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July 8, 2001

• `A.I.' AND SPIELBERG'S POP TRANSCENDENCE
  July 8, 2001; Ed Siegel, Globe Staff

  "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" has been called a perfect mind meld between Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick, a loving homage from the world's most popular filmmaker to the world's most...
• `FRIENDSHIP' LAUNCHES NEW ERA IN SALEM WEEK'S EVENTS SEEN AS TOURIST BOOST SALEM AWAITS LAUNCH OF `FRIENDSHIP'
  July 8, 2001; Kathy McCabe, Globe Correspondent

  SALEM - Sixty-three years after it became part of the National Park System, Salem Maritime National Historic Site finally is seeing its ship come in. Friendship, a 171-foot replica of an 18th...
• `WE . . . JUST PLAY'
  July 8, 2001; JACKIE COWIN

  Not many pundits would have picked the Framingham Senior Babe Ruth team to come out a winner against Milford last Monday night. Milford entered the game undefeated (8-0), while Framingham was...
• 10 FOR THE ROAD
  July 8, 2001; DONALD D. GROFF

  You can plan now to attend these events, all of which will occur within a few weeks and are within a day's drive of Boston. 1. Revolutionary EncampmentJuly 28-29 New Ipswich, N.H. Colonial and...
• 2 MEN ARE HOSPITALIZED AFTER STABBINGS
  July 8, 2001

  Two 18-year-old men were stabbed last night at 50 Clayborne St. in Dorchester, one in the chest and the other in the leg, according to police. The names of the men were not released. The man with...
• 2D TEEN ACCUSED OF CEMETERY VANDALISM
  July 8, 2001

  A 15-year-old boy has been ordered to appear in court on charges he damaged 94 headstones at St. Michael's Cemetery in Hudson Tuesday night, officials said. A 14-year-old boy has already been...
• A DROP IN THE RIVER
  July 8, 2001

  Krystal Reardon, 9, and Michael Gilfus, 10, drop sticks into the Assabet River in Stow before racing to the other side to see whose reappears first.
• A DROP IN THE RIVER
  July 8, 2001

  Krystal Reardon, 9, and Michael Gilfus, 10, drop sticks into the Assabet River in Stow before racing to the other side to see whose reappears first. GLOBE STAFF PHOTO/MATTHEW J. LEE
• A FESTIVAL BEYOND ALL EXPECTATIONS AT THE MFA, FRENCH FILMS CHALLENGE OUR IDEAS OF WHAT FRENCH FILMS CAN DO
  July 8, 2001; Leighton Klein, Globe Correspondent

  Michael Haneke's "Code Unknown," a dazzling entry in the Boston French Film Festival at the Museum of Fine Arts, doesn't fit into any of the categories one usually associates with French cinema....
• A MISGUIDED GOAL FOR SOCIAL SECURITY
  July 8, 2001; ROBERT KUTTNER

  THE STOCK MARKET HAS BEEN PRETTY STAGNANT. DESPITE ONE RATE CUT AFTER ANOTHER BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE, THE MARKET SHOWS NO SIGNS OF REVERTING TO ITS 1990S PERFORMANCE ANY TIME SOON. ONE CASUALTY...
• A NEW WAY TO BUY FURNITURE DOT-COM COMPANY REFOCUSES, SURVIVES
  July 8, 2001; Naomi R. Kooker, Globe Correspondent

  SUDBURY - Mitchell Russo can look out his office window in the old Sperry Univac building along Route 117 and see acres of green: green forest and lush gardens. He can also look to his latest...
• A NICE TURN FOR GLAVINE HE'S THRILLED TO WORK FENWAY SERIES FINALE
  July 8, 2001; Michael Smith, Globe Correspondent

  Some things never get old, and for Atlanta's Tom Glavine, one of those things is coming home to pitch. He's starting today's series finale against the Red Sox, his fourth career start at Fenway...
• A SUMMER'S DAY OUTDOORS DIGS UP YOUTHFUL MEMORIES
  July 8, 2001; Steve Hatch, Globe Staff

  True summer - heat, humidity, a rush of growth in the garden - has come following a not-bad spring. When the roses are blooming, the sky is a high blue, and late- afternoon thunderstorms roll...
• A TOWN, A SPORT HONOR FALLEN CYCLIST
  July 8, 2001; Susan Bickelhaupt, Globe Staff

  ARLINGTON - The day began with a 15-mile fund-raising bicycle ride from Waltham to Arlington, and finished with the dedication of a new playground here. In between was an interfaith service at...
• A VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA PROMPTS CELLPHONE BILL
  July 8, 2001; John Laidler

  It was a leadership exchange trip he took to South Africa last year that got state Representative Peter J. Koutoujian thinking about the need to limit cellphone use on Massachusetts...
• A YEAR LATER, DEATHS AT NHIS REMAIN A MYSTERY
  July 8, 2001; MICHAEL VEGA

  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Next month NASCAR hopes to unveil the results of its exhaustive investigation into the death of Dale Earnhardt, who was killed Feb. 18 in a last-lap crash in the final turn...
• ACUPUNCTURIST MYERSON: A BENIGN NEEDLE PUSHER APPLIES THERAPY TO EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL PROBLEMS
  July 8, 2001; Thanassis Cambanis, Globe Staff Correspondent

  FRAMINGHAM - If John Myerson had it his way, health insurance companies would tell people who are depressed to chuck their Prozac out the window and head to the nearest acupuncturist to...
• ACUPUNCTURIST PUSHES AWAY THE BLUES
  July 8, 2001; Thanassis Cambanis

  If John Myerson had it his way, health insurance companies would tell people who are depressed to chuck their Prozac out the window and head to the nearest acupuncturist to heal themselves. ...
• ADVENTURE' OFFERS A BOATLOAD OF FUN
  July 8, 2001

  Enjoy music and stories aboard the historic fishing schooner Adventure, moored off Harbor Loop in Gloucester, Saturday evenings throughout the summer and early fall. Performers will include The...
• AFTER GREINEDER VERDICT, LIFE RESUMES USUAL PATTERNS DOCTOR'S ATTORNEY HAS SAID HE'LL FILE APPEAL WITH SJC
  July 8, 2001; Erica Noonan, Globe Staff Correspondent

  A week after Dr. Dirk Greineder was convicted in the murder of his wife and sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison, the town of Wellesley has returned to normal. Morses Pond, closed...
• AFTER TRIAL, WELLESLEY GOES ABOUT ITS BUSINESS AS USUAL
  July 8, 2001; Erica Noonan, Globe Staff Correspondent

  A week after Dr. Dirk Greineder was convicted in the murder of his wife and sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison, the town of Wellesley has returned to normal. Morses Pond, closed...
• AFTER TRIAL, WELLESLEY GOES ABOUT ITS BUSINESS AS USUAL GREINEDER'S LAWYER SAYS HE WILL APPEAL
  July 8, 2001; Erica Noonan, Globe Staff Correspondent

  A week after Dr. Dirk Greineder was convicted in the murder of his wife and sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison, the town of Wellesley has returned to normal. Morses Pond, closed...
• AFTER TRIAL, WELLESLEY GOES ABOUT ITS BUSINESS AS USUAL GREINEDER'S LAWYER SAYS HE WILL APPEAL
  July 8, 2001; Erica Noonan, Globe Staff Correspondent

  A week after Dr. Dirk Greineder was convicted in the murder of his wife and sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison, the town of Wellesley has returned to normal. Morses Pond, closed...
• ALFRED DEGRAPPO SR. LIVED IN MAYNARD
  July 8, 2001

  MAYNARD - Alfred L. DeGrappo Sr., 88, a lifelong resident of Maynard, died July 1 at the Manchester Memorial Hospital in Manchester, Conn. The son of the late Louis and Clara (D'Onofrio), Mr....
• ALICE RANDALL SHAKING UP THE PLANTATION
  July 8, 2001; Robin Dougherty

  In her version of the story, scars from the slave market, Reconstruction-era bawdiness, the intellectual life of African- American women, and dirty laundry of all sorts are mixed together...
• AMID ROSES, MEMORIES
  July 8, 2001; EILEEN MCNAMARA

  She did not like to be wrong, my mother. Last week, she took her revenge on my roses. Meteorologists have their explanation for the recent thunderstorms that kept knocking out electricity at...
• AND FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STAGE . . .
  July 8, 2001

  Liberal causes get much of the attention from pop artists, but some performers apply their social consciousness to more conservative positions. Classic rocker Ted Nugent is on the board of the...
• ANDREW FLETCHER, OWNED TECH FIRM
  July 8, 2001

  Andrew A. Fletcher of Pembroke, owner of a technology company, died Thursday in Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis after a heart attack. He was 41. Born in Boston, Mr. Fletcher was raised in Bedford....
• ANSWERS IN TIMES OF DOUBT
  July 8, 2001

  AT A TIME WHEN MANY IN THE REGION ARE UNCERTAIN ABOUT THE ECONOMIC CLIMATE, LYNN E. BROWNE HAS SOME ANSWERS. BROWNE, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON SINCE 1993, IS...
• AT 77, HER DANCE CARD IS FULL
  July 8, 2001; Gloria Negri, Globe Staff

  CAMBRIDGE - Betty Milhendler relishes the story about her fall on the stage of St. Mark's Church in New York earlier this year. "We were at rehearsal and there were four women on stage. ...
• BASEBALL ODYSSEY TAKES TUCKER TO IDAHO
  July 8, 2001; Dave Doyle, Globe Correspondent

  GLOUCESTER - When a prospective major league baseball player is selected late in the draft, there are no promises of glory. No multimillion dollar signing bonuses. No talking heads on cable...
• BATTISTA EARNS SHOT WITH THE CANNONS LACROSSE'S POPULARITY LIFTS NEWTON STANDOUT
  July 8, 2001; Jackie Cowin, Globe Staff Correspondent

  Mike Battista has watched lacrosse's popularity skyrocket around the country the past few years, and he thinks Major League Lacrosse organizers picked the right time to elevate the sport to...
• BATTISTA EARNS SHOT WITH THE CANNONS LACROSSE'S POPULARITY LIFTS NEWTON STANDOUT BATTISTA, LACROSSE ARE ON A ROLL
  July 8, 2001; Jackie Cowin, Globe Staff Correspondent

  Mike Battista has watched lacrosse's popularity skyrocket around the country the past few years, and he thinks Major League Lacrosse organizers picked the right time to elevate the sport to...
• BENTLEY COLLEGE HONORS ATHLETES
  July 8, 2001; Marvin Pave

  Some recent honors for the locals at Bentley College, where two- sport athlete Mackenzie Nurse of Waltham, a junior midfielder and cocaptain, was honored with the Most Dedicated Player Award...
• BENTLEY RECOGNIZES BARKER AND MELLO
  July 8, 2001

  All-Americans Kelly Barker of Billerica and Gary Mello of Woburn have been named the 2000-2001 Outstanding Senior Athletes at Bentley College. Barker wrapped up a prolific career for the women's...
• BETTER THAN FLIPPING BURGERS
  July 8, 2001

  John Barker, 12, watches Austin Cruz, 12, leap from a diving board at the Rosemary Pool complex in Needham.
• BILL WOULD TOUGHEN FOOD-LABEL LAWS
  July 8, 2001; John Laidler

  When Deborah Peeples of Shrewsbury goes grocery shopping, she is scrupulous about reading the labels on any foods she considers buying - and for good reason. Her daughter, Emily, has a...
• BIRD SIGHTINGS
  July 8, 2001

  BIRD SIGHTINGS REPORTED TO THE MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY: Results from a breeding bird survey in Barre included a barred owl, a pileated woodpecker, 15 eastern wood-pewees, six least...
• BLUE LAW REMAINS BONE OF CONTENTION
  July 8, 2001; Davis Bushnell, Globe Correspondent

  SALEM - Linda Hiou, co-owner of Salem's Alexandra Liquors, should be smiling during this summer's boom in business, fueled by outings and backyard parties. But instead, Hiou is edgy, facing the...
• BLUEBERRY THRILL YOU CAN BAKE OTHER TREATS WITH BLUEBERRIES, BUT ONCE YOU'VE HAD THESE MUFFINS, WILL YOU WANT TO?
  July 8, 2001; SHERYL JULIAN AND JULIE RIVEN, GLOBE STAFF

  Let the wimps wash their fruit. The first local blueberries are best eaten in the hot car on the way home from the market - by grabbing a handful right out of the container. Then practice all...
• BLUEFISH CHURN THROUGH NEW ENGLAND WATERS
  July 8, 2001; Tom Long, Globe Staff

  A quicksilver school of menhaden skitters along the surface of a small inlet and arcs along the shoreline, roiling the surface of the water. One fish leaps out of the water onto the rocks....
• BRAVES' BROGNA HAS TURNED THE PAGE SINCE STINT WITH SOX
  July 8, 2001; Chris Snow, Globe Correspondent

  Perhaps only Ray Lussier, who with his camera captured Bobby Orr airborne after winning the Stanley Cup in 1970, could have done the moment justice. It was last Aug. 13, 11 days into a dreamlike...
• CAR FOR YOUTH GROWS UP, GETS MORE UTILITY
  July 8, 2001; ROYAL FORD

  The calls and e-mails arrive daily. "I'm looking for something sporty. Something reliable. Not as boring as a Camry (though, they all say, that is a wonderfully reliable car), not as big as an...
• CELEBRATING A SENSE OF PLACE, ON AND OFF THE BEATEN PATH
  July 8, 2001; Michael Kenney

  Americans' "emotional attachment to particular places [is] a vital component of our sense of history," writes David Glassberg, a historian at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. And...
• CELEBRATING CAPE ANN'S ART PIONEERS
  July 8, 2001; John Laidler, Globe Correspondent

  ROCKPORT - They were friends and neighbors linked by a creative spirit, a zest for life, a love of working together, and a proud drive for perfectionism. From 1938 until 1969, the Folly Cove...
• CHARTER SCHOOLS' INFLUENCE SURVEYED PROS, CONS FOUND IN PUBLIC DISTRICTS
  July 8, 2001; Scott S. Greenberger, GLOBE STAFF

  Public schools have reintroduced music classes and launched programs for at-risk youths to compete with nearby charter schools, but they've also lost money and students to them, according to a...
• CHIEF SCIENTIST
  July 8, 2001

  NAME: ANDREW AYERS, 38 COMPANY: INCERT SOFTWARE, CAMBRIDGE Q. WHAT DOES YOUR TITLE MEAN? A. WE CAN THINK ABOUT IT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS. WE'RE A START-UP, AND I WAS A FOUNDER ON...
• CHILDREN TO SCULPT IN LIBRARY PROGRAM
  July 8, 2001

  The library will offer a class in which children can make clay sculptures while listening to stories and learning about the art. "This is the first time we have offered this program and...
• CHINA SCORNS NEW PENCHANT FOR MISTRESSES
  July 8, 2001; Indira A.R. Lakshmanan, Globe Staff

  SHANGHAI - Gubei New Town, a nouveau-riche residential complex of pink apartment blocks and cherub-encrusted fountains, is a good place to do business if you sell fluffy white Pekingese...
• CHINATOWN LOOKS ASKANCE AT GROUP SUPPORTING DAVIS-MULLEN
  July 8, 2001; ALAN LUPO

  Frank Chin did not appear to be traumatized over the news that the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association had endorsed Councilor Peggy Davis-Mullen for mayor. Chin, known as "Uncle Frank,"...
• CITY WEIGHS DECISION ON LAND-USE BILL PLANNING DIRECTOR SEEKS VOTE ON COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT
  July 8, 2001; Scott W. Helman, Globe Staff Correspondent

  Now that Marlborough has the luxury to sit back and study the successes and failures of its neighbors' efforts to pass the Community Preservation Act, the city is poised to begin public...
• CLAVIJO HAS OWN VERSION OF EVENTS
  July 8, 2001; Frank Dell'Apa, Globe Staff

  FOXBOROUGH - Revolution coach Fernando Clavijo believes Tampa Bay management forced out Alfonso Mondelo, who announced his resignation Friday, as coach after the team compiled a 3-11-1...
• COCKROACH CONCERNS
  July 8, 2001; NENA GROSKIND

  Q. I live in a nine-unit condominium, and we have a small cockroach problem, centered in three units. We hired an exterminator who treated two of the units but was unable to get into the...
• COLD COMFORT
  July 8, 2001

  Delaney Kabat (left), of Dedham, and Kristofer Soderlund and sister Lindsay, of Medfield, share a shower near the pond at Hinkley Memorial Park in Medfield. GLOBE STAFF PHOTO/SEAN DOUGHERTY
• COMMUNITY BRIEFS
  July 8, 2001

  NEEDHAM Summer reading program startsThe Needham Public Library kicked off its children's summer reading club this week with a family sing-along sponsored by the Friends of the Library. The...
• COMMUNITY BRIEFS
  July 8, 2001

  SHREWSBURY School building meeting TuesdayThe High School/Middle School Building Committee is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Owner's Job Trailer at the high school construction site....
• COMPARE TAXABLE AND TAX-FREE YIELDS
  July 8, 2001; CHARLES A. JAFFE

  Tax-exempt securities (such as Treasury bonds) typically offer lower returns than similar taxable investments. At tax time, however, that discrepancy can disappear; a 5 percent tax-exempt...
• CONNIE PANZARINO, AT 53; CHAMPION OF MANY CAUSES
  July 8, 2001; Szymon Twarog, GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

  Connie Panzarino of Jamaica Plain, an author, activist, and art therapist, died Wednesday at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She was 53. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Ms. Panzarino received a...
• COOKING UP A PLOT AMESBURY CHEF TURNED AUTHOR PUBLISHES FIRST NOVEL
  July 8, 2001; Wendy Killeen, Globe Correspondent

  AMESBURY - When Jane Ward graduated from Simmons College in 1983, friends and family asked what she planned to do with her English degree. She told them she had other ideas.Having loved to cook...
• COURTING TO BEGIN WHEN SUIT RESOLVED
  July 8, 2001; BILL GRIFFITH

  Most of us dream of hitting the lottery, never being able to visualize how our lives would change should our number actually come up. Lorraine Gutierrez Rodriguez entered a lottery in Cuba,...
• CRANBERRY HANDLER CHAFING AT LIMITS
  July 8, 2001; Davis Bushnell

  Cranberry handler John Decas's face turns the color of a berry when he discusses a recent US Department of Agriculture order requiring growers to reduce their production this fall by ...
• CUBA PLAN ON AIDS HAILED
  July 8, 2001; Marion Lloyd, Globe Correspondent

  HAVANA - For Maite Aguilera, who is 25, life is divided into two parts: before and after she was diagnosed with HIV. She says she prefers the second phase.That began when she left behind a life...
• CUBE ESCAPEE WONDERS HOW LIFE ON THE INSIDE HAS CHANGED
  July 8, 2001; David Maloof, Globe Correspondent

  It has been 13 years since I worked a traditional job in which you go into the same building for much of the day, five days a week, 12 months a year. I opted out of the traditional workplace in...
• D.C. DENISON / ONSITE
  July 8, 2001

  CRM. This acronym (for customer relationship management) has been growing like The Blob during the last few years, rapidly expanding into huge woozy concepts such as "integrated CRM...
• DEBRA HOUDE, 46
  July 8, 2001

  WALTHAM - Debra Houde, 46, of Waltham, died July 2 at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. Born in Marlborough, Miss Houde was the daughter of Lionel Houde of Northborough and the late Anna...
• DEBRA HOUDE, 46;
  July 8, 2001

  WALTHAM - Debra Houde, 46, of Waltham, died July 2 at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. Born in Marlborough, Miss Houde was the daughter of Lionel Houde of Northborough and the late Anna...
• DERUDDERE TRIES NOT TO BE TOO FAMOUS
  July 8, 2001; Larry Worth, Globe Correspondent

  NEW YORK - Being a good sport is one thing. But rooting for your competition at the Academy Awards? Belgian director Dominique Deruddere swears he wanted "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to win...
• DESPITE NEW WEB SITES, FINDING LOW AIRFARES TAKES WORK
  July 8, 2001; BRUCE MOHL

  There are more ways than ever to buy an airline ticket today, but none of them seems to be capable of giving me a comprehensive listing of the lowest fares on the routes I want. With the help of...
• DESTRUCTIVE TOUCHDOWN IN S.C.
  July 8, 2001

  A sign for an inn resting on a car after a tornado struck Myrtle Beach, S.C., Friday. The storm destroyed mobile homes and overturned vehicles. / AP PHOTO
• DIRECTOR AT MIT TALKS ABOUT SCIENCE WHAT'S RIGHT AND WHAT ISN'T
  July 8, 2001

  What's wrong with American science education? Not everything, says Eric Klopfer. In the broader debate about how well American schools prepare the engineers and scientists of tomorrow, the...
• DOUBLE DOSE OF FILMS BY EGOYAN
  July 8, 2001; ELIZABETH BARCHAS

  It's basic arithmetic: Fans of Atom Egoyan have two reasons to celebrate, at opposite ends of the state. The Coolidge Corner Theatre and MASS MoCA will both feature Egoyan in events this...
• DRIVEN MAD BY FOXBORO
  July 8, 2001

  I know there are much more important issues in the world today, but I just couldn't bite my tongue on this one. Sunday, June 17th, I attended the Dave Matthews Band concert at Foxboro Stadium....
• DRUMS ARE RECYCLED, NOT THE MUSIC
  July 8, 2001; Monica Nakamine, Globe Correspondent

  Who would have thought a few discarded boxes and empty aluminum containers would make a good drum kit? Apparently, the percussionist in Rani Arbo's new group, daisy mayhem, did. Using an...
• ECOLOGY MOVEMENT NOW GETTING RELIGION
  July 8, 2001; Robert Schlesinger, Globe Staff

  WASHINGTON - A growing number of environmentalists are invoking religious teachings to support their cause, creating a new branch of the conservation movement that some faith-based activists have...
• EDIBLE EXPERIMENTS THE CLASS THAT STUDIES CHEMISTRY BY COOKING HAS THE BEST-SMELLING LABS IN SCHOOL.
  July 8, 2001; GARETH COOK

  If you want to make delicious ice cream, saysMIT's Patti Christie, use liquid nitrogen. She mixes sugar, heavy cream, light cream, and flavoring and then, very slowly, pours in the liquid...
• EDWARD MAHAN, LAWYER; 70
  July 8, 2001

  FRAMINGHAM - Edward J. Mahan, 70, of Framingham, a lawyer and an Army veteran of the Korean War, died July 2 in MetroWest Medical Center in Natick. Mr. Mahan was a 1948 graduate of Framingham...
• EDWARD MAHAN, LAWYER; 70
  July 8, 2001

  FRAMINGHAM - Edward J. Mahan, 70, of Framingham, a lawyer and an Army veteran of the Korean War, died July 2 in MetroWest Medical Center in Natick. Mr. Mahan was a 1948 graduate of Framingham...
• ELITA KANG NOW IN HER FOURTH BSO SEASON, VIOLINISH ELITA KANG WAS RECENTLY PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER. KANG, 27, IS CURRENTLY AT TANGLEWOOD, WHERE THE ORCHESTRA'S SUMMER SEASON IS JUST UNDERWAY. "IT'S THE BEST PART OF THE JOB - I LOVE IT," SHE SAYS.
  July 8, 2001; JOHN KOCH, GLOBE STAFF

  You're Korean-American, but Elita isn't Asian, is it? It's not. My mother found it in one of those standard baby-naming books. I've never seen this name anywhere except for an underwear company...
• ENGLISH HIGH IS GROWING SHORT ON SPACE LIMITED ROOM FOR GROWING FUNCTIONS
  July 8, 2001; Andreae Downs, Globe Correspondent

  A bitter dispute over space at English High has created a turf war and brought to light overcrowding at the school, which shares space with a community center as part of a 1984 agreement that is...
• ENGLISH PANTHEON AWAITS NEW CHAMP
  July 8, 2001; BUD COLLINS

  LONDON - Virginia Wade, the last known person of English blood to walk out of Centre Court as the Wimbledon champ, understandably feels considerable reverence for the aged yet vibrant tennis...
• ENVIRONMENTALISTS EAGERLY AWAIT STATE BOOST BOND BILL COULD COMBAT SPRAWL IN WESTERN SUBURBS
  July 8, 2001; Scott W. Helman, Globe Staff Correspondent

  With their region having the distinction of being one of the most rapidly developing of the state, conservationists in Boston's western suburbs are hoping that efforts to protect watersheds and...
• ENVIRONMENTALISTS EYE STATE BOOST $750 MILLION BOND BILL COULD COMBAT SPRAWL IN AREA WEST OF BOSTON
  July 8, 2001; Scott W. Helman, Globe Staff Correspondent

  With their region having the distinction of being one of the most rapidly developing of the state, conservationists in Boston's western suburbs are hoping that efforts to protect watersheds and...
• ENVIRONMENTALISTS EYE STATE BOOST $750 MILLION BOND BILL COULD COMBAT SPRAWL IN AREA WEST OF BOSTON
  July 8, 2001; Scott W. Helman, Globe Staff Correspondent

  With their region having the distinction of being one of the most rapidly developing of the state, conservationists in Boston's western suburbs are hoping that efforts to protect watersheds and...
• ENVIRONMENTALISTS EYE STATE BOOST $750 MILLION BOND BILL COULD COMBAT SPRAWL IN AREA WEST OF BOSTON
  July 8, 2001; Scott W. Helman, Globe Staff Correspondent

  With their region having the distinction of being one of the most rapidly developing of the state, conservationists in Boston's western suburbs are hoping that efforts to protect watersheds and...
• FALCONS CREST
  July 8, 2001; Maureen Costello, Globe Correspondent

  Every morning before work Sharon Kass, a computer programmer, takes two elevators to the 26th floor of the Custom House. She walks another flight up a steel ladder-like staircase and then...
• FARMING FUN AND CHORES
  July 8, 2001

  Kristen Santospago, 11, recently spent some time on her grandmother's farm, Adda Farms, in Berlin. Above, she greets Cyrus, a month-old calf, under the watchful eye of Colleen, a heifer....
• FERNANDEZ GETS NO BLAME IN LOSS
  July 8, 2001; Jim Greenidge, Globe Staff

  FOXBOROUGH - Despite the 2-1 loss the Revolution suffered at the hands of the Kansas City Wizards last night, coach Fernando Clavijo isn't blaming his new goalkeeper. "Jose [Fernandez] pretty...
• FIVE SEADOGS DRAFTED BY MAJORS
  July 8, 2001

  There is no question where all the baseball talent in the region is: at the South Shore Baseball Club. Five players who work out and play in the SSBC's Amateur Athletic Union program, the...
• FOR BOYS, THE PEAK APPEARS TO BE PAST
  July 8, 2001; Joan Anderman, Globe Staff

  How do you measure the heartbeat of preteen America? Start with a bit of simple math: 26 semis. 17 buses. 100 stage hands. Five harmonizing heart throbs. One giant stage that looked like the...
• FOR QUINCY'S VETERAN MAYOR, A CHALLENGE TAKES SHAPE
  July 8, 2001; Robert Preer, Globe Correspondent

  QUINCY - The last time Quincy had a truly competitive mayor's race, the presidency of George Bush - the father - was just getting started. Jane Swift was 23, and Windows 95 was just a gleam in...
• FOR SIX EXETER HIGH SENIORS, SICK JOKE PROVES COSTLY
  July 8, 2001; Allen Lessels, Globe correspondent

  The high cost of higher education got a lot higher for six Exeter High School students responsible for a senior prank gone bad at the end of the school year. The Monday before graduation, the...
• FRANCE WITH A DIFFERENCE TOURING THE LOVELY LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON REGION IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE
  July 8, 2001; Gloria Negri, Globe Staff

  Our first encounter with Monsieur Pierre Guiraud was destined to make a lasting impression. In his black sombrero, striped black trousers, red shirt, black vest, and pointy black boots, he...
• FREDERICK COHEN, OPTOMETRIST; AT 77
  July 8, 2001

  A graveside service will be held this morning for Frederick Cohen of West Newton, an optometrist, who died Wednesday of cancer in Prescott House in North Andover. He was 77. Born in Boston, Mr....
• FROM THE ARCHIVES: HOPKINTON
  July 8, 2001

  Frank L. Farwell, president of Liberty Mutual, behind the wheel at the research center, talks to Dwight M. McCracken, vice president, in 1964. GLOBE FILE PHOTO
• FROM THE ARCHIVES: NEWTON
  July 8, 2001

  Fluoridation of city water starts in September 1963. From left are Carmel Tempesta, acting water commissioner; Gerald S. Parker of the state Department of Public Health; Giles Martin, city...
• FROM THE ARCHIVES: WALTHAM
  July 8, 2001

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• FUNDING IN PLACE FOR SENIOR HOUSING
  July 8, 2001; Compiled by Mary Hurley.

  MATTAPAN - The city finally has the funding to start construction this fall of a 98-unit elderly housing facility on the site of the former Boston Specialty and Rehabilitation Hospital. "One of...
• FUNDS ARE SOLID, ABOVE-AVERAGE, BUT YIELDS ARE LOW
  July 8, 2001; KENNETH HOOKER

  PROBLEM: RETIREMENT SAVINGS Age: 68 1/2 Rollover IRA account, American Funds family:410 shares EuroPacific Growth fund 1,311 shares Growth Fund of America 1,132 shares Investment Company of...
• FURNITURE STORE OWNER GAINS NEW CLOUT VIA INTERNET PORTAL
  July 8, 2001; Naomi R. Kooker, Globe Correspondent

  Prodded by a timely phone call from a sales representative from FurnitureFan.com, Howard Warmington, owner of Warmington Furniture in Rockland, knew it was time. If he held out any longer from...
• GEORGE VOUNATSOS, YOUTH COUNSELOR
  July 8, 2001

  George Vounatsos of Dover, a longtime youth counselor in the South End and Dover, died Wednesday in New England Baptist Hospital. He was 75. After working for United South End Settlements in...
• GLORY DAZE FORMER HIGH SCHOOL STAR BEN GAY, ONCE LIKENED TO BO HACKSON, WAS A CAN'T-MISS PROSPECT: SO WHY HAS A PLAYER BORN TO RUN RUSHED TO NOWHERE?
  July 8, 2001; Ron Borges, Globe Staff

  The videotape doesn't lie, but it doesn't tell the truth, either. It tantalizes like an aroma from the apartment next door. It hints at what might be if . . . or is it just a clue to what might...
• GOLF IS GETTING LESS EXCLUSIVE
  July 8, 2001

  ANTIDOTES TO SAM ALLIS'S STEREOTYPICAL AND DERISIVE DESCRIPTION OF GOLFERS ("TEE TIME," PAGE A2, JULY 1) CAN BE FOUND AT PUBLIC VENUES THROUGHOUT GREATER BOSTON AT SPOTS LIKE THE WILLIAM DEVINE...
• GRACIOUS HOUSE IN WINCHESTER OFFERS SECLUSION, ACCESS TO CITY
  July 8, 2001; Teri Borseti, GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

  WINCHESTER - Phil Holzman and his wife Laurie LeGrand have loved living in the big, old Federalist Colonial house they have owned for 17 years, but they recently decided to escape harsh New...
• GRADUATION STUNT ADDS TO COST OF AN EDUCATION
  July 8, 2001; Allen Lessels, Globe correspondent

  The high cost of higher education got a lot higher for six Exeter High School students responsible for a senior prank gone bad at the end of the school year. The Monday before graduation, the...
• GRAZING IN THE GRASS
  July 8, 2001

  A horse stands in a field in Millis, wearing a net to protect his head from the bugs. GLOBE STAFF PHOTO/BILL POLO
• HANSCOM REPORT DUE TO BE FILED NEXT WEEK MASSPORT PLANS TO FILE HANSCOM PRELIMINARY REPORT NEXT WEEK
  July 8, 2001; Kerry Drohan, Globe Staff

  BEDFORD - Massport revealed last week that it would file its "scoping" report for the new environmental impact review of Hanscom Field on July 16. The document is the next major step in...
• HAROLD CARR, 73; WW II VETERAN
  July 8, 2001

  WALTHAM - Harold R. Carr, 73, of Waltham, a US Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, died July 2 at the Deaconess-Waltham Hospital. Born in Brighton, Mr. Carr had lived in Waltham for the past...
• HAROLD CARR, 73; WW II VETERAN
  July 8, 2001

  WALTHAM - Harold R. Carr, 73, of Waltham, a US Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, died July 2 at the Deaconess-Waltham Hospital. Born in Brighton, Mr. Carr lived in Waltham for 40 years and...
• HE GIVES A RETORT TO REPORTS EVERETT BELIEVES MEDIA OWE APOLOGY TO NIXON
  July 8, 2001; Bob Hohler, Globe Staff

  Carl Everett is not angry Trot Nixon wondered aloud to reporters whether Everett has done enough to recover from his knee injury and return to action. Everett is mad at the media - again....
• HEARING TO DISCUSS POWER OUTAGES
  July 8, 2001

  Brookline's Board of Selectmen, tired of persistent power outages in the Coolidge Corner section of town, has scheduled a public hearing on the matter on Tuesday and has requested the presence...
• HERBICIDE SPRAYED ON HEARD POND
  July 8, 2001; Compiled by Globe correspondents Matt McDonald, Allison Buff, Denise Dube, and Gail Spector.

  WAYLAND Local residents should avoid using water from Heard Pond for the next few days, as a company hired by the town plans to spray herbicide.Aquatic Control Technology of Sutton planned to...
• HERBICIDE SPRAYED ON HEARD POND
  July 8, 2001

  Local residents should avoid using water from Heard Pond for the next few days, as a company hired by the town plans to spray herbicide. Aquatic Control Technology of Sutton planned to spray...
• HERE AND THERE
  July 8, 2001; Marvin Pave

  Kim Lannon Christos, a former Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High standout, was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Lacrosse Coach of the Year after leading the Drew University (Madison, N.J.)...
• HERE'S A NEW QUESTION FOR PROLIFERS: WHAT IS LIFE?
  July 8, 2001; ELLEN GOODMAN, GLOBE STAFF

  I SUPPOSE THAT THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN IN THIS STRUGGLE A WHILE CAN BE FORGIVEN FOR TAKING A LITTLE PLEASURE AT THE CIVIL WAR ERUPTING AMONG OUR OPPONENTS. SUDDENLY, POLITICIANS WHO...
• HOT DOGS, BURGERS AT SENIORS' COOKOUT
  July 8, 2001

  The Wayland Council on Aging plans to hold its annual cookout on July 16. All are welcome to the event, which is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. in the courtyard outside the Council on Aging. Those...
• HOW HISTORY HAPPENS
  July 8, 2001; DAVID WARSH

  Can there be many American manufacturing corporations still self- confident and proud enough to commission a serious corporate history? One such work changed my life when I read it years ago....
• I'M A BELIEVER: THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF A MONKEES FAN
  July 8, 2001; Jonathan Perry, Globe Correspondent

  I was 6 years old and every week was the same: Saturday morning couldn't come fast enough. That was when I would switch on our family's old black-and-white television, joggle the UHF...
• IMMERSION THERAPY
  July 8, 2001

  The feet of 13-year-old Crystal Gross are the only thing you can see of her and sister Stephanie, 9, after their dive from the dock at Beaver Pond in Franklin. GLOBE STAFF PHOTO/SEAN DOUGHERTY
• IN MAINE, CLEAN RULES
  July 8, 2001

  Only 26 states allow for citizens to legislate through the ballot initiative, and Maine is still one of them, despite efforts by, among others, Governor Angus King. A coalition ranging from...
• IN THE ATTIC
  July 8, 2001; JOANNE DOBSON

  I PULLED MY AGINGSubaru to a halt at the top of the graveled drive of Laurel Reed Mallett's home and gawked: a stucco and half-timbered extravaganza with a half-dozen chimneys, twin turrets, and...
• IN WAKE OF VIOLENCE, FAMILIES RETHINK TRIPS TO ISRAEL
  July 8, 2001; Michael Paulson, Globe Staff

  That first prayer at the Wailing Wall. A bleary-eyed morning watching the sunrise from atop Masada. Floating in the Dead Sea. Through wars and political crises, Jewish parents in America...
• IN WAKEFIELD, ORGANIC LAWN CARE IS URGED
  July 8, 2001; Lisa Capone

  Activists concerned about the ecology of Wakefield's Lake Quannapowitt are urging more than 1,400 households in the watershed to avoid chemical fertilizers because they contribute to...
• IN WINCHESTER, ENGLAND, THE ATTRACTIONS ARE WEATHERPROOF
  July 8, 2001; Christina Tree, Globe Correspondent

  If there is a silver lining to English clouds, it is the quality and quantity of Britain's interior spaces. These range from cozy pubs to magnificent cathedrals, frequently interconnected by...
• INSPIRED BY LOVE FOR COOKING, WRITING RECENTLY PUBLISHED FICTION A MELDING OF AUTHOR'S TWO TALENTS
  July 8, 2001; Wendy Killeen, Globe Correspondent

  AMESBURY - When Jane Ward graduated from Simmons College in 1983, friends and family asked what she planned to do with her English degree. She told them she had other ideas.Having loved to cook...
• IRONIC, INSPIRED HITCHENS
  July 8, 2001; William H. Pritchard

  Scourge of Bill Clinton and Mother Teresa, Christopher Hitchens titled an earlier collection of essays "For the Sake of Argument," and those words are an appropriate motto for his new collection....
• IT COULD BE WORSE... BUT AS ECONOMY STUMBLES AND VOTERS LOSE CONFIDENCE, THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION COULD BE IN POLITICAL PERIL - MAKING REPUBLICANS WORRY AND GIVING DEMOCRATS AN OPPORTUNITY
  July 8, 2001; Anne E. Kornblut, and Sue Kirchhoff, Globe Staff

  WASHINGTON - With the economy slumping, the administration is struggling with a dilemma the Bush family knows all too well: dropping poll numbers, a tough election on the horizon, and...
• IT'S AN AD,AD, AD WORLD
  July 8, 2001; Marcella Bombardieri, Globe Staff

  Is nowhere safe? That's the question Arthur MacNeil was pondering after his dinner of shrimp with lobster sauce last week, when a fortune cookie packed more than the usual sage advice.But first...
• JACQUELINE POWERS, TELEPHONE OPERATOR
  July 8, 2001

  SUDBURY - Jacqueline A. (Kelly) Powers of Sudbury, a former telephone operator, died July 1 in MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham. She was 73. Born in Waltham, she graduated from St. Mary's...
• JAMES BROUGH, EDITOR AND AUTHOR
  July 8, 2001

  James Brough of Chelmsford, a former newspaper reporter and magazine editor and the author of 21 books, died Friday at home. He was 82. Born in London, Mr. Brough graduated from high school at...
• JAPANESE STUDENTS TO VISIT IN JULY
  July 8, 2001; Compiled by Globe correspondents Denise Dube (dube@globe.com), Gail Spector (spector@globe.com), Maureen Costello (costello@globe.com), and Vanessa Parks (parks@globe.com).

  NEWTON The Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs is working with representatives in Ome, Japan, to bring eight high school students and three teachers to Newton for 10 days at the end of July.From...
• JEFFORDS'S DECISION TO LEAVE THE GOP IS DEALT WITH TASTEFULLY IN VERMONT
  July 8, 2001; Glen Johnson, Rick Klein, Brian Mooney, Frank Phillips, and Scot Lehigh of the Globe staff and Globe correspondent Tara Arden-Smith contributed to this report.

  As Sam Adams has discovered, having a beer named after you does wonders for your name recognition. Now Jim Jeffords, the newly independent US senator from Vermont, has one named after him....
• JUANITA BRODEUR, 79; CLERK FOR CITY
  July 8, 2001

  MARLBOROUGH - Juanita (Rojas) Brodeur, 79 of Marlborough, died July 2 at Bolton Manor Nursing Home. Born in Marlborough, Mrs. Brodeur was the daughter of the late Anastasio and Anna Maria...
• JUST WHY IS EVERYONE SO OPTIMISTIC? IT'S HARD TO FIGURE OUT WHY TERADYNE'S STOCK IS HOLDING UP SO WELL
  July 8, 2001; STEVEN SYRE & CHARLES STEIN

  Let's get one thing straight at the top: Teradyne is a very good company. Boston's Teradyne is the world leader in the production of test equipment for the semiconductor industry. Over the past...
• KAREN ANDERSON; WORKED AT SEARS
  July 8, 2001

  MILLIS - Karen M. (Gannon) Anderson, 43, of Millis, formerly of Roslindale, died June 28 at her home. Born in Brighton, Mrs. Anderson was the daughter of Catherine (Fahy) Gannon and the late...
• KATHLEEN DEVISSER, QUALITY INSPECTOR
  July 8, 2001

  MARLBOROUGH - Kathleen "Kate" A. (Sullivan) DeVisser, 47, of Marlborough, died July 1 at UMass Memorial Hospital in Marlborough. Born in Marlborough, Mrs. DeVisser was the daughter of...
• KICKED WHEN HE'S DOWN? DUQUETTE: ALCANTARA DESERVED TO BE STAR
  July 8, 2001; Bob Hohler, Globe Staff

  After reviewing the sports highlight reel of the week - Izzy Alcantara's karate kick of a Scranton catcher and siege of the pitcher's mound - Red Sox general manager Dan Duquette said...
• KING PHILIP KEEPS ALL-SPORTS TROPHY
  July 8, 2001; The community briefs were compiled by Globe staff correspondents Jackie Cowin and Globe correspondent Ellen Albanese (albanese@globe.com).

  REGION The coveted Val Muscato All-Sports trophy will be staying right where it is for at least another year.The trophy, which is awarded annually to the Hockomock League team with the best...
• KISSINGER'S GRUMPY DISSENT
  July 8, 2001; THOMAS OLIPHANT

  WASHINGTONTHE THOUGHT OF SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC IN THE KLINK AND ON TRIAL IN THE HAGUE IS DELICIOUS. IT PERSONIFIES A VICTORY OF SUCH STUNNING BREADTH THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO IMAGINE SOMEONE OUTSIDE...
• LASELL PRESSES FORWARD WITH DEVELOPMENT PLANS
  July 8, 2001; Erica Noonan, Globe Staff Correspondent

  As Lasell College unveiled plans at a community meeting last week to build nearly 200 new parking spots, unhappy neighbors held signs and chanted a line from Joni Mitchell's song "Big Yellow...
• LAWN-ABIDING WAYS
  July 8, 2001; SAM ALLIS

  LENOX - James Taylor calls them "Lawn Nation." They are, 15,000 strong on a good night, the Montagues on the 5 acres of grass at Tanglewood to the 5,500 Capulets on the wooden seats inside the...
• LEADER CREDITED WITH BRAZIL'S BOOM NOW BLAMED FOR ITS FALL
  July 8, 2001; Kenneth Rapoza, Globe Correspondent

  SAO PAULO - When Brazil's two-term president, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, turned 70 recently, he had little reason to celebrate. A once-exiled academic sociologist who was elected in 1994 with...
• LEARNING IN NEPAL COLBY GRADUATE WITNESSES SLAVE LABORERS' STRUGGLES
  July 8, 2001; Meadow Rue Merrill, Globe Correspondent

  NEWMARKET, N.H. - Sitting on her parent's porch, her hair damp from swimming on a muggy summer afternoon, Elicia Carmichael is like many recent college grads - living at home, looking for work,...
• LESSER MOUSETRAPS
  July 8, 2001

  PROGRESS IS relentless. No matter how advanced products get, somebody will insist on trying to take them to the next level, even if that means going backwards. That's why manufacturers in Great...
• LET'S GO FLY A KITE
  July 8, 2001

  Timothy Bell, 3, and his brother John, 13, try to get their kite to fly at Guolini Park in Marlborough.
• LIFE, DEATH AND UNCERTAINTY TO THE JUDGE IN CHARGE, THE MURDER TRIAL OF KRISTIN GILBERT OFFERED AN UNSETTLING LESSON - AND INESCAPABLE CONCLUSION - ABOUT THE ULTIMATE COST OF THE DEATH PENALTY
  July 8, 2001; Michael A. Ponsor

  Federal judges are not allowed to offer opinions, at least not in any significant way, on cases or issues that were, are, or might be before them. That is as it should be. But an excessive...
• LIQUOR STORES HOPING TO BEAT SUNDAY BLUES SOME PIN HOPES ON END TO BLUE LAW
  July 8, 2001; Davis Bushnell, Globe Correspondent

  Linda Hiou, the co-owner of Salem's Alexandra Liquors, should be smiling during this summer's boom in business, fueled by outings and backyard parties. But instead, Hiou is edgy, facing the...
• LOCAL ATHLETES SHINE AT CURRY
  July 8, 2001; Marvin Pave

  Local student athletes made their mark this past spring at Curry College in Milton. Junior shortstop Tina Wheel wright of Wayland played in 35 games for the Curry softball team, 34 as a starter,...
• LOCAL ROWERS EARN BRONZE IN CINCINNATI
  July 8, 2001; Marvin Pave

  Newton's Kate Gorman was coxswain of a crew that included Lesley and Emily Burkett of Watertown, Anne Conlin of Wellesley, Deb Newburg and Becca Sauer of Newton, and Maggie Cheney of Lincoln that...
• LOCAL ROWERS EARN BRONZE IN CINCINNATI
  July 8, 2001; Marvin Pave

  Newton's Kate Gorman was coxswain of a crew that included Lesley and Emily Burkett of Watertown, Anne Conlin of Wellesley, Deb Newburg and Becca Sauer of Newton, and Maggie Cheney of Lincoln that...
• LOTS & BLOCKS
  July 8, 2001; RON HUTSON

  Fuller Village: A grand opening celebration for Fuller Village, a $31 million, 156-unit, mixed-income senior housing community in Milton was held late last month. Corcoran Jennison Co. is...
• LYNN BATTLE COMING TO HEAD SCHOOL CHIEF, OFFICIAL TRADE ASSAULT CHARGES
  July 8, 2001; Kathy McCabe, Globe Correspondent

  LYNN - At war with each other for nearly two years, Lynn School Superintendent James Mazareas and the School Committee appear headed for a major showdown. This month, Mazareas and Lynn School...
• LYNN'S MCMANUS JOINS EXITING CROWD
  July 8, 2001; John Laidler

  The ranks of departing mayors, meanwhile, continues to grow in the North Weekly region. At a press conference last Monday, Lynn Mayor Patrick J. McManus Jr. announced he would not seek a sixth...
• MAKING HIS DAD PROUD AN EMOTIONAL WIN FOR EARNHARDT JR.
  July 8, 2001; Michael Vega, Globe Staff

  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The tears shed here in February in the shocking aftermath of Dale Earnhardt's death on the last lap of the Daytona 500 were wiped away last night by the 26-year-old namesake...
• MAN CHARGED IN SLAYING OF YOUTH
  July 8, 2001

  Boston police have charged a 28-year-old Roxbury man with the murder of a 16-year-old Roxbury youth in early May. Andre Zollarcoffer was questioned Friday at MCI-Concord, where he is being held...
• MAN ELECTROCUTED AT WORKSITE
  July 8, 2001

  A 50-year-old contractor was electrocuted Thursday while working on a sewer-pipe installation project in Blackstone, officials said. Luis Souza of Fall River, a foreman of the ODF Contracting Co....
• MANAGING JUST FINE WILLIAMS HITS MILESTONE AS RED SOX BEAT BRAVES
  July 8, 2001; Bob Hohler, Globe Staff

  Jimy Williams is a man of many distinctions. Before he was signed as a shortstop by Red Sox great Bobby Doerr, he played for the Alaska Goldpanners. He struck out in his first big league at-bat...
• MARIAN DOHERTY, AIDE TO GOVERNORS
  July 8, 2001

  Marian Patricia (Joyce) Burns Doherty of Brookline, a political activist who served under two Massachusetts governors, died Thursday at Elliot Healthcare in Natick. She was 82. Born in...
• MARITIME SCHOOL TEACHING ADULTS TO HOIST THEIR SAILS SAILING ALONG ON DUXBURY BAY
  July 8, 2001; Paul Harber, Globe Staff

  DUXBURY - Martha Hoyt decided to take adult sailing lessons at the Duxbury Bay Maritime School because, she said, "I'm tired of having my husband telling me what to do." Hoyt, 34, a product...
• MARJORIE CORBIN, REGISTERED NURSE
  July 8, 2001

  ASHLAND - Marjorie O. (Duboyce) Corbin, 79, a retired registered nurse and Ashland resident, died June 26 in Falmouth. Born in Newton Mrs. Corbin had lived in Ashland for 57 years. She worked at...
• MARJORIE CORBIN, REGISTERED NURSE
  July 8, 2001

  ASHLAND - Marjorie O. (Duboyce) Corbin, 79, a retired registered nurse and Ashland resident, died June 26 in Falmouth. Born in Newton Mrs. Corbin had lived in Ashland for 57 years. She worked at...
• MARY DICILLO, 98; RETIRED MILLWORKER
  July 8, 2001

  UXBRIDGE - Mary (Valente) DiCillo, 98, of Uxbridge, died June 26 at Sunbridge Rehabilitation Center in Milford. Born in Santa Appollinare, Italy, Mrs. DiCillo was the daughter of the late...
• MCCANN WILLING IN SPIRIT
  July 8, 2001; Susan Bickelhaupt, Globe Staff

  When the Breakers (3-5-3) face the Spirit (3-5-4) tonight in San Diego, defender Christine McCann will be with the team _ nothing unusual about that. What's different is that McCann, who was...
• MCINTYRE CONTINUES COACHING CAREER
  July 8, 2001; Marvin Pave

  Milford native Shawn McIntyre has been named an assistant football coach at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pa., where he will serve as recruiting coordinator and special teams coach. "We're very...
• MEET THE NEW MONK - SAME AS THE OLD MONK, ONLY DIFFERENT
  July 8, 2001; Steve Greenlee, Globe Staff

  It may be time to reconsider the long-held notion that Thelonious Monk's best years were behind him by the time he got to the Columbia label in the 1960s. True, it wasn't the mad pianist's most...
• MEOW MIXED CRITIC JAMES WOLCOTT'S FIRST NOVEL, `THE CATSITTERS,' VEERS DISAPPOINTINGLY BETWEEN THE TIRED AND THE TRUE
  July 8, 2001; Gail Caldwell, Globe Staff

  One of journalism's not-so-little secrets is that, out of every dozen or so ink-stained wretches, at least one is an aspiring novelist, convinced that the higher truth (and therefore...
• MILTON ENVISIONING A REVITALIZATION MIXED USES PROPOSED FOR OLD INDUSTRIAL AREA
  July 8, 2001; Christine McConville, Globe Correspondent

  MILTON - Standing on Wharf Street, Everett Hayward and Harrison Williams looked at the charred remains of the H.P. Hood warehouse. This is where the two members of the "revitalization committee"...
• MOGUL FROM MEDFORD WANTS TO BE N.Y. MAYOR MOTHER INVESTED IN CITY BLOOMBERG LEFT BEHIND
  July 8, 2001; Coco McCabe, Globe Correspondent

  MEDFORD - "President, Slide Rule Club" reads the listing under Michael R. Bloomberg's senior photograph in the 1960 Medford High School yearbook. It may have been an early foray into office. Or...
• MOHEGAN TRIBE SAYS CONTRACTS STUDY FINDS NO VIOLATIONS
  July 8, 2001; Sean P. Murphy, Globe Staff

  A four-month examination of various contracts awarded by the Mohegan tribe of Connecticut in the ongoing expansion of the tribe's casino and resort in Montville, Conn., concluded no...
• MORE CEOS JOIN WAVE OF STAFF DEPARTURES
  July 8, 2001

  The volatility of the economy has made its way up and down the corridors of the workplace, with departures just about everywhere, including the offices of chief executives. The Chicago...
• MORE MONEY OK'D FOR SCHOOL UPGRADES
  July 8, 2001; Denise Dube, Globe Correspondent

  BEDFORD - School Committee members are blowing the ink dry on a contract signed just minutes after Town Meeting members on Monday night approved the $3.7 million necessary for upgrading the...
• MORE SCHOOL LESSONS TACKLING GAY ISSUES
  July 8, 2001; Tara H. Arden-Smith, GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

  Kathleen Doherty has been teaching for more than a decade, but it was students who introduced her to a lesson she now considers key: the gay and lesbian struggle for equality in the United...
• MT. HOLYOKE SHOULD BE MODERATE IN DISCIPLINING HISTORY PROFESSOR
  July 8, 2001

  MY VIEWS ON THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING HISTORIAN JOSEPH ELLIS WERE BOILED DOWN TO A FEW LINES IN THE ARTICLE "SCHOOL SETS INQUIRY INTO A STAR" (PAGE B1, JUNE 28). I'M WRITING TO EXPAND ON THE...
• N.H. OFFERS NO ESCAPE FOR MASS. KILLERS CRIMES THAT CROSS BORDER OFTEN GIVEN TOP-LEVEL PRIORITY
  July 8, 2001; Stacy Milbouer, Globe Correspondent

  NASHUA - According to a former Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy, there used to be a saying among the criminal lowlife: If you want to get away with murder in Massachusetts, dump the body in...
• NAMES NELSON IS NAMED TO REPLACE RIVERA
  July 8, 2001

  New York Yankees manager Joe Torre, criticized for picking seven of his players for Tuesday's All-Star Game, replaced one yesterday, announcing reliever Mariano Rivera would skip the game to rest...
• NATICK SEEKS WAY TO BLOCK CONSTRUCTION OF APARTMENT
  July 8, 2001; Alison O'Leary Murray, Globe Correspondent

  Natick officials hope that recalculating the percentage of affordable housing in town will block a developer's plans for a 10- story apartment building proposed under the state's anti-snob...
• NE POWER FINANCING BEVERLY LANDFILL GROUP
  July 8, 2001; Lisa Capone, Globe correspondent

  New England Power Company has agreed to pay the environmental consulting fees of a public watchdog group overseeing cleanup of a Beverly landfill, where fly ash from the Salem Harbor power plant...
• NEIGHBORS
  July 8, 2001

  Globe West offers a deeper look at news in your community. To do that, we're publishing four different editions twice a week - Thursday and Sunday. But we also know that you might be interested...
• NEIGHBORS
  July 8, 2001

  Globe West offers a deeper look at news in your community. To do that, we're publishing four different editions twice a week - Thursday and Sunday. But we also know that you might be interested...
• NEIGHBORS FIGHT COLUMBIA POINT APARTMENT PLAN
  July 8, 2001; Ric Kahn, GLOBE STAFF

  DORCHESTER - The developers only told the city 2 1/2 weeks ago that they want to build a 309-unit apartment complex with a 14-story tower on Columbia Point, but the reviews are already rolling...
• NEW CLIENT TESTS CONSULTANT'S LOYALTY
  July 8, 2001

  Worcester Mayor Raymond Mariano has led a double life in politics, serving both as elected official and crack campaign consultant for others hoping to win elected office. He can claim a wide...
• NEW DOUBTS ON JUSTICE THOMAS
  July 8, 2001

  THE HEADLINE OVER ELLEN GOODMAN'S COLUMN ABOUT THE NOW-EXPOSED FRAUD BY WHICH CLARENCE THOMAS WAS NARROWLY APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT ASKS, "WHAT DO THOMAS BACKERS SAY NOW?" (OP ED, JULY 1). ...
• NEW LEGISLATOR AIRS VIEWS ON ALCIERE ELECTION CONTROVERSY SAYS HIS MANDATE IS TO PLEASE THE VOTERS
  July 8, 2001; Stacy Milbouer, Globe Correspondent

  NASHUA - Newly elected state Representative David Gleneck, the son of a boxer, pulls no punches. The Republican politician admitted that he, like hundreds of others in his ward, voted for Tom...
• NEW SENIOR CENTER OPENS IN BROCKTON
  July 8, 2001; Robert Preer

  After years in planning and construction, a $1.4 million senior center was opened in Brockton last month with two large recreation rooms, administrative offices, a kitchen, a large fireplace,...
• NH PROVIDES NO ESCAPE FOR MASS. MURDERERS
  July 8, 2001; Stacy Milbouer, Globe Correspondent

  NASHUA - According to a former Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy, there used to be a saying among the criminal lowlife: If you want to get away with murder in Massachusetts, dump the body in...
• NICHOLAS JOYCE, 23; AUTO-BODY REPAIRER
  July 8, 2001

  FRANKLIN - Nicholas R. Joyce, 23, of Franklin, died June 24. Born in Milford, Mr. Joyce was the son of Mark and Debra L. (Brien) Joyce, and was a 1996 graduate of Tri-County Regional Vocational...
• NOMO NOT LOST IN THE TRANSLATION
  July 8, 2001; Dylan Hernandez, Globe Correspondent

  Even in Japan, Hideo Nomo had a reputation of being a boor, detached from whomever he spoke to. Despite his eye-popping achievements this season, including his no- hitter April 4 in his Red Sox...
• NONPROFIT, COMPANIES BENEFIT FROM GIVING
  July 8, 2001; MICHAEL ROSENWALD

  Holly Curtis is not quite sure how Peace At Home, the nonprofit organization she directs to help end domestic violence, would get along without a little help from some friends. And Mike Hadley,...
• NORTHERN IRELAND HOPING MARCH TAKES DIFFERENT COURSE
  July 8, 2001; Kevin Cullen, GLOBE STAFF

  PORTADOWN, Northern Ireland - Elaine O'Connor was watching television in the local Gaelic sports club Friday afternoon when the news came on, showing men with tattoos on their forearms and...
• NOT EASY AS PIE
  July 8, 2001

  Protesters at Harvard had a snafu on Day One of Larry Summers's administration. They wanted to give the new president an apple pie with "Living Wage Now" written in frosting - as in, give us a...
• NOT FORGOTTEN, NAME FROM PAST RESURFACES
  July 8, 2001

  There was another story about him in the paper the other day, and once again a flood of memories washed over me. This time the headline read "Art gallery owner Berube files for bankruptcy." Ed...
• OATES WOULD LIKE TO CAP HIS CAREER IN BOSTON
  July 8, 2001; NANCY MARRAPESE-BURRELL

  Adam Oates has made it clear he wants out of Washington and said he will no longer play for the Capitals despite the club picking up his $3 million option. Citing what he believes is a lack of...
• OFFICER CLAIMS SEXIST REMARKS SAYS FEMALE DISPATCHER FACED BIAS
  July 8, 2001; Jennifer Medina, Globe Correspondent

  Top Southborough police officials repeatedly made sexist remarks about women in law enforcement and created a hostile work environment, according to a complaint that Sergeant Jane Moran...
• OFFICIALS FORESEE TOUGH SELL ON TAX INCREASE PRESERVATION ACT WILL NEED FUNDING
  July 8, 2001; Lisa Kocian, Globe Staff Correspondent

  The Waltham City Council narrowly voted to approve placing the Community Preservation Act on the November ballot at its last regular meeting June 25. But even more difficult will be persuading...
• OFFICIALS GET DEVELOPMENT DETAILS WRONG
  July 8, 2001

  I am writing regarding the article about the proposed Winning Farm development in the Town of Winchester. Not only did this town sell the property for significantly below market value, and not...
• ONE COLLECTION, TWO TAKES THIS COUPLE SHOWCASE CAPE ANN ARTISTS AT BOTH THEIR HOMES, BUT THE DIFFERENCES ARE DRAMATIC.
  July 8, 2001; JUDITH CARTER

  FOR A HUSBAND AND WIFE with two homes in the Boston area, the adage about home and heart needs a slight revision. In their case, home is where the art is. Their two dwellings - a seaside retreat...
• ON-TIME WOES FOR EXPRESS TRAIN ANALYSIS FINDS LAPSES IN ACELA RELIABILITY
  July 8, 2001; Raphael Lewis, Globe Staff

  Brush fires. Blackouts. Rock slides. Lightning strikes. Equipment failures. A plague of bad luck and broken parts has hammered Amtrak's fledgling Acela Express over the past month, leaving the...
• OUT OF BOUNDS
  July 8, 2001; PETER ZHEUTLIN

  IT'S A COLD, RAINY NIGHT IN MARCH, and a 12-year-old boy is about to be sold at auction in Needham. He's a baseball player, the top pick in the 2001 Needham Little League west division draft. He...
• PALAZOLA A QUIET STAR FOR GLOUCESTER
  July 8, 2001; Dave Doyle

  rPerhaps Josh Palazola didn't get as much attention as his talents demanded because he ran for Gloucester High, far from the Boston limelight. Perhaps it was because the senior was soft-spoken...
• PAN-MASS ROUTES CUT THROUGH TOWN
  July 8, 2001

  Twenty-three Dover residents are participating in this year's 22d annual Pan-Massachusetts Challenge beginning on Aug. 4 and ending on Aug. 8. Family and friends will be able be to watch these...
• PAPER PARITY
  July 8, 2001

  FOR MORE THAN a year, Massachusetts law has granted mental health parity with physical health in insurance coverage. But few would say that genuine equality really exists: Mentally ill patients...
• PARENT: I'LL FIGHT AMIRAULT RELEASE SAYS SHE WILL DROP ANONYMITY
  July 8, 2001; Diana Raschke, GLOBE CORRESPONDENT, and Rick Klein, GLOBE STAFF

  The mother has guarded her identity for 17 years, ever since her young daughter shocked her by saying that she had been molested at a day care center. But the woman said yesterday that she and...
• PARENTAL HOPES VS. A CHILD'S SPACE
  July 8, 2001

  I was watching my 8-year-old's Little League baseball game when I saw one of his pals get up and slug the ball to the moon. I turned to the mother of this miniature Manny and said, "Boy can he...
• PARENTS LEARN TO TEACH THEIR CHILDREN WELL PROGRAM HELPS PEOPLE TO HELP THEIR YOUNGSTERS
  July 8, 2001; Emily Shartin, Globe Correspondent

  Eny and Gilbert Trindade flipped through a book with their 2-year- old daughter, Emanuelle, pointing out numbers and colors and talking with her about the simple, everyday things she saw...
• PARENTS TEACH THEIR CHILDREN WELL PROGRAM HELPS PEOPLE HELP THEIR YOUNGSTERS
  July 8, 2001; Emily Shartin, Globe Correspondent

  Eny and Gilbert Trindade flipped through a book with their 2-year- old daughter, Emanuelle, pointing out numbers and colors and talking with her about the simple, everyday things she saw...
• PARENTS TEACH THEIR CHILDREN WELL PROGRAM HELPS PEOPLE HELP THEIR YOUNGSTERS
  July 8, 2001; Emily Shartin, Globe Correspondent

  Eny and Gilbert Trindade flipped through a book with their 2-year- old daughter, Emanuelle, pointing out numbers and colors and talking with her about the simple, everyday things she saw...
• PARK OF PROMISE UPHAMS CORNER RESIDENTS WORK TO TAKE BACK NEIGHBORHOOD
  July 8, 2001; Thomas Grillo, Globe Correspondent

  For decades, residents of Nonquit and Dudley streets in Dorchester's Uphams Corner endured a corner lot filled with junk cars and overgrown weeds as a base for the dealers to do their drug...
• PEABODY ESSEX TO HONOR MILITARY
  July 8, 2001; Kathy McCabe

  The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem hopes to tell the story of Essex County's proud military history with help from historical societies and veterans groups. The museum, now in the midst of a $100...
• PERFECT PLACE FOR LANTERN FESTIVAL
  July 8, 2001; Monica Nakamine, Globe Correspondent

  In Japan, each season seems to bring with it a celebration, one that is as visually stimulating and emotionally moving as it is unforgettable. Summer is no exception. Thanks to the Forest...
• PICKING THE WINNERS FOR CAMBRIDGE SHOW
  July 8, 2001; Cate McQuaid, Globe Correspondent

  CAMBRIDGE - Being a juror for an art show is a grueling enterprise. Maxwell L. Anderson, director of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, juried the Cambridge Art...
• PLANNING BOARD REVIEWS ITS RULES
  July 8, 2001

  The Wayland Planning Board is eyeing the first overhaul of the town's subdivision regulations since about 1985, and plans to start with changing the application form. The current application...
• PLAY SPRAY
  July 8, 2001

  Stephanie Cormier of Montreal cooling off yesterday in Boston Common's Frog Pond. She may have to stay indoors this morning, as showers are expected with highs in the mid-70s. / GLOBE STAFF PHOTO...
• POLICE CHIEF'S POST REMAINS CIVIL SERVICE
  July 8, 2001; Compiled by Nathanial W. Cook.

  Somerville's Board of Aldermen has defeated a measure that would have removed the police chief hiring process from the state's civil service and allowed the mayor to choose from a wider field of...
• POLICE SAY MAN DESERVES BREAK AT MCDONALD'S NO REWARD YET FOR HELP IN ARREST
  July 8, 2001; Denise Dube, Globe Correspondent

  McDonald's current jingle states, "We love to see you smile." As far as Needham police are concerned, one anonymous Bellingham man deserves to smile - and to see his bank account grow to the tune...
• POTTED PLANTS REQUIRE MORE SPECIAL ATTENTION
  July 8, 2001; Ruth S. Foster, Globe correspondent

  Flowers in big pots are all the rage this year. They are so spectacular who can resist, particularly now that the first flush of perennials has finished and the garden seems a blah green. I...
• PUMP WATCH
  July 8, 2001

  PRICE PER GALLON OF UNLEADED REGULAR GAS AT SIX AREA STATIONS. PRICES ARE FOR SELF OR FULL SERVICE AT THE PUMP. STATION / PRICE (5/8) / PRICE (7/3) MATTAPOISETT MOBIL / SELF) $1.73 / ...
• RAILS TO TRAILS PROJECTS PICK UP SPEED NEW PARKS HIGHLIGHT NEIGHBORHOODS, HARBOR
  July 8, 2001; Emily Shartin, Globe Correspondent

  The locomotives are long gone, soon to be replaced by cyclists, pedestrians and inline skaters who will burn calories instead of coal. But the local activists who are working to convert...
• RAMPS CLOSE FOR BIG DIG TRAFFIC SHIFTS
  July 8, 2001; THOMAS C. PALMER JR.

  While a lot has been happening underground, there hasn't been much going on lately on the surface as far as Big Dig traffic shifts. That's about to change. The biggest closure in some time is...
• RANDOLPH MOVE MAY EXCISE AYERS
  July 8, 2001; Robert Preer

  "Reprecincting," the realigning of city or town voting precincts based on population changes every 10 years, usually is done with little or no debate. It's similar to redistricting - but much...
• REARDON SAID TO PLEAD GUILTY TO SEX CRIMES
  July 8, 2001; Farah Stockman, Globe Staff, and Fran Riley, Globe Correspondent

  Christopher Reardon, the former Middleton youth minister accused of 120 acts of child molestation, will plead guilty to some of the charges tomorrow, the day his trial was set to begin, a...
• RENOVATION SPENDING RISES 7% IN 2000
  July 8, 2001; Bloomberg News

  WASHINGTON - Home renovation spending rose 7 percent in 2000 as sellers fixed up homes to make them marketable and buyers renovated them to suit their tastes during the second-best year ever for...
• RESIDENT SOUGHT FOR ASSESSOR'S SPOT
  July 8, 2001

  The town is looking for someone to fill the unexpired term of Joseph Nugent, a member of the Board of Assessors, who plans to resign. Nugent is waiting for a replacement before he leaves the...
• RESIDENTS BALK AT BIG MAKEUP BILLS WATER CHARGES RAISE QUESTIONS
  July 8, 2001; Lisa Kocian, Globe Staff Correspondent

  It's a mystery. In 1998, after Martha Francis had been paying water bills of about $300 every six months for several years, Watertown sent her a makeup bill. It showed she owed more than $5,000...
• RETURNING CHILD SOLDIERS TO BOYHOOD
  July 8, 2001; Ivan Watson, Globe Correspondent

  TONGO, Sierra Leone - The ceremony took place in a bombed-out building in the diamond town of Tongo, where rebel fighters and Zambian peacekeepers watched as a United Nations diplomat...
• ROCK WITH A POLITICAL CONSCIENCE
  July 8, 2001; Steve Morse, Globe Staff

  Pop music has evolved toward two extremes - numbing, teeny-bop mush and angry, dysfunctional rap-metal. Each makes listeners forget that pop was once, and still could be, a vital force for...
• ROLLOVER KILLS 1, SERIOUSLY INJURES 1
  July 8, 2001

  A man was killed and his passenger seriously injured yesterday morning when their sport utility vehicle rolled over on an on-ramp of the Massachusetts Turnpike in Newton. The driver, John J....
• ROYALTIES KEEP FLOWING IN FOR ONE-HIT WONDERS
  July 8, 2001; PETER MAY

  We're one week into free agency and we once again are being presented with a group of players who, for lack of a better term, are the NBA's version of one-hit wonders. These are the guys...
• RUNWAY FOES ARE PREPARING TO STEP UP FIGHT TOWNS ADDING TO WAR CHEST, AIM AT IMPACT REPORT
  July 8, 2001; Alexander Reid, Globe Staff

  June was a pivotal month for Massport's controversial plan to build a 5,000-foot runway at Logan International Airport. State Environmental Affairs Secretary Robert Durand approved the...
• RUTH DOUCETTE, 91; WORKED AT RAYTHEON
  July 8, 2001

  WALTHAM - Ruth E. (Manning) Doucette, 91, of Lexington, formerly of Waltham, died June 28 at the East Village Nursing Home in Lexington. Born in Newton, Mrs. Doucette was the daughter of the...
• S&P 500 INDEX FUNDS MERIT SOME SCRUTINY
  July 8, 2001; CHARLES A. JAFFE

  If you like index funds, you probably think you know what goes into a Standard & Poor's 500 version. Mostly, it would be the 500 stocks that make up the index.But the answer's not that simple,...
• SAL RUGGIERO BACK FOR A VISIT
  July 8, 2001; Marvin Pave

  Sal Ruggiero, who retired two years ago after 11 years as director of instruction and of the Golf School at Stow Acres Country Club, was back in town recently. The Long Island native, who now...
• SEAT-BELT VOTE CAUSED SOUL-SEARCHING
  July 8, 2001; JOHN LAIDLER

  Lawmakers cast hundreds of votes each year, and the vast majority are easy calls. But for each legislator, there is always a handful of votes that require some soul-searching. State...
• SELECTMAN TURNS IN HIS LICENSE FOR EMT WORK
  July 8, 2001; Sean Patrick Lyons, Globe Staff

  The chairman of the Dover Board of Selectmen, Robert F. Comiskey, turned in his emergency medical technician's license last week amid a state investigation that found evidence he did not attend...
• SELLECK'S NO TREE
  July 8, 2001

  In response to Ed Siegel's unfair review of "A Thousand Clowns" (Living/Arts, June 21): We were appalled by his line, "There are trees in Arnold Arboretum that rustle with more affect than...
• SEVEN PRISON NURSES FIRED THEY HAD PROTESTED WAGES, CONTRACT TALKS
  July 8, 2001; Beth Berlo, Globe Correspondent

  After conducting what they called an informational rally outside Massachusetts Correctional Institute-Norfolk on June 16, seven prison nurses were fired on June 28 by Correctional Medical...
• SEWER BILL IS FACING MORE STUDY TWO TOWNS DON'T AGREE ON FIRST INCREASE IN YEARS
  July 8, 2001; Thanassis Cambanis, Globe Staff Correspondent

  More negotiations and consulting reports are needed to determine how much Ashland will pay for dumping its waste into Framingham's sewer lines, despite that town's decision last week to start...
• SHORT TAKES
  July 8, 2001; AMANDA HELLER

  WIDOWER'S HOUSE BY JOHN BAYLEY NORTON, 246 PP., $23.95 In his surprising bestseller, "Elegy for Iris," the Oxford don John Bayley touchingly described his through-the-looking-glass adventures...
• SHOW STOPPER AT CENTRE COURT WILD-CARD IVANISEVIC SHINES BRIGHTLY IN RAIN-HALTED SEMI AT WIMBLEDON
  July 8, 2001; Bob Duffy, Globe Staff

  LONDON - The Goran Ivanisevic Show will run at least another day. So will Wimbledon. Ivanisevic played a role in both developments. But the weather was more responsible. Rain that began early in...
• SKIPPERS AT THE LINE IN MARBLEHEAD
  July 8, 2001; TONY CHAMBERLAIN

  With big southwesterlies on tap for the next few days, the meat of the racing season is at hand, with sails heading off - like the proverbial general - in every direction at once. More than...
• SLOWDOWN SPURS CUTS AT TOP RECRUITING FIRM
  July 8, 2001

  Headhunting companies are often seen as the bellwethers of the economy. When they're slow, the economy is slow. So perhaps it is not too much of a surprise that Heidrick & Struggles, one of the...
• SO YOU WANT TO BE A ROCK STAR? GO TO CAMP
  July 8, 2001; Jennifer Medina, GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

  Head to the fourth floor of LaBoure College on Dorchester Avenue and hear music that's part Sex Pistols, part Jimi Hendrix, part Limp Bizkit. The members of the band, named Insert Title Here,...
• SO, HOW OLD IS OLD? AS NUMBER OF CENTENARIANS GROWS, TRUTHS ABOUT AGING ARE CHANGING
  July 8, 2001; Cindy Rodriguez, GLOBE STAFF

  Constance Poirier's eyelids hang low over her pale blue eyes. It's a sign of time: Poirier is 103 years old. But she's not in a nursing home or attached to an oxygen tank. She lives on her own...
• SOLO IS NAMED R & L INTERIM PRINCIPAL
  July 8, 2001; Compiled by Mary Hurley.

  One week after Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Principal Paula Evans announced her resignation, Leonard Solo, the former head of the Graham and Parks School, was appointed interim principal for...
• SPRUCE UP YARD WITH POTTED FLOWERS
  July 8, 2001; Ruth S. Foster, Globe correspondent

  Flowers in big pots are all the rage this year. They are so spectacular who can resist, particularly now that the first flush of perennials has finished and the garden seems a blah green. I...
• STATE MUST SAFEGUARD THE RETARDED
  July 8, 2001

  AS A PARENT of a son who lives in a Department of Mental Retardation-sponsored residence, I was frightened yet grateful for Raja Mishra's article, "In attacks on disabled, few verdicts,"...
• STATE WEIGHS STEPS TO STEM RAMPANT SPRAWL OFFICIALS ARE PUSHING `SMART GROWTH' EFFORTS
  July 8, 2001; Anthony Flint, Globe Staff

  Worried that sprawl will overrun wide swaths of the state, planners, environmentalists, and housing and mass-transit advocates are aggressively pushing so-called "smart growth" initiatives...
• STROLLING WITH ABIGAIL ADAMS
  July 8, 2001; Richard P. Carpenter, Globe Staff

  Abigail Adams laughs nervously and says she is embarrassed to mention this in public, but she was pregnant with her second child that fateful evening in 1770. As a result, she was at her home...
• SUNDAY SAMPLER WILMINGTON
  July 8, 2001; Compiled by Globe Staff

  11 Bay St. One-family, built in 1850, 1,952 square feet, 10 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 7,500-square-foot lot. Sold for $155,000. 3 Chelsea St. One-family, built in 1990, 1,592 square feet,...
• SURFERS ON THE SOUTH SHORE CATCH A WAVE WHEN THEY CAN
  July 8, 2001; Paul E. Kandarian, Globe Correspondent

  H ULL - What if they held a surfing competition - and no waves came? Or if the few that did wouldn't register on the radar of any self-respecting Big Kahuna? Well, if you surf on the South...
• SURVEY FINDS MANY LACK BASIC JOB SKILLS
  July 8, 2001

  Job specialists and human resources officials have spoken repeatedly over the last few years about the shortage of qualified workers. Now a recent survey from the American Management...
• SURVIVING SUMMER, 2
  July 8, 2001; MARY HELEN GILLESPIE

  Welcome to the second part of the Savvy Manager's Survival Guide to Summer Fun, featuring easy-to-deploy solutions for managing those seasonal-specific tasks. Think of it as the SPF 40 of your...
• SWIFT AT 55% APPROVAL IN DISTRICT GOP POLL NOTES GAINS ON TURF OF DEMOCRATS
  July 8, 2001; Ralph Ranalli, GLOBE STAFF

  While a shifting lineup of Democrats tries to gain the good graces of voters in the heavily Democratic 9th Congressional District, Republicans say their polling shows that Acting Governor Jane...
• TEXAS WILDLIFE - ALL IN ONE SPOT
  July 8, 2001; Jerry Morris, Globe Correspondent

  Texans are known to brag. But if you'd like to brag about seeing more of Texas in one day than most Texans see in a lifetime, the place to be is the Fort Worth Zoo. If it leaps, creeps, walks,...
• THE ARTS AND VALUE
  July 8, 2001

  IT IS A SHAME that the arts increasingly cannot stand on their own exalted power and must be promoted for their social or economic relevance in order to receive political support. In...
• THE BOYS OF WIFFLE GET IN THE SWING NATICK TOURNEY DRAWS GUYS WHO WANT TO GET SOME PLASTIC ON THE BALL
  July 8, 2001; Jackie Cowin, Globe Staff Correspondent

  John Haynes has spent years perfecting a nasty pitch he calls a "fasting rise ball." When delivered just right, the pitch rises after leaving Haynes's hand, then dips sharply just as it reaches...
• THE BOYS OF WIFFLE GET IN THE SWING NATICK TOURNEY DRAWS GUYS WHO WANT TO GET SOME PLASTIC ON THE BALL
  July 8, 2001; Jackie Cowin, Globe Staff Correspondent

  John Haynes has spent years perfecting a nasty pitch he calls a "fasting rise ball." When delivered just right, the pitch rises after leaving Haynes's hand, then dips sharply just as it reaches...
• THE CALL OF THE WIRED
  July 8, 2001; JAN FREEMAN, GLOBE STAFF

  Did you work from home last week, instead of enjoying the holiday? If so, Paul Freeland of Hingham wants to know why. Not why you were working - that's another question - but why from home. This...
• THE CIVIC VIRTUES OF MOBILE HOMES
  July 8, 2001

  WHY SHOULDN'T MOBILE HOMES QUALIFY AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING ("HOPING FOR HOUSING," EDITORIAL, JULY 2)? THEY ARE HOMES AFFORDABLE FOR THOSE WITH LOW INCOMES BUT ALSO OCCUPIED BY OTHERS WITH MODERATE...
• THE COST OF CLEAN WATER
  July 8, 2001

  On behalf of the water works professionals throughout Massachusetts, I would like to commend The Boston Globe for its timely and highly informative article about the importance of repairing,...
• THE PROMISE OF STEM CELL RESEARCH
  July 8, 2001; FRED ROSEN

  BEFORE IT RULES ON THE ISSUE OF FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH, THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO INFORM ITSELF FULLY ABOUT THE RAMIFICATIONS OF ITS DECISION. If the president...
• THE RICHARDS BUILDING
  July 8, 2001; ROBERT CAMPBELL AND PETER VANDERWARKER

  Lavish" and "ornate" aren't words that suit much Boston architecture. This is, after all, the town where Victorian ladies kept their new dresses from Paris in the closet for a year, so...
• THE VIEW FROM VAIL: DEVELOPMENT AND ITS BACKLASH
  July 8, 2001; Robert Braile

  In our cultural imagination, the American West is a pastoral expanse of forests, mountains, grasslands, and prairies. We cling to this mythology, as if an America without such a West is not...
• THIS BATTERED TEAM COULD USE A BREAK
  July 8, 2001; MICHAEL HOLLEY, GLOBE STAFF

  They need more than baseball's standard All-Star break. Three days off at the beginning of the week is nice, but the Red Sox need a legitimate summer vacation. Or, at least, a long weekend. Have...
• THREE AVENUES TO AN ABOVE-PAR MYRTLE BEACH YES, THE GOLFING IS SUPERB, BUT THERE'S FAMILY FUN, TOO
  July 8, 2001; Ron Driscoll, Globe Staff

  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - The idea deserves to be ranked among the public relations coups of the last 50 years. In 1954, Jimmy D'Angelo was the pro at the new Dunes Golf and Beach Club, and club...
• TIME TO LOOK HIGH AND LOW AT FIRST HALF
  July 8, 2001; GORDON EDES

  SEATTLE - First-half highlights and lowlights, while waiting for Pedro Martinez to book a Carnival Cruise back from the Dominican: 1. Ichiro: The phenomenal success of the Japanese right...
• TINY PORTRAITS TELL VERY PERSONAL TALES MINIATURES LOOK AT A PRIVATE SIDE OF AMERICAN STORY
  July 8, 2001; Mark Sullivan, GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

  ANDOVER - At his death in 1799, George Washington was commemorated across America as a national icon. But when his widow, Martha, two years later commissioned a locket portrait of herself by...
• TO OUR READERS:
  July 8, 2001; MATTHEW V. STORIN, Editor e-mail: mstorin@globe.com

  The idea of this letter was conceived with a one week's lifespan in mind, to introduce some format changes in the Sunday Globe in February. Some people (OK, most of them work for me) said they...
• TOOLS
  July 8, 2001

  Still looking for that dream job? Check out BostonWorks.com, the online companion to this section, and find the tools and resources you need to heat up your job hunt. To call. . .or not to...
• TOP COP TAKES CHELSEA EXIT OUTGOING POLICE CHIEF TOOK BITE OUT OF CRIME
  July 8, 2001; John Laidler, Globe Correspondent

  CHELSEA - For the past three years, Police Chief Rafael Hernandez Jr. has worried about how to reduce crime in this city of 1.6 square miles. Now he will shift his focus to an area of 8,000...
• TOWN ON WAITING LIST FOR STATE LIBRARY BUILDING AID
  July 8, 2001; Ted Flanagan, Globe Correspondent

  With dual financial setbacks in recent weeks, plans for a new public library in Berlin may be on hold for up to 18 months. Until early June, the quest to find the money to pay for...
• TOWN SLASHES BUDGET FOR CALL FIREFIGHTERS BUDGET SUFFERS SEVERE CUTS
  July 8, 2001; Eun Lee Koh, Globe Staff Correspondent

  Increasing expenses and shrinking revenues have forced Franklin's Town Council to slash the budget for the town's 14 call firefighters, a step that could mean a reduction in pay or a loss of...
• TV CREW SPOILS POPS
  July 8, 2001

  My wife and I attended a recent performance of the Boston Pops that was being filmed for television. Our initial pleasure turned gradually to disgust over the course of an evening in which no...
• USING HER HEAD
  July 8, 2001

  Destiny Forte, 4, learns how to head a ball from her dad, Paul, at Guolini Park.
• VACATION DEPRIVATION POLLS FIND MANY PEOPLE FEEL THE NEED TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH OFFICE WHILE ON VACATION POLL FINDS WORK IMPINGING ON TIME OFF
  July 8, 2001; Dolores Kong, Globe Staff

  When Barry Lawrence heads to the beaches of Cape Hatteras for a weeklong vacation each summer, his wife usually jokingly says, "It's either me and the family or the laptop, not both." But as a...
• VERONICA CLIFFORD, 74; HOMEMAKER
  July 8, 2001

  MAYNARD - Veronica Theresa Ann (Harney) Clifford, 74, of Maynard, died July 3 at her home. Born in Spring Lake, N. J., Mrs. Clifford lived in Waltham for 20 years and had lived in Marlborough...
• W. LANDRY, ARMY, AIR FORCE VETERAN
  July 8, 2001

  HOPKINTON - William "Pete" Landry, 75, of Hopkinton, an Army veteran of World War II and Air Force veteran of the Korean War, died June 27 in St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester. Born in Nashua,...
• W. LANDRY, ARMY, AIR FORCE VETERAN
  July 8, 2001

  HOPKINTON - William "Pete" Landry, 75, of Hopkinton, an Army veteran of World War II and Air Force veteran of the Korean War, died June 27 in St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester. Born in Nashua,...
• W. LANDRY, ARMY, AIR FORCE VETERAN
  July 8, 2001

  HOPKINTON - William "Pete" Landry, 75, of Hopkinton, an Army veteran of World War II and Air Force veteran of the Korean War, died June 27 in St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester. Born in Nashua,...
• WALSH EYES SENATE PRESIDENT POST
  July 8, 2001; JOHN LAIDLER

  After opting out of the race for Congress in the 9th District, state Senator Marian Walsh is setting her sights on another political prize. The five-term West Roxbury Democrat, whose district...
• WATER INFRASTRUCTURE CRITICAL TO MAINTAIN
  July 8, 2001

  On behalf of the water works professionals throughout Massachusetts, I would like to commend The Boston Globe for its timely and highly informative article about the importance of repairing,...
• WAVELENGTHS THE FOLKS INVESTING IN SATELLITE RADIO HOPE TO TAKE LISTENERS WAY BEYOND FM
  July 8, 2001; Clea Simon, Globe Correspondent

  Commercials that outnumber songs. Stations that fade as soon as you hit the 'burbs or the tunnel. Sound quality that makes the millions spent on a record's production a joke. A paucity of...
• WEATHER SHOULD BE FACTOR IN LOCATION OF NEW FENWAY
  July 8, 2001

  Have our fellow Bostonians heard of Candlestick Park? That was a wonderful site for a baseball park - available, near the freeway and with a lot of land for parking, and right on the waterfront...
• WHO HAS THE TIME? IT'S WORK, WORK, WORK
  July 8, 2001; GARY CROSS

  Once again it's summer, and many of us are anticipating or enjoying our two-week vacations. We may be grateful - at least until we hear that the Germans get 30 days of paid vacation and the...
• WHO'S WHAT WHERE
  July 8, 2001

  Ellen Young has been promoted to assistant vice president at Allied American Insurance in Natick. A resident of Watertown, she is an officer in both the Boston chapter of the National Association...
• WHO'S WHAT WHERE
  July 8, 2001

  Joseph A. Costa of North Attleborough has been elected state commander of the Massachusetts Department of the Disabled American Veterans and Auxiliary, and Joseph Baer of Milford has been...
• WHO'S WHAT WHERE
  July 8, 2001

  Thomas J. Martin of Canton recently won the 2001 Entrepreneurial Success award from the US Small Business Association's district office in Boston. Colette Doherty of Easton has been named a...
• WHO'S WHAT, WHERE
  July 8, 2001

  J. HOWARD & Associates taps president, CEO Michael C. Hyter has been named president and chief executive of J. Howard & Associates Inc., a Lexington multicultural consulting firm that helps...
• WHY JULY IS THE CRUELEST MONTH
  July 8, 2001; HAYLEY KAUFMAN

  It has never made a whit of sense to me. Here it is July. A month of cheap, coconut-scented sun balms, tubs of iced beer, and the (relatively) guiltless consumption of films starring former cast...
• WINDOW ON THE WORLD
  July 8, 2001

  Camarie Clark of Mix Flowers Inc. in Bedford uses silk carnations to create the window theme "Ice Cream Dreams." GLOBE STAFF PHOTO/ JOANNE RATHE
• WINNING DESPITE BIG LOSS
  July 8, 2001; Michael Smith, Globe Correspondent

  If only it were this simple: "Four out of five days we've got to win without him. Now we've just got to make it one more day."That was Boston catcher Scott Hatteberg's response yesterday...
• WITH A LITTLE HELP, WOMAN FINDS HOME FAMILY THANKFUL, RELIEVED TO FIND GRANDMOTHER SAFE
  July 8, 2001; Megan Tench, GLOBE STAFF

  NEW BEDFORD - Eighty-eight-year-old Rosa Pires, who was missing for 22 hours after arriving at Logan Airport Thursday, doesn't remember all the details of her daylong adventure. But one thing is...
• WIZARDS ROLL TO VICTORY UNBEATEN STREAK ENDS FOR THE REVOLUTION
  July 8, 2001; Frank Dell'Apa, Globe Staff

  FOXBOROUGH - The Revolution are sinking into the doldrums. A 2-1 loss to Kansas City last night broke New England's six-game unbeaten streak, including both Major League Soccer and US Open Cup...
• WOMAN FACES CHARGES AFTER POLICE CHASE
  July 8, 2001

  A Boston woman was arrested in Marlborough Friday after striking a police officer with a van and crashing into a cruiser in a chase that started with an alleged shoplifting. Suzanne Elsmore, 22,...
• WOMAN, 52, IS INJURED IN POOL MISHAP
  July 8, 2001

  A 52-year-old woman was unconscious and unresponsive after she reportedly jumped or dived into a swimming pool in Dracut last night, police said. Emergency crews responded and she was flown...
• YANCEY TAKES CENTER STAGE - AND WOWS 'EM
  July 8, 2001; Alan Lupo, GLOBE STAFF

  "The mayor has left town for a couple of days.", ufbitelabel Campaign Diary "The City of Boston is in great hands," District City Councilor Charles Yancey announced. That got some laughs...