The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from December 2005:
LAND TO BE ACQUIRED
Dec 01, 2005; ... CHELSEA The City Council last week unanimously approved a $12 million bondthat would allow the city to borrow money for land acquisition in theCarter, Heard, and Spruce streets area. The state must also approvethe order before the city purchases any of the properties in thearea, ...
LIBRARY BACKERS REGROUP EXPANSION PLAN FUNDING DENIED
Dec 01, 2005; ... Boxford library officials are weighing how to proceed after votersrejected their bid for money to design a building project. Next Thursday, library trustees will hold their first meetingsince the project suffered a pair of funding setbacks last month. "They need to sit down and ...
FREE PARKING
Dec 01, 2005; ... BEVERLY In an attempt to bring more shoppers downtown, the city isallowing drivers to park free for two hours at a time at meteredspaces until Dec. 24. "Hopefully it will encourage people to shop,"said Police Chief John Cassola. Cassola said people who stay longerthan two hours ...
SENIOR WINS SCHOLARSHIP
Dec 01, 2005; ... AMESBURY Amesbury High School senior Alexa Yagle was named the first winnerof the Amesbury Educational Foundation's College Head StartScholarship. Created by an anonymous donor, the scholarship isdesigned to allow a high school student to participate in a distancelearning program ...
NORTHTALK
Dec 01, 2005 ... Do you wire money back home to your family in a foreign country?Tell us your story at www.boston.com/northtalk. Or send ...
DEBORAH DULY, 55, FORMER HAIRDRESSER
Dec 01, 2005 ... Deborah A. (LaRaia) Duly, a former hairdresser, died Nov. 22 athome in Hampton, N.H. She was 55. Born in Boston and raised in Malden, she graduated from MaldenHigh School and Mansfield Beauty Academy. She resided in Saugus forseveral ...
ANTONIO ALMEIDA, LEATHER WORKER, 75
Dec 01, 2005 ... Antonio A. Almeida, a 65-year resident of Peabody, enjoyedpainting and gardening in his yard. The 75-year-old died at home Nov.21 after a brief illness. Born in Portugal, he immigrated to the United States as a child. He served with the Army in the Korean War, and worked in ...
TOWN SETS NEW RULES ON E-MAIL ELECTRONIC DEBATES ARE NOW FORBIDDEN
Dec 01, 2005; ... Following Amesbury's lead, the Rowley Board of Selectmen adopted asweeping policy that limits how town officials and town employees mayuse their computers to communicate with each other and the public. Town officials are now banned from using e-mail or other Web-based messaging ...
QUARTET GETS READY FOR ITS CLOSE-UP SHOW, CD ON TOP FOR THE BREW
Dec 01, 2005; ... AMESBURY The latest local candidate for I-knew-them-when statusis The Brew, a young quartet out of the Merrimack Valley that's beenbuilding its reputation on the local bar circuit for a couple ofyears. They kick it up a notch tomorrow with a show at the 200-seatFirehouse Center ...
PORTSMOUTH SHINES WITH HOLIDAY CHEER
Dec 01, 2005; ... Visitors to the Candlelight Stroll at Strawbery Banke Museum inPortsmouth, N.H., can step back in time and experience the holidaytraditions of three centuries. As part of the annual museum event, the paths of its waterfrontneighborhood are lighted by hundreds of candles; houses are ...
INMATES GIVE COMPUTERS 2D CHANCE
Dec 01, 2005; ... Prison inmate Karter Reed has never seen the Internet, but heknows almost everything about it. While serving a life sentence atMCI-Shirley for murder, Reed, 29, has become a computer technician inthe state Department of Correction's Computers For Schools program,which donates computers ...
WEATHER PUTS DAMPER ON ENGLISH-CLASSICAL
Dec 01, 2005; ... The Lynn English-Lynn Classical game appeared to go off without ahitch at Blocksidge Field in Swampscott. The two teams were forced tostage their annual Thanksgiving game there because of the demolitionof Lynn's Manning Bowl, which turned both teams into nomads thisfall. English was ...
OH, BABY
Dec 01, 2005; ... When Crystal Anthony Sineath arrived Nov. 20, 1980, she madehistory as the first baby born at the North Shore Birth Center inBeverly. Now, Sineath and the center are celebrating their 25th birthdays."It's very exciting," said Linda Anne L'Abbe , director of thecenter. Its ...
MATTHEW ROOD, 37, LOVED TO DEBATE
Dec 01, 2005 ... It was nearly impossible for anyone to beat Matthew William Roodin a debate, according to his friends. They said the 37-year-oldGloucester man had a gift for summoning facts, and loved debatingwith friends and family with his deep, booming voice. Mr. Rood diedNov. 19. Born in ...
MASSPORT PAYMENT WILL RISE $900,000 FEE SET FOR AIRPORT IMPACT
Dec 01, 2005; ... More than a year after negotiations began, the Massachusetts PortAuthority agreed for the first time in 24 years to increase theannual fixed payment given to Winthrop to compensate for LoganInternational Airport's impact on residents' quality of life. The new 20-year agreement ...
FEARS ARRIVING WITH SEWERING ON PLUM ISLAND
Dec 01, 2005; ... PLUM ISLAND When Paul Georges bought his modest raised ranch withits sweeping view of the marsh six years ago, he did it with theunderstanding that no one could build on the vacant lot in front ofhim and block his "gorgeous" sunsets. He even checked records in Newbury Town Hall ...
MONEY ON THE MOVE FOR LATIN IMMIGRANTS, CASH TRANSFER IS A LIFELINE FOR FAMILIES BACK HOME
Dec 01, 2005; ... To the uninitiated, the red phone tucked into a corner of FredyRodriquez's Lynn bakery wouldn't stand out. Visitors probably aredistracted by the sweet aroma of soft breads, pastries, and otherSpanish delicacies. But, for many regular customers, the phone is a lifeline to ...
CHECK THE MALLS FOR SIGNS OF SEASON
Dec 01, 2005; ... Silver bells, candy canes, and bright colored lights now festoonour busy streets. But for North Shore motorists, the surest signsthat the holiday season has arrived are the overcrowded retailparking lots and the traffic that backs up from them, sometimesdangerously into ...
IT'S NOT ALL FOOTBALL ALL THE TIME FALL SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS BEYOND THE GRIDIRON
Dec 01, 2005; ... In case you were glued to the action on the gridiron this fall,we'll rewind the non-football sports season, taking a look back atthe best teams, turnarounds, athletes, and accomplishments thatautumn had to offer. No helmets or shoulder pads required. Best ...
FLATWARE FEE RESCINDED
Dec 01, 2005; ... ANDOVER Andover High School officials last week stopped charging 5 centsfor plastic utensils in the cafeteria. In an effort to curb wastefuluse of forks and spoons by students who do not buy lunch, thecafeteria began charging those students for each utensil. Schoolbusiness ...
COMMITTEE REVIEWS PRESERVATION PROJECTS
Dec 01, 2005; ... [PUBLISHED CORRECTION - DATE: Thursday, December 8, 2005:Correction: Due to an editing error, a Community Briefing item in theDec. 1 Globe NorthWest on a temporary running track for ReadingMemorial High School contained incorrect information. The town willnot have to pay extra for the ...
GAINING GROUND ON SEAT-BELT USE AS STATE LAGS, GRANTS FUND EXTRA OFFICERS
Dec 01, 2005; ... Now that the holiday weekend is over, the Governor's HighwaySafety Bureau wants to tell residents a secret: All those extraofficers on the road were not there to ticket people. They just wantdrivers to buckle up. The bureau sponsored $670,000 worth of grants that deployed ...
PHOTOGRAPHER LOOKS FOR ORDER
Dec 01, 2005; ... As street pavers labored on Route 126 in Concord, with theirlarge trucks and equipment reflected on historic and serene WaldenPond, they unknowingly created the perfect analogy to the exhibitinside the small Tsongas Gallery. While many people travel through the bustling suburbs of ...
HELPING HANDS COME UP EMPTY TRAGIC YEAR STRAINS CHARITABLE EFFORTS
Dec 01, 2005; ... You may remember the images: Just after Hurricane Katrina struck,thousands of victims were stranded outside the New Orleans Superdome,pleading for food and water. Houses along the Gulf Coast were reducedto rubble and mold. Survivors escaped the flattened city in search ofshelter, ...
BILLERICA IDOL TEENAGERS SING THEIR HEARTS OUT AND CAPTURE A TOWN'S ATTENTION
Dec 01, 2005; ... For three teenage girls who are ready to pour out all theperformance energy they can muster, tomorrow night will be the bignight in Billerica. Krista Angelucci, Vicki Brooks, and Maria Salem will vie for thecrown of "Billerica Teen Idol" and a $500 prize during a livebroacast on ...
GET ME OUT OF THIS OLD HOUSE
Dec 01, 2005; ... I cannot pinpoint the exact moment the words, "I wish we lived ina ranch," first passed my lips, but it was recently. I'm thinking it might have been the late October afternoon when,mindful of the increasingly chilly gusts outside, I decided it wastime to put up the screens and ...
PLANNERS PUT ACCENT ON BUSINESS
Dec 01, 2005; ... The last time Winchester produced a master plan, the town wastrying to meet the booming demand for housing after World War II. In the succeeding decades, a prosperous residential suburbthrived. Now, for the next two years, officials will be looking forways to build up the ...
MARIO CULOT, 76; WAS IRONWORKER
Dec 01, 2005 ... BURLINGTON Mario G. Culot, 76, of Burlington, an Italianimmigrant and ironworker, died Nov. 18 at his home. Born in Gorizia, Italy, Mr. Culot immigrated to the United Statesin 1955. He met his wife, Lorraine (D'Entremont), and they weremarried in 1958. Mr. Culot worked as an ...
HIGH KICKERS
Dec 01, 2005; ... North Reading twins Jessica and Alicia Twohig will perform adance about the bond between sisters, at the annual student danceperformance this weekend at Northern Essex Community College inHaverhill. The show will feature ballet, jazz, and modern numbers setto the music of Tchaikovsky, ...
PUMP WATCH: PRICE BREAK
Dec 01, 2005 ... Prices monitored at five gas stations in northwest communitiescontinued a downward trend this week, declining an average of 6cents. Twenty-five percent of gas stations in Massachusetts areselling regular unleaded gasoline for ...
GAINING GROUND ON SEAT BELT USE GRANTS FUND EXTRA POLICE AS STATE LAGS
Dec 01, 2005; ... Now that the holiday weekend is over, the Governor's HighwaySafety Bureau wants to tell residents a secret: All those extraofficers on the road were not there to ticket people. They just wantdrivers to buckle up. The bureau sponsored $670,000 worth of grants that deployed ...
SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES
Dec 01, 2005 ... What are your interesting and amusing stories involving the careof an old house? Have the time and expense been ...
TURNING POINTS
Dec 01, 2005; ... Every championship season has its turning point and, more oftenthat not, it comes when a team least expects it. Here's a look atthe defining moments for three boys soccer teams in the NorthWestregion who made it to state finals. BROMFIELDThe Trojans posted numerous big ...
TV SHOW AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIX DECORATING FAUX PAS
Dec 01, 2005; ... When the television cameras showed up at Lisa and JeremyBlackowitz's Somerville apartment, the scene was about as quiet as atripped car alarm. White production tents dotted the street, a tablesaw buzzed at all hours, and camera crews came and went from theirthird-floor ...
SPIRE HAS ITS DAY IN THE SUN SOLAR FIRM SEES HIKE IN PANEL DEMAND
Dec 01, 2005; ... BEDFORD High prices for oil and natural gas are helping theworldwide solar-energy market perk up after years of spottyperformance. And no one is more pleased with this development thanRoger G. Little, founder and chief executive of Spire Corp. ofBedford, a small but significant player ...
LITTLE GOING STRONG
Dec 01, 2005; ... Twenty-five years ago, almost a decade after he had establishedSpire Corp., Roger G. Little launched a new career as a triathlete. "When I was younger, I had always liked team sports," recalledLittle, now 65. "But you can only play them so long. As I got older,I began running and ...
THE SHOW IS OVER FOR VIDEO STORE
Dec 01, 2005; ... MILFORD, N.H. Michael Clark calls it the "Golden Age of Video." It was 1985, and Clark just started working at the year-old CinemaScope, a movie rental store in a strip mall outside the red brick andwhite clapboard downtown in Milford. Back then, giddy teenage girlswould snatch up ...
FALL '05 WAS A SEASON OF TRIUMPH
Dec 01, 2005; ... Before we trade in cross-country sneakers for track flats andsoccer balls for basketballs, let's take one last look at the 2005fall season that featured unparalleled success for local cross-country runners and soccer programs. Cross-country From the little town of Harvard ...
SCOUTS AID FOOD PANTRY
Dec 01, 2005; ... ABINGTON SCOUTS AID FOOD PANTRYThanks to the efforts of AbingtonBoy Scout Troop 41, the shelves at the Society of St. Vincent de Paulfood pantry are well stocked. The scouts last week completed theirannual November collection drive with a delivery of more than 4 1/2tons ...
A TUG-OF-WAR OVER PLYMOUTH PROPOSAL
Dec 01, 2005; ... PLYMOUTH From developer Al Skomial's point of view, the publicjust does not understand what so-called affordable housing is andthat misunderstanding is fueling opposition to his proposed projecton Carver Road in West Plymouth. "It's not low-income housing. It's not Section ...
WHEN SELLING YOUR HOUSE MEANS YOU HAVE TO LEAVE TOWN RISING VALUES PUT 'AFFORDABLE' UNITS OFF-LIMITS TO MANY LONGTIME RESIDENTS
Dec 01, 2005; ... For 37 years, June Hubbard has lived happily in the house herhusband's parents built off Little Harbor in Cohasset. She has awonderful garden. A backyard where her dog can frolic. She works atthe library, donates to the New England Wildlife Center, drives thesenior shuttle once a month, ...
RESIDENT URGES WHITMAN TO TURN CAMERA ON CRIME
Dec 01, 2005; ... WHITMAN If Erin Johnson gets her way, this largely rural town of15,000 could be using some big-city tactics to fight crime. Johnson has submitted a petition article for May's annual TownMeeting asking voters to pay for camera surveillance equipment tomonitor local hot spots. She ...
CROSSED SIGNALS FROM CABLE TV
Dec 01, 2005; ... All I wanted to do was watch a bit of television. Just the Patsgame, maybe an hour or two on Sunday. Was that too much to ask? But when I turned on the TV, it just didn't work. The pictureblinked. The clock on the cable box displayed the wrong time. Theaudio -ounded -ike -is, ...
HOLIDAY GAMES HAD THEIR SHARE OF BIG PLAYS
Dec 01, 2005; ... When it comes to intensity, the Thanksgiving Day games did notdisappoint area fans. Some of the games determined playoff berths andall produced standout performances by area athletes. The Super Bowlplayoffs began Tuesday and will conclude Saturday. Here's a look atthe highlights of last ...
GINGER HOMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Dec 01, 2005; ... Sometimes Beth Veneto Jeannetti, the owner of Ginger Betty'sBakery in Quincy, wishes she had a camera at the front door of hershop. The reaction on the faces of children, as well as adults, as theywalk in is one of wonderment and delight as they encounter shelves ofdecorative ...
GRANT WILL HELP MUSEUM ADDRESS ACCESS PROBLEMS
Dec 01, 2005; ... PLYMOUTH A museum built to show off 17th-century artifacts hasreceived a $250,000 Community Preservation Act grant to help meet acontemporary need: easier access for visitors, particularly thedisabled. The money given to the Pilgrim Hall Museum will help pay for anelevator as ...
A KISS IS STILL A KISS, BUT THIS?
Dec 01, 2005; ... What if all you had to do to get the principal of your school tokiss a pig on the snout, in front of the whole school was read?Read a lot? That challenge was recently issued to the students of PlymouthRiver Elementary School in Hingham by their principal, Charles B.Cormier ....
TAXIDERMY IS THE STUFF OF DEATH
Dec 01, 2005; ... I was horrified by the article you wrote that appeared in Sunday'sGlobe South ("The stuff of life," Nov. 20). How ironic that you chosethat title when it should have been "The stuff of death." I amappalled that the Globe ...
GROUP PRESSES A NEW PLAN FOR MAYOR, COUNCIL
Dec 01, 2005; ... A petition drive is underway to give Plymouth its first mayor andtown council, replacing a Town Meeting form of government that hasits roots in Colonial times. The newly formed Mayor for Plymouth Committee is seeking 5,316petition signatures to put the creation of a nine-member ...
GROWING EDUCATION
Dec 01, 2005; ... The garden is back at East Elementary School in Sharon, andeducation is growing once more. The school has completed the first stage of rebuilding its SecretGarden, an outside classroom in the courtyard that provides studentswith a place in which to explore nature, as well as a ...
DROPPING FAST
Dec 01, 2005; ... Area gasoline prices fell an average of 12 cents a gallon over thepast week, according to a survey of selected service stations. Theaverage price of gasoline has fallen more than 22 cents in theprevious two weeks. Prices are per gallon of unleaded regular gas;actual cost is 9/10 cent ...
PICKLE SANDWICHES GET SOME CREDIT
Dec 01, 2005; ... Ruth Tuch's birthday celebrations were quiet affairs until sheturned 100. Since then, the Whitman native just can't seem to escape bigbashes. To her, it's a great deal of fuss over nothing. But over thenext week, she will once again be feted as friends help her celebrate107 years ...
INSIDE
Dec 01, 2005 ... PUMPWATCH The cost of gasoline continues to fall, dropping an average of 12cents over the past week. Page ...
N. QUINCY SENIOR ON VOLLEYBALL TEAM
Dec 01, 2005; ... North Quincy High senior Erin Connolly was one of four areavolleyball players to be selected to the 2005 all-state team by theMassachusetts Girls Volleyball Coaches Association. This is Connolly's second year with first-team honors. She ledNorth Quincy to the MIAA Division 1 ...
SENIOR LEAVES FIELD AS LEGEND IN HIS OWN TIME NORWOOD TAILBACK RALLIED TO SAVE THANKSGIVING
Dec 01, 2005; ... He answered all the questions correctly, if slowly. What day was it? What was the score? What school are you playing? But the question that mattered most to Norwood High seniortailback Mike Young as he walked off the field with the team'strainer was whether he would be back in ...
BEEF: IT'S STILL WHAT FOR DINNER
Dec 01, 2005; ... The last steakhouse megachain has finally reached Boston, once theholdout city against the sweep of national restaurant groups. In mid-October, Ruth's Chris Steak House, a chain of more than 80restaurants in the United States and worldwide, opened its doors inthe Old City Hall space ...
MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY
Dec 01, 2005; ... The Martha Graham Dance Company, the oldest and arguably mostcelebrated contemporary dance company in the US, keeps alive thechoreographic legacy of one of the 20th century's most influentialartistic icons. The company's Boston visit features a quartet of theseminal choreographer's older ...
UNDER COVER: UPHOLSTERY IN CONTEMPORARY FURNITURE
Dec 01, 2005; ... Are you sitting down? "Under Cover: Upholstery in ContemporaryFurniture" at Gallery NAGA considers the part of your chair thatcushions you. It's a fun, witty, and thoughtful show, encompassingone-of-a-kind studio furniture and the type found in high-endfurnishings stores. Furniture ...
"RED ELM"
Dec 01, 2005; ... "Red Elm," by Kennedy Center Award-winning playwright Dan Hunter,sounds like family machinations gone haywire, with darkly humorous(and possibly disturbing) results. Big Jack tries to decide which ofhis two sons he should bequeath the family farm and business to,putting both through a ...
BAKERY GOES BISTRO, TO GREAT EFFECT
Dec 01, 2005; ... Athan's has what you could call the Jerry Maguire effect. LikeRenee Zellweger's famous line, "You had me at hello," this cafe-turned-bistro had us as we walked in the door.The ceilings soartwo stories to the rafters. Huge, colorful paintings deck the walls.And case after gleaming ...
"VOICES WITHIN THESE WALLS"
Dec 01, 2005; ... The 11 young people (10 of whom are pictured at right) of theConcordant Volunteers had a busy summer. Each of them researched aperson or a family that resided in or visited Cambridge's historicLongfellow House, and this weekend they'll be at the house to portraythe historical characters ...
"LAZER VAUDEVILLE"
Dec 01, 2005; ... A seven-foot tall, fluorescent, fire-breathing dragon namedAlfonzo is your host for an afternoon of high-tech fun. Carter Brownfounded his company in 1987 to fulfill his dream of bringing acontemporary vaudeville show back to the American stage, and his showcombines nearly lost arts like ...
OUR GROWING LOUNGE SCENE
Dec 01, 2005; ... Almost a year ago, we giddily reported that Boston was finallytransforming itself into a full-fledged lounge town, thanks tohangouts ranging from the resplendent piano-and-oak elegance of theBristol Lounge to the comfy chic of the Enormous Room. Humblydemonstrating that we have the ...
"TWIN PEAKS" MARATHON
Dec 01, 2005; ... With what rapturous ecstasy David Lynch fans awaited each new andbizarre plot twist in his 1990 television masterpiece, "Twin Peaks."The show's central mystery, surrounding who killed high school beautyLaura Palmer, was certainly dark, but it was a stroll through thewoods compared to the ...
RICHARD GOODE
Dec 01, 2005; ... If you're into Beethoven's piano sonatas, you've hit the motherlode this weekend. Richard Goode (left), the first American-bornpianist to have recorded the complete sonatas a recording nominatedfor a Grammy, by the way makes his eighth Celebrity Series appearancein an all-Beethoven ...