The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from May 2003:
AT HOME WITH CHRIS FITZMAURICE
May 01, 2003; ... IPSWICH - Chris Fitzmaurice spent her formative years working instables, cleaning up tack rooms, and shoveling manure. So it'sfitting that the former equestrian lives in what used to be acarriage house. She still cleans a tack room, but it's been convertedinto an office, and though she ...
BABY FACE MAKES HER LOOK UNDERAGE
May 01, 2003; ... Dear Beth: I'm a 21-year-old female with a baby face. When I tell people howold I am, they freak out and say, "You don't look 21. I see yourface; you're between 14 and 18." Sometimes I feel sorry for myselfand think I have to do something with my appearance. What will happenif I ...
A CONSERVATIVE VOICE TELLS A COMING-OF-AGE STORY FOR THE RIGHT WING
May 01, 2003; ... In the early 1960s, the modern conservative movement, born in 1955with the launch of William F. Buckley's National Review magazine, washaving adolescent growing pains. One of the biggest pains emanatedfrom Belmont and the home of Robert Welch, a retired candy maker whofounded the John ...
`BURDEN OF INNOCENCE' WEIGHS HEAVY
May 01, 2003; ... Ofra Bikel, patron saint of the wrongly convicted, is back withanother look at the toxic byproducts of our criminal justice system. The PBS "Frontline" producer whose investigations helped free anumber of unjustly imprisoned inmates takes a different angle in"Burden of Innocence." ...
`CAVEMAN' A PERCEPTIVE LOOK AT THE SEXES
May 01, 2003; ... In his long-running hit show, "Defending the Caveman," comedianRob Becker takes it upon himself to explain why men are . . . well,for decorum's sake, let's just say, "swine." Men are not reallydespicable, according to his theory. It's just that men and women areprofoundly different, ...
WGBH APPOINTS NEW VICE PRESIDENT
May 01, 2003; ... WGBH-TV (Channel 2) announced yesterday that Margaret Drain, executive producer of the station's "American Experience" historyseries, has been named the station's vice president of nationalprogramming, effective June 1. Drain will oversee such nationally acclaimed series ...
HAPPILY, SPRINGTIME BRINGS NEW GROWTH AT EVERY TURN
May 01, 2003; ... I was bald until I was about 1 year old. To fend off well-meaningstrangers who remarked "what a cute baby boy" as they gazed into mystroller, my mother taped tiny pink bows to my pink scalp. Eventually, my hair grew in; soft wisps of fine spun gold thatcurled in ringlets at the ...
SPRINGTIME SOUPS GIVE US A TASTE OF FRESH VEGGIE SEASON
May 01, 2003; ... Green is the color of spring, from the new yellow-green foliage toearly asparagus, peas, artichokes, and leafy greens. Spring alsomeans temperamental skies, though, and chilly nights. It's still soup weather, but soups with bright flavors thatrespect the season's vegetables. They ...
GARDEN EVENTS, PLANT SALES SPROUT UP ALL OVER
May 01, 2003; ... The calendar is dense in the coming weeks with tours, plant sales,and other fund-raising events by garden groups. Which ones you attendcan depend on time, place, and weather. Events are held rain or shineunless otherwise stated, so though tickets are often cheaper ifpurchased in advance, ...
STARGAZING
May 01, 2003; ... Rocker Tommy Lee and his fiancee, dancer Mayte Garcia, have calledit quits, US Weekly reports. The couple supposedly had a wedding dateset for July 4. A representative for Lee said the wedding was justpostponed because he and Garcia, who was previously married toPrince, were both busy. ....
WITH RYM AND RUDI I'LL RULE THE WORLD!
May 01, 2003; ... With the war settling down to a simmer, we've given up our 24/7CNN consumption and we're returning to our usual sensible diet of alittle Wolf Blitzer in the evenings followed by a much-deserved RudiBakhtiar nightcap. Our notoriously short attention span has tired ofBaghdad and is heading ...
SEEKING BASKET FOR UNDER MAIL SLOT; REMOVING OILY STAIN
May 01, 2003; ... Q. I asked you last week where I could find a mail basket of thetype that mounts on the inside of the door just under the mail slot.You said you'd look around. Did you find anything? PAT, from Gloucester A. I did look around a bit, and found more ideas than baskets. Idid not ...
HUNTINGTON TO STAGE `PARIS LETTER' PREMIERE
May 01, 2003; ... Jon Robin Baitz's eagerly anticipated "The Paris Letter" will haveits world premiere in Huntington Theatre Company's 2003-04 season,the company announced yesterday. The drama is the first work to come out of the Stanford CalderwoodFund for New American Plays that was established at ...
THE DRESS-UP DO-GOODER TAUNTON WOMAN'S NONPROFIT COLLECTS DONATED GOWNS TO CUT COSTS SO MORE TEENS CAN EXPERIENCE THE PROM THRILL
May 01, 2003; ... TAUNTON - Ana Pereira's prom is tonight. Five days ago, the Portuguese exchange student at Coyle-CassidyHigh School was busy scouring racks for a dress. She settled on afuchsia gown, open-backed, dotted with sparkles, and tagged with aprice of $325. But the gown was not in a ...
AT LAST, A KITCHEN TOOL THAT MEASURES UP CUP'S INSIDE VIEW MAKES TASK EASIER
May 01, 2003; ... This idea is so simple it's amazing it took so long tomaterialize: a measuring cup that reads correctly when viewed fromthe top down. There's not a home cook in the world who won'tappreciate this innovation. Normally, in order to measure anything in a regular measuring cup,you ...
MAJOR LEAGUES MAKE A MINOR FLAG ERROR; A TOWERING TRANSACTION
May 01, 2003; ... UN-FLAGGING PATRIOTISM AS SOON AS THE AMERICAN FLAG PATCHES ON THERIGHT ARMS OF EVERYONE IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WERE SPOTTED BY THOSEWHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH FLAG PROTOCOL THE RUMBLE WENT OUT. THE FLAGSARE BACKWARD. OH SURE, THEY LOOK CORRECT TO YOU AND ME AND THOSE OFUS WHO JUST SPEND ...
THREE LOCAL NETWORK AFFILIATES TO BROADCAST BUSH'S ADDRESS
May 01, 2003; ... The big three network affiliates in town said they plan tobroadcast President Bush's address to the nation tonight at 9. When the 30-minute speech ends, regular prime-time programmingwill begin on WBZ-TV (Channel 4) and WHDH-TV (Channel 7), which meanseach station's late-night ...
`TO BE AND TO HAVE' FINDS POETRY IN A FRENCH SCHOOLHOUSE
May 01, 2003; ... Nicolas Philibert's "To Be and To Have" documents a year in thelife of a small schoolhouse in central France. Philibert parked hiscamera in the cozy schoolhouse nestled in the dairy-farming districtin the verdant Auvergne region and watched as teacher Georges Lopezmeticulously prepared ...
GORDON BRINGS HOME WAR TALES
May 01, 2003; ... When Dick Gordon goes on the air today as the host of "TheConnection," he'll be back in the familiar Boston studio at WBUR-FM(90.9). But after two weeks hosting the 10 a.m. talk show from ahotel room in Baghdad, distance and familiarity have become relative. "I found more ...
GARDENER'S WEEK: MAY 1, 2003
May 01, 2003; ... Compost: Spread a thin layer of finished compost over gardensbefore mulching, and over lawns if you have enough. If you don't haveenough, start a compost pile this year. Hardy bulbs: Sprinkle the planted area lightly with Bulb Boosteror another bulb fertilizer after flowering ...
AFTER COLD, DARK WINTER, IT'S TIME FOR A LIGHT WINE
May 01, 2003; ... Light, airy, refreshing: The terms that pop to mind when thinkingabout spring also describe wines we long for after a cold, darkwinter. Now is the time to try bubblies from France's Loire Valley orsome unique bottlings from northern Italy. These wines are terrificfor a Mother's Day ...
ABBOTT TO LEAVE NESN
May 01, 2003; ... Rick Abbott, NESN's vice president of programming and operations,approached his job with a simple credo. "The Red Sox and Bruins winand lose games, not us," he said. "Our job as a network is to makethe telecasts as entertaining as possible night after night." But NESN did take a ...
CELTICS NOW FOCUSED ON DEEP-SIXING PACERS
May 01, 2003; ... WALTHAM - Disappointed? Yes. Frustrated, mentally fatigued, feeling pressure? No. No.Absolutely not. Despite losing, 93-88, in overtime very early yesterday morning,the Celtics are eager to resume their first-round series against thePacers tonight in Game 6 at the ...
CHIP SHOTS BEAR BUNCH:
May 01, 2003; ... BEAR BUNCH: Folks attending today's first round of the NationwideTour stop in Traveler's Rest, S.C., may need a roster just to figureout which Nicklaus is which. That's because there'll be fiveNicklauses in the field for the BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs,led, of course, by Jack ...
IT'S BEEN ROUGH WITH OFFICIALS INDIANA NOT TEAM THAT'S SETTING PACE
May 01, 2003; ... WALTHAM - In a physical series, foul trouble is always a factor.But surprisingly, the Celtics have been a more popular target forofficials than the notoriously rough Pacers. Two Boston players havebeen ejected for Type 2 flagrant fouls - Tony Battie and Mark Blount.Eric Williams has ...
LINKS TO THE FUTURE HABERL MAKES MAMANTAPETT KID-FRIENDLY
May 01, 2003; ... NORTON - So many pieces in his life were in order. He was workingat a job he loved. He was close to home, on Cape Cod, where he wasborn and raised. And most of all, he was good at what he did, highlyrespected and unquestionably successful. All of it was such a great fit. And ...
DIAMONDBACKS' JOHNSON WILL HAVE KNEE SURGERY
May 01, 2003 ... NAMES Four-time National League Cy Young Award winner RandyJohnson will have arthroscopic knee surgery today and miss 3-6 weeks.The Arizona lefthander, who was 24-5 last season, won his first gamein three decisions Sunday after spending two weeks on the disabledlist. The operation ...
FOR THE RECORD
May 01, 2003 ... CORRECTION: BECAUSE OF AN EDITOR'S ERROR, VENUS WILLIAMS WASMISIDENTIFIED ...
KEEPING SCORE AROUND NEW ENGLAND
May 01, 2003; ... PROS Top teacher * His wins at the 2002 New England PGA Championship and the 2002PGA of America Club Professional Stroke Play Championship weretestament to his playing abilities, but Chip Johnson now hassomething that acknowledges his excellence in another area of thegame ....
RED, WHITE, AND BROWN GOALKEEPER NETS SPOT ON US ROSTER
May 01, 2003; ... WRENTHAM - At first, Adin Brown wasn't sure what to make of the e-mail he received a week ago from Pam Perkins. He thought it was justlike any other dispatch from his friend. But once Brown opened it,the New England Revolution goalkeeper was stunned to realize Perkinswas acting in her ...
DAMON IS IN A STRUGGLE TO GET HIS GROOVE BACK
May 01, 2003; ... The Red Sox kept Johnny Damon out of the lineup last night for thefourth time in the first month of the season, but he could have swornit was the sixth time. At least it felt that way to him, and he wasnot pleased. "To be on the bench six times so far this year, it's kind ...
WOLFF BEING COURTED BU COACH IS HIGH ON FORDHAM LIST
May 01, 2003; ... After negotiations regarding a compensation package that lastedmore than a week, Fordham fired basketball coach Bob Hill yesterday. In a joint statement, Hill and the school agreed to "amicably endtheir contract relationship." Fordham athletic director Frank McLaughlin is ...
AKAMAI, IBM TO LAUNCH SERVICE TEAMING UP TO BETTER DELIVER WEB APPLICATIONS
May 01, 2003; ... Cambridge-based Akamai Technologies Inc., which helps customersdistribute Internet data globally, is teaming up with IBM Corp. toimprove the delivery of network-based software applications. The new service, called Akamai EdgeComputing, is set to beunveiled today to improve the ...
GENZYME, PARTNER GET OK FOR DRUG CAMBRIDGE FIRM, BIOMARIN TO SPLIT ALDURAZYME PROFIT
May 01, 2003; ... Genzyme Corp. and BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. yesterday wonregulatory approval for the drug Aldurazyme to treat MPS 1, becomingthe first providers of a treatment for the rare genetic disease. Patients with MPS 1 lack an enzyme to break down certain complexcarbohydrates, which ...
THE STUFF THAT'S STILL LEGAL SHOULD TROUBLE INVESTORS
May 01, 2003; ... When securities regulators unveiled their $1.4 billion settlementwith 10 leading investment firms on Monday, investors could breathe abit easier. Now investors don't have to worry so much about investment firmsdoing something that's illegal. The problem is the stuff that's ...
WALTHAM FACES POSSIBLE HOSPITAL CLOSURE A YEAR AFTER ITS RESCUE, FACILITY STILL LOSING MONEY
May 01, 2003; ... Just a year ago, Waltham Hospital looked like a rare success storyamong the state's troubled small hospitals, rescued from closure by acombination of grassroots pressure, creative financing, and statemoney. But this week a much bleaker picture has emerged. In apresentation to the ...
FIRM'S OWNERS SENTENCED IN TAX EVASION
May 01, 2003 ... The owners of a Quincy paving and construction company have beensentenced after pleading guilty to federal tax evasion charges.Robert H. Derbes, 68, and his brother, Frank F. Derbes, 61, both ofQuincy, pleaded guilty Jan. 27 to six counts of tax evasion. RobertDerbes was sentenced ...
HOMELESS UNDER EXPRESSWAY ARE EVICTED
May 01, 2003 ... Several makeshift sleeping quarters under the Southeast Expresswaywere destroyed yesterday by Mass. Highway officials and statetroopers. A number of people had taken up residence there in recentweeks, raising tents, and in recent days police were summoned to ...
BROCKTON WOMAN DIES IN ROUTE 24 CRASH
May 01, 2003 ... A 55-year-old Brockton woman was killed last night in a two-carcollision on northbound Route 24, about a mile north of Route 27.Maria Correia died after her Ford Escort veered across three lanesand struck a Jersey barrier around 8:30 p.m., leaving her car facingthe opposite direction ...
PEMBROKE, SCHOOL DISTRICT REACH PACT
May 01, 2003 ... A tuition dispute over what Pembroke owes the Silver Lake RegionalSchool District, which threatened to bar about 150 Pembroke seniorsfrom attending their graduation, was near resolution yesterday ...
MAN INDICTED IN WEB CHILD PORN CASE
May 01, 2003 ... A Bristol County grand jury has indicted an 18-year-old Tauntonman for allegedly possessing and sending child pornography images onthe Internet, prosecutors said yesterday. Marcus Aponte is scheduledto be arraigned in New Bedford Superior Court on May 14, according tostate Attorney ...
HOWARD FREEDMAN, 80; MADE RED TAVERN A DINING TRADITION
May 01, 2003; ... Howard Freedman, 80, who kept the steaks fresh and the fireburning brightly in the Italian marble fireplace at the Red Tavern inMethuen for more than 40 years, died Tuesday in Nevins Nursing andRestorative Center. Mr. Freedman was so proud of his cuts of beef, he had a ...
VINCENT HAYES, 77, ONE OF BOSTON'S FIRST BLACK OFFICERS
May 01, 2003; ... Vincent A. Hayes, a 40-year Boston Police Department veteran whowas one of the few African-American officers on the force when heguarded the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during his 1965 march toprotest racial imbalance in the city's public schools, died Friday oflung cancer at his Hyde ...
AUGUSTINE, ROSE
May 01, 2003 ... AUGUSTINE, Rose - In New York, April 21, at 93. A guitarenthusiast and patron of famed guitarist Andres ...
PEMBROKE, SCHOOL DISTRICT REACH PACT ON FUNDS
May 01, 2003; ... A tuition dispute over what Pembroke owes the Silver Lake regionalschool district, which threatened to bar about 150 Pembroke seniorsfrom attending their graduation, was near resolution yesterday afterthe school committee approved a draft agreement with the townmediated by state ...
MABEL SINCLAIR, AT 105; WAS LONGTIME TEACHER IN BROOKLYN
May 01, 2003; ... Mabel W. Sinclair, who taught in Brooklyn, N.Y., schools for morethan two decades, died April 24 at Heritage at North Andover, anassisted-living community. She was 105. "My mother is really sharp as a tack," Ruth Veasey of Haverhillsaid at Mrs. Sinclair's 102d birthday party ....
OFFICIALS CLOSE OFF UPPER PORTION OF BUZZARDS BAY FOR SHELLFISHING
May 01, 2003; ... BOURNE - The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries closed offthe upper portion of Buzzards Bay to shellfishermen yesterday, makingthe entire bay off limits to harvesting quahogs, littlenecks, andother shellfish as cleanup crews fought to contain fuel oil spilledfrom a barge ...
VOTE WILL IMPACT SCHOOLS' FUTURE
May 01, 2003 ... I am writing to provide the voters of Saugus with informationconcerning the two questions that will be on the ballot in theupcoming special election. Question 1 deals with an $86.5 million debt exclusion to build anew Lynnhurst, Belmonte, and Saugus High School, and to renovate ...
COUNCIL CONSIDERS REZONING
May 01, 2003 ... CHELSEA - The City Council will vote Monday to revise the city's entirezoning ordinance, which encompasses residential, commercial andindustrial zoning laws. The reason is to address changes indemographics as well as to update the ordinance with new developmentstandards, said ...
IT'S PAYDAY FOR STATE FISHERMEN
May 01, 2003; ... GLOUCESTER - Beginning today, the state's Division of MarineFisheries will begin mailing out $5.4 million in emergency aid tomore than 600 Massachusetts fishermen, including 160 boat owners inGloucester. The funding, approved by Congress last year, is expected to offsetthe loss ...
SAUGUS SCHOOLS NEED FUNDING
May 01, 2003 ... I AM A PARENT WHO LIVES IN SAUGUS. I INTEND TO VOTE "YES" ON MAY3. I BELIEVE BOTH QUESTIONS SHOULD BE SUPPORTED.As a parent oftwo children in the Saugus school system I feel there is no limit ona child's learning. Similarly, when it comes to educating thechildren of Saugus we should ...
THEATER OF HIS DREAMS TAKING ROOT IN SALEM 21-YEAR-OLD SEEKS HOME STAGE
May 01, 2003; ... Matteo Pangallo, a 21-year-old senior at Bates College, has loggedsignificant time onstage. However, this summer he will be taking on adifferent theatrical role as he kicks off his first full season asthe president and artistic director of the Salem Theatre Company, aperformance arts ...
HOWARD UNOPPOSED IN RACE FOR MAYOR
May 01, 2003; ... When Mayor Richard C. Howard announced in January he planned toseek another term, it sounded the opening gun of this year's mayoralcampaign season. But so far, the only contestant out of the starting gate is Howardhimself. As of last week, there were no other announced ...
PARENTS FIGHT PROPOSED CLOSE OF BEEBE SCHOOL
May 01, 2003; ... Helen Evans, the parent of a 6-year-old student at BeebeElementary School in Melrose, is concerned that closing the schoolwill mean larger class sizes for two schools and further disrupt thedistrict's class-size balance. She's so concerned that she recentlyfiled a complaint with the ...
METCO ADVOCATES PUSHING FOR LYNNFIELD EXPANSION REFORMS SOUGHT TO ADD STUDENTS
May 01, 2003; ... LYNNFIELD - An advocacy group for Metco, a desegregation programthat lets Boston minority students attend school in Lynnfield andother suburbs, wants the School Committee to review its enrollmentpolicy for the program, which the town nearly ended four years ago. Metco Helping ...
OVERRIDE VOTE SET SATURDAY SCHOOLS' FATE WILL RIDE ON TAX QUESTIONS
May 01, 2003; ... Jean Lobbreght, a retired nurse, hasn't had children in Sauguspublic schools for years, but plans to vote for a Proposition 2 1/2override on Saturday to fund an $86.5 million school constructionproject, and add $1.6 million to next year's budget to save jobs,school sports, and prevent ...
SUPERINTENDENT GETS 6-YEAR PACT
May 01, 2003 ... BEVERLY - Beverly School Superintendent William Lupini has signed a six-year contract with the city. Lupini's salary will increase from$125,000 to $126,875 beginning July 1, and his contract will rununtil June 30, 2009. According to School Committee president VirginiaCoburn, the ...
N.H. TARGETS UNDERAGE ALCOHOL ABUSE STUDENTS, OFFICIALS DIVIDED ON MELEE
May 01, 2003; ... DURHAM, N.H. - The chief of New Hampshire's office of alcoholabuse prevention wants to target youthful alcohol abuse in the wakeof a student melee he says was triggered by drinking. "Certainly there's a component to mob violence worth lookinginto," said Riley Regan, director of the ...
BEVERLY TO REPLACE PRINCIPAL
May 01, 2003; ... BEVERLY - In a decision that stunned some parents and studentsthis week, Superintendent of Schools William Lupini announced that hewould not rehire Beverly High School Principal William Foye. Lupini would not disclose the specific reasons that led to hisdecision, but said the ...
PAYDAY FOR STATE FISHING INDUSTRY $5.4M IN AID WILL HELP BOAT OWNERS
May 01, 2003; ... Beginning today, the state's Division of Marine Fisheries willbegin mailing out $5.4 million in emergency aid to more than 600Massachusetts fishermen, including 160 boat owners in Gloucester. The funding, which was approved by Congress last year, is expectedto offset the loss of ...
THE PLAY'S THE THING AT 21, HE'S FOUNDER OF THEATER COMPANY
May 01, 2003; ... Matteo Pangallo, a 21-year-old senior at Bates College, has loggedsignificant time onstage. However, this summer he will be taking on adifferent theatrical role as he kicks off his first full season asthe president and artistic director of the Salem Theatre Company, aperformance arts ...
SCHOOLS DEBATE MINORITY GROWTH METCO ADVOCATES SEEK EXPANSION
May 01, 2003; ... An advocacy group for Metco, a desegregation program that letsBoston minority students attend school in Lynnfield and othersuburbs, wants the School Committee to review its enrollment policyfor the program, which the town nearly ended four years ago. Metco Helping Hands, a support ...
SAUGUS FACES OVERRIDE VOTE OF $86M TO REBUILD SCHOOLS
May 01, 2003; ... Jean Lobbreght, a retired nurse, hasn't had children in Sauguspublic schools for years, but plans to vote for a Proposition 2 1/2override on Saturday to fund an $86.5 million school constructionproject, and add $1.6 million to next year's budget to save jobs,school sports, and prevent ...
EMINENT DOMAIN POWERS DEBATED NEW CORPORATION RAISES QUESTIONS EMINENT DOMAIN FUELS DEBATE
May 01, 2003; ... A proposal to create a new nonprofit corporation to help spureconomic development in Amesbury is generating debate. Mayor David T. Hildt has asked the Municipal Council to approvethe city's filing of a legislative home rule petition that wouldauthorize the creation of the Amesbury ...
TRAFFIC STUDY REQUESTED
May 01, 2003 ... AMESBURY The Planning Board has asked that a traffic study be done toexamine how redevelopment plans will affect the Upper Millyard area.The area is slated to be redeveloped into condominiums, a museum, anda gallery. The city chose E.A. Fish Associates, of Boston, to developthe ...