The Eagle Tribune
12/08/06
Finegold: Make law that has saved babies permanent
BOSTON - In the two years the state's Safe Haven Act has been in place, four babies have been left safely at state hospitals, and hundreds of pregnant women who were thinking of abandoning their babies received help through a telephone hot line.
12/07/06
Activists converge on Statehouse, rally to restore budget cuts
BOSTON - Hundreds of North of Boston community activists, union members, caregivers, the disabled and their families joined with some 2,000 activists for a Statehouse rally yesterday to protest Gov. Mitt Romney's $425 million emergency budget cuts.
12/07/06
Domestic violence on increase, advocates report
BOSTON - Collaboration between victims advocates and the police is crucial to helping the Bay State reduce domestic violence.
11/29/06
Reform sought for children's mental health care
BOSTON - Gloucester's Krissie Burnham said her 17-year-old son has been hospitalized in psychiatric institutions "too many times to count."
11/16/06
L'Italien, Tucker recognized for passage of home-care bill
BOSTON - State Rep. Barbara L'Italien faced a wrenching decision earlier this week when her 82-year-old mother suffered a debilitating knee injury.
11/15/06
Report: Hunger doubles in poorest Massachusetts cities Haverhill, Lawrence and Methuen among hardest hit
BOSTON - The number of poor people in Haverhill, Lawrence and Methuen who skipped meals because they cannot afford to buy food has more than doubled in the last three years, according to a study by the nonprofit organization Project Bread.
11/16/06
L'Italien, Tucker recognized for passage of home-care bill
BOSTON - State Rep. Barbara L'Italien faced a wrenching decision earlier this week when her 82-year-old mother suffered a debilitating knee injury.
11/09/06
Constitutional Convention: Legislature likely to act on gay marriage ban amendment
BOSTON - Massachusetts lawmakers today are expected to consider a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, nearly five months after they abruptly postponed consideration of the proposal until after Election Day.
11/10/06
Legislature again avoids gay marriage ban proposal
BOSTON - Supporters of same-sex marriages celebrated and opponents cried foul as the Legislature yesterday essentially killed a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
Some job growth, but manufacturing jobs continue to lose out in region
BOSTON - Despite adding 900 new jobs in September, the North of Boston job market is not exactly heating up.
Gubernatorial race sparks surge in voter interest; Statewide registration nearly 4 million
BOSTON - A surge in voter registration apparently brought on by the intensity and historical significance of the gubernatorial race is a harbinger of a high turnout in next week's general election - perhaps one of the highest in recent memory.
Question 3 would allow child-care providers to unionize
BOSTON - With so much attention being paid to the governor's race, a ballot question that would allow some family child-care providers to unionize is getting little notice - so little, in fact, that many North of Boston child-care providers are unaware it exists.
North Reading gains $3.4M from Berry Center sale
BOSTON - A new law allows North Reading to receive close to 20 percent of the state's $18 million sale of the former J. T. Berry Rehabilitation Center.
Addison Gilbert gets help from state
BOSTON - As Massachusetts prepares for the implementation of the new health reform law, the state announced new grants to area health providers, including $500,000 to the Northeast Hospital Corp., which owns Addison Gilbert Hospital.
Record fundraising fuels fears that governor's office is up for sale to the highest bidder
BOSTON - Deval Patrick not only received the most votes across North of Boston in Tuesday's Democratic primary. He swept the field in fundraising, too.
Devers, Lantigua recount set for Saturday
BOSTON - Lawrence election officials said yesterday they will begin a recount in the 16th Essex House race on Saturday, after Marcos Devers challenged his sticker campaign loss against two-term incumbent Rep. William Lantigua in the Democratic primary.
Lantigua wins recount over Devers
LAWRENCE - A recount in Lawrence City Hall yesterday confirmed Rep. William Lantigua as the Democratic candidate for the 16th Essex House race. Election officials said the two-term representative had 1,849 votes to 736 for his write-in challenger, Marcos Devers. A final tally is expected Monday, City Clerk William Maloney said.
Police oppose selling of wine at food stores
BOSTON - Area law enforcement officials fear that a Nov. 7 ballot initiative to allow food stores to sell wine would make it harder to control underage drinking.
