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75-year-old man sentenced to under 3 years in 1966 killing of 10-year-old girl
Decades after a 10-year-old Massachusetts girl was beaten to death, a man has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to under three years in prison. The office of Hampden County District Attorney Anthony Gulluni said Thursday that 75-year-old Donald Mars of Bedford had changed his plea following his 2022 indictment in the 1966 death of Betty Lou Zukowski. He had previously pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.
Man charged with installing credit card skimmer at Walmart in Hudson
HUDSON - Federal investigators are accusing Roman Serban of stealing thousands of dollars from Walmart customers across the Northeast, including here in Massachusetts.Installed skimming devices at WalmartsAccording to an FBI criminal complaint, between July 2 and July 8 of 2023, Serban stopped at 19 Walmarts, including a location in Hudson."Other people should work hard for their money instead of stealing from others," said Hudson resident Ann Bouvier.Investigators said Serban used skimmers installed on top of credit card terminals or Walmart's point of sale. The fakes are designed to look like a normal machine but with additional electronics to capture data....
Nashua man found shot dead 100+ miles from where he was last seen in 1991
NASHUA, N.H. — The shooting death of a Nashua man remains unsolved decades later. Maurice Giguere was 30 when he was last seen alive on Feb. 22, 1991. He was seen leaving a party across the street from his home on Clairmoor Drive. He was reported missing by a...
Craft Food Halls breathes life into revived office park
Harvard just got a new option for dining and entertainment right across the town line in Boxborough. Craft Food Halls celebrated its grand opening Thursday, April 25, at 500 Beaver Brook Road, on the old Cisco campus now known as the Park at Beaver Brook. Having been nearly deserted for...
METCO students find opportunities — and challenges — in Concord
Earlier this year, School Committee members and administrators boarded a school bus bound for Boston, traveling the same long, traffic-snarled route many Concord METCO students brave twice daily. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Director Andrew Nyamekye called the 40-minute ride “eye-opening” in illuminating METCO students’ experiences. “If...
Editorial: Landmark’s face lift making Leominster a more livable city
Earlier this week the newspaper gave a written and visual update on the status of the Monument Square improvement project in downtown Leominster. It’s encouraging to see that upgrades to that city landmark remain on track to be completed by the end of June. Funding for its renovation came...
Massachusetts has one of the most endangered historic places in the U.S.
It has "great significance in American history." A part of Massachusetts with an important role in American history needs protecting, according to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Trust released a list of America’s most endangered historic places for 2024 on Wednesday and included Minute Man National Historical Park...
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