Nbr. 2011, January 2011

Index

• $#*! that team says.
• $1.4M bail set in child rapes; Former church official charged.
• $10,000 bail for man charged in 2 arson cases.
• $100,000 bail set in child's death.
• $100,000 cash bail set in stabbing.
• $100K bail set for driver; Motorcyclist dragged to death.
• $100M suit against Cigna; Shrewsbury woman alleges discrimination.
• $12 Jimmy Fund theft: 1 year in can.
• $12.3M budget tied to switch in school funding formula; Two towns vote on new method.
• $17M could turn school into senior housing.
• $1M iPad spending plan gets cold reception; Selectmen question timing, budget impact.
• $2.2M sewer expansion, library a/c top warrant; Special town meeting will convene Monday at the high school.
• $2.5M OK'd for storm victims.
• $2.6M awarded in malpractice case; UMass Memorial named in suit.
• $26M deal expected to cut costs; City manager says upgrades to 92 buildings will save energy, create jobs.
• $27M wish list aims at better lives for kids.
• $2M bail for man in heroin bust.
• $3.4B set for region projects; State spending will create jobs.
• $30.5B opener; 2012 plan makes nod to restraint.
• $300,000 carrot for neighborhood; PIP mitigation offered by city.
• $35.3M targets infrastructure; Manager asserts upgrades, rehab, repairs are in line with city's Five Point Financial Plan.
• $36,000 trash consulting contract is voided; State says town must seek bids.
• $41.3M budget OK'd, a 3.25 percent hike.
• $4M water plant tops special warrant.
• $5.5M offer for strip club.
• $52,000 donated for park honoring fallen soldier.
• $6.1M for Johnsonia inaccessible.
• $6.7M debt exclusion vote slated.
• $60 million Bay Path renovation will need OKs from all 10 towns.
• $6M for repairs; Worcester schools will spend twice as much this year.
• $7 million solar project proposed in Northbridge.
• $7.5M to settle charges by DEP; Wheelabrator still disputes allegations.
• $70M complex to spring from former farmland; Riverbridge a mixed-use project.
• $91,500 Prop. 2-1/2 override on election ballot.
• $930,000 renewal grant awarded; Money to fund Grand St. study, master plan.
• $99M for snow removal; House sends $325M supplemental budget to Senate.
• '09 sewer fix cost $1.2M; Taxpayers pay bulk of CDC units' tab.
• '60s icon Tom Hayden praises Occupy Wall St.
• 'Bama law another low for America.
• 'Cats fall short in try to repeat.
• 'Cats pitch 2nd shutout; Craft powers offense.
• 'Cats' success team crafted.
• 'Choo healing after his rehab.
• 'Cinco taking tough course; Brady teaching complex lessons.
• 'I heard a loud bang'; Out-of-control school bus crashes into house.
• 'Nadoes finally nip Rox; Alex Nunez key to Worcester win.
• 'Nadoes rally past Pittsfield.
• 'Nadoes squander 13-hit attack in loss.
• 'Nadoes triumph in 9th.
• 'Nadoes' Bicondoa foiled by Capitales.
• 'Saders fall bit short; Cut into deficit, can't take lead.
• 'Saders lose by a hair; Career highs for frosh, soph.
• 'Saders misfire in loss to Stags; Shots forced in second half.
• 'Saders right ship with home stand.
• 'Saders take a thriller; 2nd OT goal by O'Connell.
• 'Saders take down Bears.
• 'Tek's future remains unclear; Sox want him in organization.
• (Giving) Trees fest founder stepping down.
• 0 - 6; Squeeze, overrun adds to frustration.
• 0-6; Turnaround needs to start at Fenway.
• 1 seriously injured in head-on collision.
• 10 years in prison for child porn; Man had record of child abuse.
• 10,000 walk to fight cancer; $800,000 was goal of annual event.
• 100 wins is the goal.
• 11 murder cases adjudicated; Worcester district attorney satisfied all handled properly.
• 12 aides graduate from state program.
• 129 jobs on the line in city; Negotiations founder over health plans.
• 131 applicants vie for clerical position.
• 13th MGA title for Ruschioni.
• 140 characters at a time, we become Twits.
• 15 more ballots, same margin; School board results remain.
• 18 taken to hospital in chemical rupture; Company closed for cleanup, tests.
• 18-20 for shots at officers; Relatives weep at sentencing.
• 18-wheeler crashes on Southbridge St.
• 181st returns; Area soldiers joyfully welcomed after year in Afghanistan.
• 1885 House of candy; Art and science combine in the making of confections.
• 19 City Council candidates qualify for Nov. 8 ballot.
• 19th-century craftsmen shift gears for changing market.
• 2 area students headed to Washington.
• 2 arrested, 2 sought in drug-related assault.
• 2 charged in benefits fraud.
• 2 charged in home invasion; Milford family terrorized in attack.
• 2 credit unions to merge; Webster First adds smaller Saugus firm.
• 2 face charges in Leicester burglaries.
• 2 football party youths are arrested again; Charges include underage drinking.
• 2 guilty of charges related to slaying.
• 2 held in stabbing, ear biting in fight.
• 2 in home invasion sentenced to more than 20 years.
• 2 injured, 1 seriously, in car accident.
• 2 inmates arraigned in 2009 stabbing.
• 2 Ks for Collins in debut.
• 2 life sentences for double murder; Kin give statement; terms consecutive.
• 2 local stars come home; James Ihedigbo (UMass), Ricky Brown (BC) sign.
• 2 plan for Easter conversion; Journey to Catholicism.
• 2 replacements added to Personnel Board.
• 2 suspensions hobble 'Skins; Offense shaky to begin with.
• 2 unfed boys found in car with father; Police say driver was drunk, passed out.
• 2 victims identified in 4-vehicle Hudson accident.
• 2-alarm fire hits 2-story building; No one hurt, but 7 displaced.
• 2-day sales tax holiday near? As August approaches, lawmakers facing decision.