Ice chips
HIGH 5 Steve Burgoyne, Westford: The Grey Ghosts’ junior goalie recorded 34 saves to lead Westford to a 2-1 upset Monday over Waltham. Boston Globe, 12/23/09
Buy a camera at Hunt’s, support spinal injury group
David Estrada suffered a paralyzing spinal cord injury in a motorcycle accident. A Northeastern University student at the time, he went on to graduate from college, earn a law degree, and become executive director of the Spinal Cord Injury Association. Boston Globe, 12/23/09
New year, same tough challenges for region’s mayors
As they look ahead to the new year, winners of last month’s local mayoral elections say that helping their cities survive the tough fiscal times will be a top priority for them. Globe Correspondent, 12/23/09
Immigrants transforming Malden anew
MALDEN - At J&R market on Salem Street, the shelves are stocked with Kenyan tea, Nigerian flour, and Mexican cactuses. The public library boasts a collection of 2,000 books in Chinese, 10 times the count a decade ago. French classes, fading elsewhere, are thriving at Malden High School as Haitian families have poured into the city. Globe Staff, 12/23/09
Paula Brown, early advocate for post-polio patients; at 84
The pain Paula Brown felt was at once hauntingly familiar and frighteningly new, rekindling memories of when she was diagnosed with polio at 2. Globe Staff, 12/22/09
Voter registration deadline in Burlington
The office of Town Clerk Jane L. Chew is reminding residents that they have until Dec. 30 to register to vote for the Jan. 19 special election to fill the seat of the late US Senator Edward M. Kennedy. The clerk’s office will be open until 8 p.m. that day to accommodate late registrants. Those who would like to ... Boston Globe, 12/19/09
In bad times, crowded North Shore shelters push homeless out to motels
Hundreds of homeless families are living in motels on the North Shore and in the Merrimack Valley as the state’s housing crisis has pushed a record 1,015 families into homelessness, according to state data. Globe Staff, 12/19/09
A five-year plan in Andover
Andover The Board of Selectmen is scheduled to deliberate on a five-year Capital Improvement Program proposal at its meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Town Hall. Town Manager Reginald S. Stapczynski put together the plan, which includes infrastructure repairs, capital projects, and town vehicle replacements. For fiscal year 2011, Stapczynski is recommending $7,655,207 in capital improvement projects. Some selectmen have ... Boston Globe, 12/19/09
MBTA officer stops man’s suicide attempt
BOSTON An MBTA Transit Police sergeant talked a suicidal man away from the electrified third rail and out of a Back Bay Station train pit Wednesday night. “He came within 2 inches of sitting down on the third rail,’’ Sergeant Brian Carey said of a 50-year-old Burlington man who threatened to electrocute himself. “I told him nothing’s worth dying for,’’ ... Boston Globe, 12/18/09
Words to fear . . . Catholic Memorial is loaded
Catholic Memorial, reigning Super 8 champ and the winningest team in the history of high school hockey’s most prestigious tournament, may need to make room for another trophy when all is said and done in March thanks to some talented forwards and great goaltenders. Globe Correspondent, 12/18/09
Globe North ice chips: Five boys’ teams, players to watch
ICE CHIPS 5 Boys Players to Watch Boston Globe, 12/17/09