GateHouse News Service New England Budget • Oct. 17, 2007
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
STANDALONES: PREPARING TO HAUNT - Photos by Tim Correira of The Enterprise (Brockton, Mass.) at Barretts Haunted Mansion in Abington, Mass.
The Enterprise, on wire now
RED SOX - AND FAMILY OF FANS - FACE A WALL - In August, the Boynton family built a miniature Green Monster on their roof and kept the score live (and heard from the historic district commission).
CNC, Riche, 22 inches, on wire now
With photos
MONUMENT TO HONOR FIRST BOSTON POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY - South Shore relatives learn Ezekiel Hodsdon had been on the force for just one year when he was fatally shot while trying to capture a suspected burglar on the evening of Oct. 17, 1857.
Patriot Ledger, Long, 15 inches, on wire now
With photos
DRIVING TO ENDANGER: SHOULD RULES BE TIGHTENED FOR ELDERY? - Jane Berghold, 76, admittedly drove the car that smashed into Brockton Hospital's radiation therapy department Monday, striking a group of people in the reception area and leaving two of them dead.
Enterprise, Alspach, 20 inches, on wire now
With photo
CLOWNING IT UP - Whether the goal is a career in clowning or just a desire to wear the great big shoes, clown college gives participants the chance to create a whole new persona behind the makeup.
Patriot Ledger, Keane, 15 inches, on wire now
With photo
YEAH, THAT WAS SNOW: INGENUITY TRANSFORMS YARD INTO SNOWBOARD HAVEN - The snows of winter couldn't come soon enough for Bill Ferguson and his snowboarding buddies, so they took matters into their own hands.
CNC, Floyd, 18 inches, on wire now
With photos
'YOU BREATHED LIFE BACK': MOM GIVES TEARFUL THANKS TO RESCUERS OF SON - Amin Abbassi had no idea why his mother wept as she sat at a big table with Amin in her lap. "You're crying," said the 2-year-old as he played with his toys at Tuesday's selectmen's meeting.
The Enterprise, Enos, 20 inches, on wire now
With photos
Business
HIGH-END HAVENS: WHAT $1 MILLION BUYS - Real estate agents on the Lower Cape say they continue to see robust sales activity in the high-end market, meaning homes in the $1 million to $3 million range.
CNC, Tunney, 33 inches, on wire now
With photo
Opinions
PETER CHIANCA: TAKE MY ROBOT WIFE, PLEASE - You can stop wondering, because the rumors are true: In the future, people will be allowed to marry robots. Finally, we'll be able to avoid all the drawbacks that come with marrying another human! This will surely be worth the minor tradeoffs, like increased risk of electrocution.
CNC, on wire now
With art
EDITORIAL: TOM FINNERAN - If former House Speaker Thomas Finneran, who pleaded guilty in
January to lying about his involvement in a redistricting plan, thinks he has served sufficient penance for smugly co-opting the legislative and legal process, then he has learned nothing about how his actions damaged the system and the public's faith.
Patriot Ledger, 6 p.m.
EDITORIAL: BUNDLE UP - Home heating oil is at record highs as winter approaches.
MetroWest Daily News, 6 p.m.
GAUTHIER COLUMN: Bush and the Turkish prime minister talk about genocide and Armenia.
MetroWest Daily News, 6 p.m.
MAHONEY CARTOON: Sox bats have a few holes in them.
Patriot Ledger, on wire now
Sports
A PRO SPORTS BUDGET will be e-mailed this afternoon
Lifestyles
TRAVEL PACKAGE FOR OCT. 24 PUBLICATION:
Getaway - Haunted New England
In New England - Golfing indoors
JIM MORRIS HAS MADE A CAREER OUT OF ACTING PRESIDENTIAL - Morris, who was raised in Framingham, has been called the country's number one presidential impersonator. At any give time, Morris can conjure up the voices for Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and our current present George W. Bush.
CNC, Ma, 30 inches, on wire now
With photos and video
CANADIAN BAND GOES TO 'WAR' WITH MUSIC RETAILERS - When Radiohead last week told fans they could pay as little or as much as they wanted for their new album, they may have been elaborating on an idea hatched by the group Stars last summer. That's when the melodic, indie-pop band declared war on the music industry.
CNC, Shoebang, 22 inches, on wire now
With photo
JUDY KAYE TACKLES 'SWEENY TODD' VILLIAN AGAIN - Lucy Van Pelt is no ray of sunshine. Just ask Charlie Brown. Especially during football season. But when it comes to the wicked women that Judy Kaye has portrayed over the course of her long and stellar stage career, Lucy has to take a back seat to Mrs. Lovett.
CNC, Stevens, 25 inches, on wire now
With photo
CLOSING OF TINGLES LEAVES HUGE VOID - This sea of sameness can make you long for something different - venues with a voice and a vision, places that offer true alternatives to the mainstream. That's why the closing of Jimmy Tingle's Off Broadway in Somerville is particularly painful.
CNC, Stevens, 18 inches, on wire now
With photo