Rockport knocks off unbeaten Northeast, avenges loss GLOUCESTER — Rockport forward Cam Smith admitted that his team had a lot to prove when they faced off with Northeast Regional yesterday.
The Golden Knights were coming into the game with a win over Division 1 Wellesley under their belts. They also shellacked the Vikings just last week....continued
Trash business in the dumps There are a lot of ways to measure the current economic crisis: the tumbling Dow Jones Industrial Average, the billion-dollar Wall Street bailouts or the skyrocketing unemployment figures.
Here's another way: the rising mountain of trash on Jefferson Avenue in Salem....continued
Push for outside chiefs' applications is long overdue It is heartening to see Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk finally recognize that the state Civil Service system is indeed not the best way to select chiefs for the Police and Fire departments.
Last summer, unfortunately, Kirk had vetoed a move by City Councilor Jason Grow to remove the chiefs from Civil Service, which, among other things, requires them to be promoted from within. She said the 5-4 council majority was not strong enough to withstand a lobbying effort against it from police unions, both local and statewide....continued
Massachusetts Lotteries Daily Lottery
Mid-day number9595
All 4 digits$4,076
First or last 3 digits$571
Any 2 digits$49
Any 1 digit$5
Payoffs/any order
All 4 digits$679
First 3 digits$190
Last 3 digits$190
Evening number6522
All 4 digits$6,075...continued
