A police helicopter, search dogs and troopers with shotguns were used in Lawrence yesterday in the search for suspects involved in the shooting of a 16-year-old boy. Although the victim says he doesn’t know why he was shot police say the incident…
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Posted in 2 Minutes, Behind the Headlines on Feb 23rd, 2011 Comments Off
One surveillance video and two cases of victims fighting off perpetrators this week. The one that really grabbed the headlines this week was the man who fought back during an attempted robbery at Walmart in Methuen. Grabbing a can of Campbell’s Chunky …
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Posted in Behind the Headlines, Harriet cooper, Lawrence, News, Priscilla Candy, Video, candy, chocolate, noah bombard, norman cooper, priscilla candies on Feb 19th, 2011 Comments Off
I mentioned in 2 Minutes the other day that longtime Lawrence business Priscilla Candies would be closing unless a new owner steps up to buy from retiring owners Harriet and Norman Cooper. Bill Kirk has the full story in today’s Eagle-Tribune and…
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Posted in 2 Minutes, Behind the Headlines on Feb 17th, 2011 Comments Off
In many ways, it represents what you might call “Old Lawrence.” But Priscilla Candies, which started in Lawrence in the 1920s may shut its doors for good this April as the current owners prepare for retirement. Also today, lots of chatter o…
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Posted in Behind the Headlines, News on Feb 3rd, 2011 Comments Off
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Lawrence resident Amir Ghali, a native of Egypt, will join staff writer J.J. Huggins for a live chat at 3:30 p.m. today on the unrest in Egypt and what it means for the U.S. Understanding Egypt
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Posted in Behind the Headlines, News on Feb 1st, 2011 Comments Off
Oh, yes. It seems to be a weekly event at this point — more snow, more live blogging. Storm Blog
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Posted in Behind the Headlines, News on Jan 28th, 2011 Comments Off
It’s only the end of January, but as I drove around yesterday with staff writer Bill Kirk to see how area residents faired following yesterday’s snow it looked like months of snow piled high along city streets. It kind of makes you wonder e…
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Posted in 2 Minutes, Behind the Headlines on Jan 27th, 2011 Comments Off
Slow, snowy commute in for me this morning, but the road should be clear by mid-morning. The bigger issue is what to do with all this snow — and it’s still January.
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Posted in Behind the Headlines, News on Jan 26th, 2011 Comments Off
Lawrence dance music artist Bylli Crayone grew up to the sounds of the ’80s. In his latest album “Presto: Element of Surprise” he works with several other artists including ’80s icon Boy George. Bylli sat down in our studio last…
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Posted in Behind the Headlines, News on Jan 21st, 2011 Comments Off
Took a drive down Route 114 this morning to check out how plow drivers were doing finding places to put all this snow. And there’s more coming next week … after the big chill.
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