch them poke fun at themselves. Methuen Mayor Bill Manzi and Lawrence Mayor Michael Sullivan traded a few yucks at last week’s St. Patty’s Day lunch in Lawrence. I’ve excerpted the clip of Manzi’s well-delivered roasting of Mayor Sullivan [...]
Walk into a school today and it’s right up there with knives, guns and other forbidden and dangerous weapons — peanuts (and their various nefarious forms including peanut butter). For those of us without peanut allergies, who grew up with peanut butter and jelly as much a part of our childhood lunches as tigers were [...]
Lawrence City Council President Patrick Blanchette has bowed out of the mayoral race citing both family committments and health concerns.
Story by Eagle-Tribune Managing Editor Gretchen Putnam
Click below for Blanchette’s statement released to The Eagle-Tribune this morning:
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This week Behind the Headlines sits down with Lisa Carter, whose husband William Beal, was killed nine years ago in a bar altercation. The man accused of beating him to death, 29-year-old Eric Falardeau, had charges against him dropped after a judge determined he was not able to stand trial due to a low IQ. [...]
It looks like Lawrence foreign language teacher Ileana Bordonaro can return to work — if she wants to. More than a week after Bordonaro got into some hot water for allegedly allowing her students to bring Italian dishes to class, the School Department is saying it has offered Bordonaro the opportunity to return to class. [...]
Noah R. Bombard is a journalist and award-winning former magazine and newspaper editor who works as the multimedia content editor for The Eagle-Tribune.
Noah R. Bombard is a journalist and award-winning former magazine and newspaper editor who works as the multimedia content editor for The Eagle-Tribune.
