Needham High School principal bans student fans from game

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Deb Filcman
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Ever find your manners getting away from you at hockey games? Needham High School students have, and following a warning from the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association, they are paying the price.

Their own principal banned the hooligans’ fans from attending an away game at Framingham High School tonight, after some unruly behavior at a game against Wellesley last weekend.

Naughty, naughty

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Rob Haneisen
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Maybe he was just doing some research? Or perhaps testing the town’s Internet filter system? Nah.

Executive Session minutes of the Board of Selectmen in Hopkinton reveal that former Town Manager Anthony Troiano admitted to doing some things with his town-owned laptop computer you are not supposed to do. It ultimately led to his resignation.

It’s DiMasi in a squeaker!

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Peter Chianca
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Well, not quite. House Speaker Sal DiMasi actually retained his leadership post by a pretty wide margin today, taking 85 percent of the vote. (Ethics, shmethics!) This probably did not go over well with Rep. David Torrisi of North Andover, who in caucuses earlier in the day voiced the only dissent against the speaker, and was the only legislator who didn’t stand and and join in the heartfelt ovation his fellow pols gave Dimasi after he spoke, according to the State House News Service. See the details.

Whine country

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Peter Chianca
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Whining is in today — about the weather if you’re a commuter, and about the Yankees if you happen to own the Boston Red Sox. Or so say the most recent posts at the new What’s In and Out Blog, featuring the latest and greatest trends to hit the area, the country and the world. Check it out.

Love, hate relationship

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Scott Smith
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I love the new Route 44 because it takes 10-15 minutes off my drive.

I hate the new Route 44 because it takes 10-15 minutes off my drive.

So…where is this going?

No school!

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Peter Chianca
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Is your school district closed? Probably. WBZ has the rundown.

Hope you got a coat for Christmas

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Rob Haneisen
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At Natick High School, you’ll need one. The cold keeps kids awake in the classroom, right?

Is it spring yet?

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Peter Chianca
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Brace yourself, Greater Boston: The National Weather Service in Taunton says another storm is coming through. (On a side note, do you think the people in Taunton always are the first ones to know what their weather is going to be? They really should be.)

Anyway, they’re predicting “snow and ice accumulation, from 11 p.m. this evening to 6 p.m. Wednesday.” But don’t worry — they say driving and walking will be “difficult, but not impossible.” So you better plan to get your butts into work anyway.

Cross-dressing doc found dead

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Dan Medeiros
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Dr. Richard Sharpe, the cross-dressing doctor convicted of murdering his wife in 2001, was found hanged in his cell at at the state prison in Norfolk, state prison officials confirmed today.

Sharpe, 54, was found hanging with a bed sheet around his neck at 7:26 p.m. Monday by his cell mate, Diane Wiffin, a spokesman for the state Department of Correction said. Sharpe was pronounced dead at Norwood Hospital at 8:11 p.m. He was convicted in 2001 of shooting his estranged wife Karen, 44, to death with a hunting rifle at her home in Wenham.

Man names puddle after wife

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Sarah Corbitt
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An Ashland man, demonstrating that municipal frustration hasn’t dimmed his sense of humor, named a huge puddle that annually forms in front of this house after his wife.

Family walks in the front door - burglar runs out the back

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Sarah Corbitt
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A Whitman family had just come home from shopping when they noticed things missing - and heard the bulkhead door bang shut.

The year in pictures

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Jesse Floyd
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The best end-of-the-year lists are always the photos.

Our last polar plunge post (probably)

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Peter Chianca
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Couldn’t resist posting one more video, this one of the Swampscott festivities:

All the details at Wicked Local Swampscott.

Middleborough skater falls through ice

Posted on January 4, 2009 by Sarah Corbitt
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A Middleborough man died after falling through the ice while skating on Tisquapin Pond.

Teens rescued from icy river

Posted on January 4, 2009 by Sarah Corbitt
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Two Marlborough teens were rescued after they got stuck on a river island after walking out on ice.

Paralympic champion loses battle with ALS

Posted on January 3, 2009 by Peter Chianca
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Three-and-a-half months after raising his arms in victory on the medal stand for the 2008 Paralympic Games in Qingdao, China, world-class sailor Nick Scandone has lost his battle with ALS. He was 42.

Dan Tucker, the husband of Scandone’s sailing partner Maureen McKinnon-Tucker of Marblehead, broke the news via e-mail to supporters at 1 p.m. Friday, which read simply, “Nicholas Salvatore Scandone, Champion, March 3, 1966-January 2, 2009.”

Scandone and McKinnon-Tucker were the first U.S. team ever to win gold. McKinnon-Tucker is also the first female sailor of any nationality to become a Paralympic champion. Wicked Local Marblehead has more.

Main drag through Somerville closed

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Kat Powers
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A pedestrian has been struck by a vehicle in the Winter Hill neighborhood of Somerville, and it looks serious.

UPDATE: Police state the 74-year-old man, who was struck and seriously injured as he crossed Broadway near Primo’s Pizza, is in stable but serious condition at Mass General Hospital. More at Wicked Local Somerville.

Carver man arrested while attempting to park car

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Sarah Corbitt
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Police arrested a Carver man who refused to get out of his car while attempting to pull into a snowy driveway.

Westford resident recounts 15 months under fire

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Jesse Floyd
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Army sniper Spc. Michael Clark survived 15 months of combat in Iraq because he knew when to hide, when to shoot and when to move.

More polar plunge pics

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Peter Chianca
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Apparently the North Shore doesn’t have an exclusive on people nutty enough to brave freezing ocean waters on a cold (cold!) New Year’s Day. As the Patriot Ledger reports, the South Shore has its share as well. They even have video to prove it: