Recently added articles from The Sun (Lowell, MA):

BRIEF: Dracut names 4 superintendent finalists.

Oct 09, 2007 ... Oct. 9--DRACUT -- The names of four finalsts for school superintendent were released on Tuesday morning. They are: --Mark LaRoach of South Paris, Me., superintendent, Winthrop, Me., public schools. --W. Spencer Mullin of Chelmsford, principal, Daniel L. Joyce Middle ...

BRIEF: Konarka part of $4.7M research deal.

Oct 09, 2007 ... Oct. 9--LOWELL -- Konarka Technologies Inc. said today that it and another company have been chosen to conduct research and development on transparent, flexible solar modules for windows and other building integrated applications. Konarka, a former UMass Lowell incubator company ...

Enterprise poised for downtown growth.

Oct 09, 2007 ... Byline: Dan O'Brien Oct. 9--LOWELL -- Businesses come and go in downtown Lowell, but one local bank recently made clear that it plans to stay -- and grow. Enterprise Bank, formed in 1989 and headquartered in the "Old City Hall" building on 222 Merrimack St., recently ...

Husband blames glass-eating fraud on gypsy lifestyle Police are still searching for wife.

Oct 09, 2007 ... Byline: Lisa Redmond Oct. 9--BOSTON -- A Massachusetts man, who claims he is part of a Gypsy culture, will spend more than five years in federal prison for his role in a scheme in which he and his wife defrauded insurance companies, restaurants and hospitals -- including a ...

Correction.(Correction notice)

Oct 09, 2007 ... Oct. 9--Police say they found 3 pounds of marijuana and a loaded handgun when they searched 22-year-old Nicholas Smart's Pawtucket Boulevard apartment last week. A story in Sunday's newspaper reported an incorrect quantity of the drug. To see more of The Sun, or to subscribe to ...

Still seeking Kerouac stamp of approval.

Oct 09, 2007 ... Byline: Kathleen Pierce Oct. 9--LOWELL -- If Elvis and Lucille Ball can have a stamp, why not Jack Kerouac? So goes the thinking of Dean Contover, who for the last 14 years has led a dogged pursuit to get the Beat writer's mug on a U.S. postage stamp. ...

Pelham faces a doggone dilemma.

Oct 09, 2007 ... Byline: Chris Camire Oct. 9--PELHAM -- It seemed like a natural fit. When Fire Chief Michael Walker got a new Dalmatian named Rocky last month, he would often bring him to the fire station. The 2-year-old pooch quickly became a mascot for the department, ...

Lorden delivered more than just oil through the years.

Oct 09, 2007 ... Byline: Jack Minch Oct. 9--PEPPERELL -- There's an adage that water and oil don't mix, but Timothy Lorden Sr., who was fond of such insightful cliches, knew that wasn't true. The Lorden family started cutting ice from the Townsend Harbor and Heald Pond in Pepperell ...

'They Are Part of All of Us'.

Oct 09, 2007 ... Byline: Dennis Shaughnessey Oct. 9--LOWELL -- A light drizzle fell on the first cold day in October. Folks who had gathered at the annual Day of Remembrance jumped slightly as an honor guard fired off a 21-gun salute. A bugler played Taps. Twelve-year-old Alexandrea ...

Lowell officers commended for bravery on the job.

Oct 09, 2007 ... Byline: Robert Mills Oct. 9--LOWELL -- One officer dove into a pool, another ran into a burning building, and three others performed CPR on a drowning 10-year-old. Those five officers, involved in two different incidents this year, will get at least one paid day off ...

Ground breaks on Freeman Rail Trail Path winds from Lowell to Framingham.

Oct 09, 2007 ... Byline: Rita Savard Oct. 9--CHELMSFORD -- For 20 years, it was like the boy who cried wolf. "Again and again, they said it was going to happen but it never did," recalls Carol Cleven, a Chelmsford resident and former state representative. Today, skeptics ...

PTA pushing for $13G for Groton playground.

Oct 09, 2007 ... Byline: Hiroko Sato Oct. 9--GROTON -- Students at the Florence Roche Elementary School can safely play outdoors, thanks to parents' efforts to install a climber and rubber tiles on the school playground following last year's environmental cleanup there. But the ...

Acre board's election seen as vote for director.

Oct 09, 2007 ... Byline: Michael Lafleur Oct. 9--LOWELL -- The results the recent Coalition for a Better Acre board election have dealt a setback to those critical of CBA Executive Director Emily Rosenbaum for firing two agency employees earlier this year. Nearly 360 ballots were ...

Tewksbury selectman hopefuls spar over sewer expansion.

Oct 09, 2007 ... Byline: Alexandra Mayer-Hohdahl Oct. 9--TEWKSBURY -- With their special town election now only one week away, the three men running for a vacant seat on the Board of Selectmen are looking to a future beyond the ballot box. Just seven days after the Oct. 16 special ...

Billerica plaza is filling up.

Oct 09, 2007 ... Byline: Dan O'Brien Oct. 9--BILLERICA -- A Mexican restaurant, real-estate firm, hair salon, dry cleaner and Italian sandwich shop are the early tenants in a new strip mall off Brick Kiln Road on the Billerica-Chelmsford line. Carl Piacenza, sales director at ...

BRIEF: Wear your Sox Women can finally sport their own fan attire.

Oct 09, 2007 ... Byline: Rachel R. Briere Oct. 9--The days of borrowing your brother's oversized Red Sox jersey are more over than Roger Clemens' pitching career. Finally, someone has realized that there are more than just men residing within the borders of Red Sox Nation. Women's ...

Fuel for the long haul.

Oct 08, 2007 ... Byline: Christine Phelan Oct. 8--You take a multi. Flavor your meals with fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains, and only occasionally have a doughnut. And you saute in olive oil, not butter, to keep healthy cholesterol levels in check. But is it enough? Turns ...

BRIEF: Pelham resident blows whistle on graffiti vandals.

Oct 08, 2007 ... Oct. 8--PELHAM, N.H. -- Two 14-year-olds out around midnight last night were caught spraying graffiti on the side of Stateline Market when a resident called police, police said. One boy dropped his can of red spray paint and surrendered as soon as police arrived, but Officer ...

N.H. man lobbies to save 'Jack's Bridge'.

Oct 08, 2007 ... Byline: David Perry Oct. 8--LOWELL -- A year ago, Steve Lindsey heard the Textile Memorial Bridge is due to be torn down. He was at one of the many events at the annual Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! festival with a couple of his writer friends, and he thought he had to ...

Two men sought in city home invasion Officers: Suspects tied up grandmother, boy in home.

Oct 08, 2007 ... Byline: Angel Roy Oct. 8--and Robert Mills rmills@lowellsun.com LOWELL -- It was under sunny skies yesterday a little before 2 p.m., when an 8-year-old Pawtucketville boy answered his door and came face to face with a pair of gun-toting men. In ...