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It’s just an overgrown railroad bed right now, but Methuen resident Joyce Godsey sees something much more — a vibrant rail trail providing recreation and transportation to the city of Methuen and beyond.
Godsey is behind an effort to convert the old Boston & Maine railroad bed into [...]
It’s been 40 years since the last flu pandemic, the Hong Kong flu, which killed nearly a million people. Advances in medicine and our understanding of influenza has helped mitigate what was once a globe-wide killer. Here’s a look at the latest ongoing news from the swine flu.
But for some historical perspective, check out some [...]
Gilbert Vega was found sitting in his car just down the street from where police say he ran down and killed the 16-year-old daughter of his girlfriend. He kept saying he was sorry, police said. It’s the kind of thing “sorry” just can’t fix.
Details from this weekend’s horrible tragedy are continuing to trickle down. Eagle-Tribune [...]
This week Behind the Headlines sits down with Eagle-Tribune reporter Jill Harmacinski, who broke the story about a Lawrence School Department employee using an online database to snoop on people. Mark Rivera, former assistant to the superintendent resigned this week following public outcry. But what was really accessed through the system? How was the information [...]
He lied about being a Marine and receiving a Purple Heart — and he was on a rant at Lawrence City Hall yesterday. Former Lawrence School Committee member James Stokes, who is serving a two-year probation for trumping up a false record as a veteran, joined a group in Mayor Michael Sullivan’s office yesterday protesting [...]
With the pounding International High School Principal Terika Smith is taking from the Teachers Union (see related stories below) one group has stepped up in support: Fellow city principals.
The city’s principals signed and released a letter today (full letter and 26 signatures below) condemning a vote of no confidence in Smith taken by the Union [...]
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.
