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Lawrence mayor: Indicted ed chief should be fired
Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua said that the city's superintendent should be fired from his $200,000-a-year job following his indictment for fraud, embezzlement and possession of alcohol on school premises. Lantigua said Tuesday that he has called for a special meeting Thursday to consider suspending Wilfredo Laboy without pay and to begin termination proceedings. The Lawrence mayor is chairman of the school committee. An Essex County grand jury returned nine indictments against the 59-year-old educator Tuesday after months of investigation which involved state police raiding his home and office.
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Garciaparra retires as a member of the Red Sox
Nomar Garciaparra retired as a member of the Boston Red Sox Wednesday. During a news conference with Red Sox President Larry Lucchino and general manager Theo Epstein at City of Palms Park in Fort Myers, Garciaparra announced he signed a one-day minor-league deal with the Red Sox so he could retire with the team he broke in with in 1996.
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SJC upholds gun lock law
The highest court in Massachusetts has upheld the constitutionality of a state law that requires gun owners to lock weapons in their homes, a ruling seen as a major victory for gun control advocates. Gun control proponents argued that the law saves lives because it requires guns to be kept in a locked container or equipped with a trigger lock when not under the owner's control.
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Lawyers look for speedy hearing in Bishop case
Lawyers for the Braintree native accused of killing three university colleagues in Alabama are pushing for a speedy preliminary hearing. Lawyer's for Amy Bishop, whose killing of her brother in Braintree was ruled "accidental", are anxious to get a preliminary hearing scheduled in the Alabama case charging her with murder in the shooting deaths of three co-workers.
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State Senate set to vote on school nutrition bill
The Massachusetts Senate is weighing a bill that would ban the sale of salty and sugary snacks as well as high-calorie sodas in public schools. The bill would require the state Public Health Department to develop nutritional standards for all food sold in schools, including snacks from vending machines
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