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UMass-Lowell students race concrete canoes in national contest
AMY SWEENEY/Staff photo Katerina Dimitriou, from Pelham, N.H., and Mark Procopio and David Nader from Andover were among the 20 UMass Lowell students who designed and built a concrete canoe. The team got it ready to be transported to Urbana-Champaign, Illinois for the annual Concrete Canoe Competition on Monday. The competition is sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
LOWELL -- It's a 132 lb. canoe made of concrete. But it floats -- so well, in fact, that 20 area college students will race their physics-defying vessel in a national competition this week. "I thought concrete was heavy," said David Nader of Andover,
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Lawrence club hit with probation after ejecting fire inspectors
LAWRENCE -- A popular downtown nightclub has been put on six months probation after fire inspectors said its owners aggressively confronted them on recent visits, once trying to block them from entering and another time throwing them out as they docu
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Jajuga one of several City Council challengers
METHUEN -- Former state senator James Jajuga and recent college graduate Daniel Grayton are among the five candidates preparing a run for one of three at-large seats on the City Council. Seven of nine incumbent councilors are expected to seek reelect
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Councilors OK $154.9M city budget
HAVERHILL -- City Council unanimously passed Mayor James Fiorentini's $154.9 million budget last night. The spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1 adds three more police officers, makes improvements to parks and playgrounds, opens the p
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Councilors OK $154.9M city budget
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Dodgeball returns to Windham
Dodgeball-style games will return to Windham schools following springtime ban.
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Dodgeball returns to Windham
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Back of rotation needs to carry Sox for now
BOSTON -- Jon Lester and Clay Buchholz were a combined 12-0 and the Red Sox had won 14 of the two pitchers' 17 starts combined as of May 15. Since then Lester has a 7.20 ERA over six starts. Buchholz has made just three starts over the past 28 days a
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Diving great Greg Louganis will get married this fall
FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2011 file photo, former Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis arrives at amfAR's Inspiration Gala in Los Angeles. Louganis plans to get married this fall. People magazine says the 53-year-old Louganis will marry paralegal Johnny Chaillot. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
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NSA director defends surveillance program WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said
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