- Parents Taking in Chinese Kids Adopt Plan to Deal with Melamine
Beth Flanders was on her way to China to adopt her 17-month-old daughter in September when she received a warning from her adoption agency: An industrial chemical that can cause kidney stones had been found in ...
- US parents want answers after China milk scare
Photo Credit: AP Photo Kathy Demetrius, 44, and her adopted daughter Zuzu Demetrius, 10, both of Warren, Mass., appear in the living room of their home, Monday, Nov.
- Public shelter is lacking if needed for big blackout
It appears that in case of a sustained power outage residents will have to seek shelter in a neighboring community.
- Quaboag students' residency certified
The residency of nearly all 33 students recently declared unverifiable by West Brookfield town officials has now been certified by the Quaboag Regional School District of Warren and West Brookfield.
- Greater frugality by 5% is byword for departments
With state aid to local government expected to be trimmed by as much as 10 percent next year, the signal has already been sent to town departments that the time to get frugal is now.
- Storm a wake-up call in disaster planning
The town nearly found out the hard way that its generator in Town Hall is grossly inadequate.
- Ban on two U.S. Cycling Federation-sanctioned bike races holds firm
A ban will not be lifted to allow hundreds of riders in two U.S. Cycling Federation-sanctioned bike races to come through town.
- Man accused of groping is placed on probation
A 47-year-old deaf man who allegedly grabbed a woman's buttocks at a junkyard and then had an altercation with a local lawman last month has pleaded guilty to a charge of assault and battery on a police officer ...
- Man is sentenced in July standoff
A West Brookfield man who threatened to kill his wife and was found to have guns stored improperly in his house was sentenced to a year of supervised probation yesterday after pleading guilty to threatening to ...
- Regional digest
Warren urged to demolish house WARREN -- Selectman Robert K. Downing says a condemned vacant home at 50 Southbridge Road should be torn down.
- King of the forest
New environmental police major oversees 'everything that's not saltwater' THE WORLD AROUND US By Bradford L. Miner TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF bminer@telegram.com Responsibilities of the Massachusetts ...
- School officials affirm recess is up to teacher
A West Brookfield mother's quest for resumption of outdoor morning recess at West Brookfield Elementary School has been shot down by interim School Superintendent Edward M. Malvey.
- Firefighters battle blaze in Ware
Firefighters from at least four communities were battling a smoky blaze at the Country Bank for Savings headquarters at 75 Main St.
- Man arrested for attempted statutory rape
Police arrested a Marlborough man Wednesday after he solicited sex from a 15 year old girl.
- Open Letter to Bill O'Reilly
You couldn't be more wrong. Her assailants, from the Right and the Left have seen what she has done in Alaska as Governor.
- For employers, a quandary: speak of woes or wait?
Drivers for DHL Express recently learned they would be losing their jobs next year, but many of them didn't learn it from their employer.
- Video: Fire on Boylston Street
Setti Warren, former staffer for Sen. John Kerry, former New England Regional FEMA director, and Naval Intelligence Specialist, has thrown his hat in the ring for the race to take Mayor David Cohen's place in ...
- Christians In Iraq
Date : Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:39:36 +0400 CHRISTIANS IN IRAQ by Warren Mass The New American http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-mainmenu-26/asia-mainmenu-33/504 Nov 11 2008 With the dismantling of Saddam's ...
- Cruelty charges for dog's owner
A Norfolk woman has been arrested and charged with cruelty to animals in the case of an 11-month-old puppy authorities say was beaten last week with a baseball bat.