GateHouse News Service New England Budget • March 19, 2008
Here are the top New England regional stories coming today from GateHouse News Service. Stories are available at gatehousenewsservice.com. Please submit stories below no later than 6 p.m. local time, unless you have breaking news that is changing significantly. Questions?
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News
EMBARGOED TO 11 P.M.: CASINO PLANS REVEALED - An early look at Wampanoag plans for Middleboro.
Enterprise, Elwell, 15 inches, 7 p.m.
FLU WORRIES - With four children dying in Massachusetts, including at least two who had no other health concerns, we talk to parents, docs and public health folks about this season's flu. What to do to prevent further deaths. Are more kids going to the docs whereas in the past parents might just keep them home, are schools restricting activities.
MetroWest, Hilliard, 15 inches, 6 p.m.
With tip box
SOX IN JAPAN - Got $5,000 on hand? There's still time to go see the Red Sox, who take off today, in Japan. Still, while 194 people have taken up the offer through the Red Sox travel agency, the head of the BoSox Club (the team's official fan club) and others say it's too pricey for their taste.
Ledger, Riglian, 8 inches, 7 p.m.
NEWTON NORTH STUDENT DIES FROM INFLUENZA COMPLICATIONS - A 15-year-old Newton North student died Friday at Children's Hospital from what a health official called "exceedingly rare" complications from the flu.
CNC, Simpson, 15 inches, on wire now
With photo
A NEW IRAQ WAR ANNIVERSARY, SAME OLD PAIN FOR FALLEN SOLDIERS' LOVED ONES - Five years into the war in Iraq, every day is still a balance of grief and pride for the kin of killed servicemen.
Ledger, Conkey, 25 inches, on wire now
With photos and sidebars
'HE LEFT BEHIND A LEGACY OF LOVE': PARENTS REFLECT ON IRAQ LOSSES - With each day that passes, Mary Ellen Callahan is grateful for the one thing her son, a slain Marine, left behind - her 11-month-old grandson, Daniel.
Enterprise, Papadopoulos, 18 inches, on wire now
With photo
WHITMAN MAN ADMITS TO STICKING BLADE IN ICE CREAM - The man, who was working at Dari-Farms in Whitman at the time of the incident, will be sentenced in September.
Enterprise, Boyle, 12 inches, on wire now
With photo
MIDDLESEX COURT MOVE COULD AFFECT JURY DIVERSITY - If you get called for jury duty, expect to head to Woburn - not East Cambridge. The Middlesex County Superior Court moved to a newly built 140,000-square-foot, seven-story building at 200 TradeCenter in Woburn Friday as the courthouse in East Cambridge undergoes major renovations.
Cambridge Chronicle/TAB, Smith, 20 inches, on wire now
Business
WOMEN IN BUSINESS - John Kerry hosts forum featuring Rep. Pam Richardson on lack of access for women in business.
MetroWest, Reuell, 12 inches, 6 p.m.
With photo
(SEE RELATED COLUMN IN OPINION BELOW)
REEBOK INTERNATIONAL AGREES TO $1 MILLION PENALTY - Canton company settles case with federal government over recall of some 300,000 bracelets in 2006.
Ledger, Chesto, 12 inches, on wire now
NEEDHAM'S VOLANTE FARMS REOPENS, GETS A BIT GREENER - Volante Farms' new greenhouse, construction of which began last June, will be officially unveiled March 29 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The new greenhouse consolidates work previously done in six smaller greenhouses and has energy-efficient features that will help the folks at Volante Farms deal with rising energy costs.
CNC, Ryan, 20 inches, on wire now
With photos
Q&A: HUB TOURISM LEADER SAYS REGION'S FUTURE IS BRIGHT - The greater Boston tourism industry is feeling the pinch from the economic downturn, but David Colella, chairman of the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau board of directors, is optimistic about the region's future.
Ledger, Bauer, 18 inches, on wire now
With photo
HANNAFORD CUSTOMERS WARNED TO REVIEW THEIR ACCOUNTS - In the wake of a data breach that potentially compromised more than 4 million credit and debit card accounts, banking industry experts recommend that customers who shopped with a card at Hannaford since early December should meticulously review the account activity related to that card and report suspicious purchases to their banks.
Ledger, Chesto, 15 inches, on wire now
CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE PROJECTS $18 MILLION LOSS - The Cambridge Health Alliance - which angered residents by slashing services at a city clinic last year without notice- is on track to lose more $18 million this year, and up to 300 workers could be fired to help stem the increasing deficit, according to internal documents obtained by the Chronicle.
Cambridge Chronicle, Smith, 25 inches, on wire now
With SIDEBAR on Boston Medical Center
Opinions
JOHN KERRY COLUMN: WOMEN IN BUSINESS - On the importance of encouraging women entrepreneurs.
MetroWest, 6 p.m.
EDITORIAL: MASS. FARMING - Why are local right-to-farm bills controversial? It's protected by the state Constitution.
Ledger, 6 p.m
LORETTA LAROCHE: PUBLIC DISGRACES ARE NOW ENTERTAINMENT - I'm sure you've all seen the Gov. Eliot Spitzer debacle. It is very hard to watch an entire family having to go through such a Shakespearean tragedy.
Ledger, on wire now
MAHONEY: On Wall Street
Ledger, on wire now
GRANLUND: EASTER ILLUSTRATION
MetroWest, on wire now
GRANLUND: McCAIN AND IRAQ
MetroWest, on wire now
Sports
FOR MOST HUSKIES, IT'S THEIR FIRST CHANCE TO DANCE - Hasheem Thabeet's arrival in the United States was nothing short of perfect timing. It was right around March when he remembers first settling in, watching the NCAA tournament on TV. It was new, exciting, but also somewhat foreign. So much that he never pictured himself even taking part.
Norwich, Stout, 22 inches, on wire now
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Lifestyles
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GRANLUND: EASTER ILLUSTRATION
MetroWest, on wire now
DIETITIANS ADVISE FAMILIES: THINK BEFORE YOU EAT - Living in a world of fast food and prepackaged products, two dietitians and mothers decided it was time to act. The result is "Real People Need Real Food," a book by Kate Scarlata and Laura Einbinder that offers tips and recipes for families.
MetroWest, Crocetti, 20 inches, on wire now
With photos and recipe
SWEET SYMBOL: PORTUGUESE BAKERIES FOLLOW OLD-WORLD EASTER TRADITION - The United Liberty Bakery at 1173 Stafford Road in Fall River is kneading the week away, baking enough Portuguese sweet bread for 3,000 hard-boiled eggs to be inserted into the loaves for Easter.
Herald News, Allard, 20 inches, on wire now
With photos
NEEDHAM ATTORNEY AND FORMER PROSECUTOR PUBLISHES BOOK ON MURDERER - Now a private lawyer living and practicing in Needham, former prosecutor Tim Burke has written a 350-page novel about his long struggle to prosecute Lenny Paradiso, the man he believes kidnapped and killed Joan Webster.
CNC, Simpson, 22 inches, on wire now
With photos
KEEPING TABS: EVENTS IN AND AROUND BOSTON - The play's the thing this week with three of them to chose from. For the rest of you, we have classical music and foriegn films. And to my hipster brothers and sisters, it's a great week for music with The Drive-By Truckers at the Dise on March 22, Tilly and the Wall at the Middle East (it's the same night as the Truckers so make a choice), and The Raveonettes back at the Dise on March 24 (rock songs all in the lovely key og B flat). Enjoy the classical arts with a side of rock.
CNC, Ma, 20 inches, on wire now
With photo
VAL'S KITCHEN: NOT DAVE'S … BUT DARN, DARN GOOD - If there existed a real, old-time doughnut shop, one that had fresh and hot treats made right on the premises, I would visit every day. I would weather the storm and even a few toddler tantrums for some good, old-fashioned coffee and a homemade, toothsome treat.
Falmouth Bulletin, Norris, 25 inches, on wire now
With photos and recipes
SPIRIT OF UGANDA WILL CHANGE THE WORLD - If the Spirit of Uganda music group achieves its goal, they'll bring a little piece of East Africa to the Berklee Performance Center on March 28 and 29.
CNC, Stevens, 22 inches, on wire now
With photos
BOSTON THEATER LOSES VALUED ACTOR - The Boston theater community lost one of its most committed and talented actors when Phillip Patrone died of cancer on Saturday. He was 48.
CNC, Stevens, 8 inches, on wire now
With photo
THEATER REVIEW: 'AVENUE' CUTE - It turns out that the warm and fuzzy characters that once populated Sesame Street have grown up, moved out, and are now struggling to find jobs, happiness and sexual fulfillment on Avenue Q.
CNC, Stevens, 15 inches, on wire now
With photo
THE DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS: NEW ALBUM, NEW LINEUP - The Drive-By Truckers were born to play country-tinged songs about sorrow. With a three-guitar attack (a la Lynyrd Skynyrd), the band tackles subjects like suicide, drug abuse, and crime. And after seven studio albums, they've perfected the mournful sound they create when they match their guitars with vocalist Patterson Hood's sandpaper voice.
CNC, Shoebang, 22 inches, on wire now
With photo
THEATER REVIEW: EXHILARATING ENDING IN 'SHINING CITY' - The Huntington Theatre's production of "Shining City" delivers one of those rare moments in theater - an ending so exhilarating that it sends a shiver of excitement through the audience. Patrons spill out onto the night street with a buzz. It's powerful.
CNC, Stevens, 15 inches, on wire now
With photo
PLAYS ABOUT ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT SHOW WOMEN HARDENED BY SUFFERING - At the New Repertory Theatre, Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown, through April 5 and March 30 respectively. Tickets $10-$25 617-923-8487, newrep.org.
Ledger, Fanger, 15 inches, on wire now
With photo