Injunction denied: Shirley recall election will go on
LOWELL -- A superior court judge on Thursday denied a preliminary injunction that was a last-ditch legal effort to thwart the recall election of two Shirley selectmen at the end...
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Attorney: Shirley killer failed by defense, deserves new trial
BOSTON -- The facts of the 2010 murder of a Groton teen were "so horrendous" a jury would have expected some sort of an insanity defense, the killer's attorney told...
‘Sexually dangerous’ man with local ties set free
WOBURN -- A convicted rapist was freed from custody last week after a judge ruled that Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan's office missed by nine days a deadline that could...
Court effort to stop Shirley recall will be down to the wire
LOWELL -- With each side in the Shirley selectmen recall battle accusing the other of trying to "circumvent" the process, a superior court judge warned both sides on Thursday he...
COURT ORDER GIVES MCNIFF FARM RATS A DEADLY EVICTION NOTICE
WOBURN -- With a judge's blessing, the town of Ayer on Wednesday declared war on the hundreds of rats that infest the McNiff Farm on Westford Road. At a hearing...
Judge OKs Ayer’s rat-eradication plan on ‘nuisance’ farm
WOBURN -- With a judge's blessing, the town of Ayer on Wednesday will declare war on the hundreds of rats that infest the McNiff Farm on Westford Road. At a...
In Pepperell case, prosecutors press trial for suspended Lowell cop (VIDEO)
AYER -- Prosecutors are refusing to dismiss domestic-violence charges against a suspended Lowell police sergeant, even though the alleged victim -- his wife -- won't testify. Vincent Fernandez's wife asserted...
No penalty for Shirley recreation commissioner after forgery conviction
AYER -- After a jury last month convicted Shirley Recreation Commissioner H. Keith Begun of forgery, a district court judge on Monday placed the charge "on file" allowing Begun to...
VIDEO: No penalty for Shirley recreation commissioner after forgery conviction
AYER -- After a jury last month convicted Shirley Recreation Commissioner H. Keith Begun of forgery, a district court judge on Monday placed the charge "on file" allowing Begun to...
Man who tried to escape Townsend station held without bail
AYER -- Veteran Townsend Police Officer George Reidy testified Tuesday that during a struggle to escape from the Townsend Police Station last week, prisoner Ian Bardwell jumped Reidy, using one...