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			<title><![CDATA[Blaze hits condemned Lawrence paper mill]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:43:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[LAWRENCE &mdash; Fire roared through a part of the abandoned Merrimac Paper Co. complex on South Canal Street last night, illuminating the southern bank of the Merrimack River with an orange glow that burned late into the night.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fort Hood massacre touches lives of local residents]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:10:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[METHUEN &mdash; A former Methuen woman anxiously awaited word from her husband - a U.S. Army private - who was at Fort Hood on a training mission during Thursday's massacre on the base.<br>
Jacqueline (Avery) Link, 23, formerly of 17 Beaumont Road, Methuen, was at her job at a clothing store in a mall in nearby Killeen, Texas, when she found out about the shooting from the TV news.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Henrick decides to keep School Committee seat]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:06:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[METHUEN &mdash; Veteran School Committee member Kenneth Henrick will not resign so that his friend and fellow member can remain on the board.<br>
Henrick said yesterday that he decided not to resign the seat he won in Tuesday's election because the School Committee charter says the post would not automatically go to the next highest vote-getter, George Kazanjian.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Honoring veterans on the weekend]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:04:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[SATURDAY<br>
Lawrence: Ceremony at 10:45 a.m. at South Lawrence East School, 165 Crawford St. Father Marc Bishop of Our Lady of Good Counsel Church and a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, is guest speaker. North Shore Youth Symphony Orchestra will perform and Joseph Grieve will sing patriotic songs. Refreshments follow. Sponsored by the Lawrence Veterans Service Office.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Armano will ask for recount]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[After a narrow defeat Tuesday night, City Council District A candidate Joseph Armano will seek a manual ballot recount.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[50 veterans to tee for free]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[METHUEN &mdash; The Merrimack Valley Golf Club is offering nine holes of free golf to the first 50 veterans who call for a tee-time on Veterans Day, which is Wednesday.<br>
It is the owners' way of thanking the men and women who served this country, according to marketing director Emily Liskow.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Copper pipes stolen from Newbury Street apartment building]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Copper pipes stolen from Newbury Street apartment building]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Your guide to Lawrence's Nov. 3 elections]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:10:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Your guide to Methuen's Nov. 3 elections]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:34:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Note to readers: If you know anyone at Fort Hood, please call or email]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:21:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Eagle-Tribune is working on stories about the Fort Hood Army base shooting. If you are local to the Merrimack Valley or Southern New Hampshire and have ever been deployed there or know someone who has, please call or email our office.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Witnesses: Shooter shouted 'Allahu Akbar' as he opened fire at Fort Hood]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:34:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) &mdash; Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar!" &mdash; an Arabic phrase for "God is great!" &mdash; before opening fire, the base commander said today.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lawrence School Committee preparing for Laboy deadline]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:07:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[LAWRENCE &mdash; School Committee members plan to meet in executive session before their Nov. 19 meeting to discuss how to proceed if suspended Superintendent Wilfredo Laboy continues to defy a committee request to resign.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Four arrested on drug charges following tip]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:05:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[LAWRENCE &mdash; Narcotics detectives arrested four people yesterday after a tip from a citizen who reported seeing a drug deal in front of a neighborhood convenience store.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cedar Crest owner eyes North Andover site]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:04:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mary Claire Kennedy said she's "most interested" in the Mango Grille at 585 Chickering Road as a possible new home for her Cedar Crest restaurant when the Lawrence landmark finally closes its kitchen a week from today.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Neighbors, city officials fight cell tower in Methuen]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:04:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[City councilors and Mayor William Manzi are joining residents in opposing T-Mobile's plan to install a cell phone tower at 24 Maplewood Ave.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Automated trash program starts Tuesday in Lawrence]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:15:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[The phasing in of the city's new automated trash pickup program starts Tuesday, despite a plea from city councilors to delay it because they said residents are confused and unprepared.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Veterans Day a time for remembrance]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:06:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Veterans Day events]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lack of parking may scuttle plans for Roma eatery in Lawrence]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:05:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[The new owners of One Mill Street haven't been able to negotiate parking arrangements that would allow them to open a restaurant similar to the Roma of Haverhill in the historic brick building in Lawrence.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lucky call leads to North Andover bank robber]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:04:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[NORTH ANDOVER &mdash; A man who police say robbed the downtown Sovereign Bank last week was arrested in Boston yesterday after a lucky phone call led police right to him.<br>
Eric J. DiDonato, 25, of Dorchester came onto detectives' radar Wednesday after a Boston family called North Andover police over a child custody dispute.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Retirement board to transfer funds to state]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:03:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[DANVERS &mdash; The Essex Regional Retirement Board, beset by local officials for months, yesterday morning voted 3-1 to transfer control of its investments to the state's Pension Reserves Investment Trust.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Police: Two caught stealing a ride from school]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[A pair of high-school students parked a stolen car on Halsey Street, just across Route 114, and went to school Wednesday morning, police said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cherish the Ladies perform benefit holiday concert]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[NORTH ANDOVER &mdash; Health Quarters is hosting a special fundraising night for its friends at a Celtic Christmas concert with internationally recognized all-women Irish folk band Cherish the Ladies on Dec. 4.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Referee's car broken into]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Referee's car broken into]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Attorney to determine whether School Committee member can give seat to 'buddy']]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:52:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[City Solicitor Peter McQuillan is looking into whether School Committee member Kenneth Henrick can give the seat he won in Tuesday's election to fellow incumbent George Kazanjian, who was ousted by voters.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lawrence Council president looks for state help because budget director "isn't engaging"]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:34:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[LAWRENCE &mdash; Council President Patrick Blanchette said he's given up hope that the city can resolve its $9.5 million budget deficit on its own.<br>
"I will take my questions to the Department of Revenue and let them know the budget and finance director is not engaging with the council," Blanchette said after last night's council meeting.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lawrence councilors call for halt in new trash pickup program]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Just a week before the start of a new automated trash collection program, the City Council is calling on Mayor Michael Sullivan to stop it.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[First day for Mayor-elect Lantigua]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:15:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[LAWRENCE &mdash; Mayor-elect for 15 hours, William Lantigua was fielding congratulatory calls from Lawrence, Boston and the Dominican Republic when Boston Celtics co-owner and fellow Democrat Steve Pagliuca showed up at his office door at noon yesterday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[At least one ballot recount expected in Lawrence]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:14:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Despite a number of close races in Lawrence, there will likely be just one recount this month, according to election officials.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[School absences on rise due to flu symptoms]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:13:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[A flu-like virus is leaving a lot of seats empty in schools throughout the Merrimack Valley.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Andover water rate goes up Dec. 1; average bill to jump $32]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:06:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ANDOVER &mdash; The average resident will pay $32 more on their water bill beginning Dec. 1.<br>
The Board of Selectmen unanimously raised the water rate Monday night from $2.65 per 100 cubic feet to $2.92.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stanley retires from NEMLEC]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:05:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was an emotional day for North Andover police Chief Richard Stanley, who stepped down as control chief for the North East Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council's regional response team and SWAT team, a position he has held for 20 years.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Contractor working in Methuen hit with safety violation fines]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:03:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[A construction company working on a Toll Brothers development off Pond Street has been hit with $197,000 in fines for unsafe working conditions at the residential site.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Annual event makes healing garden grow]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[LAWRENCE &mdash; Walkers lined up across Amesbury Street near the Claddaugh Restaurant &amp; Pub for the third annual TIP Family 4-mile Walk Run in memory of Brenda Waller, a long-time volunteer for the Trauma Intervention Program of Merrimack Valley. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[St. Anthony's honors its veterans who gave all]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Merrimack Valley in a Minute]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cigarettes, lottery tickets taken]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Methuen school committee winner to give up seat to losing incumbent]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[METHUEN &mdash; Voters unseated incumbent School Committeeman George Kazanjian in yesterday's election, but fellow incumbent Kenneth Henrick said he wants to give the seat he won to Kazanjian.<br>
"I beat Kazanjian, who is my buddy, by five votes. He's younger than me and he's a sharp guy. I feel badly," the 70-year-old Henrick said after the election results were released. "I'm shocked. I'm really shocked. I thought he'd do really well."]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nine members elected to new Methuen Charter Commission]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[From term limits to the number of at-large councilors in the city, the nine winners in the Charter Commission race plan to examine the city's operating procedures and listen to what citizens want.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lawrence City Council will have Hispanic majority]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:55:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[LAWRENCE &mdash; When William Lantigua is sworn in as the state's first elected Hispanic mayor in January, he will be working with a new City Council the majority of which for the first time also will be Hispanic.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gray upsets Larocque for School Committee]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:54:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[LAWRENCE &mdash; Two of the victorious School Committee candidates in yesterday's city elections cited taking definitive action on suspended School Superintendent Wilfredo Laboy as their top priority.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Council president one of two incumbents bounced in Methuen]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:54:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[METHUEN - Voters ousted City Council President Deborah Quinn and East District Councilor Joseph Leone yesterday but re-elected the six other incumbents.<br>
With Quinn and Leone out, Mayor William Manzi's base of support has taken a hit. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Manzi: Time to close ranks and govern]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:53:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mayor William Manzi had one word to describe the 483-vote margin by which he defeated challenger Al DiNuccio in yesterday's election &mdash; "sufficient."]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Firefighters picket outside Lawrence City Hall]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:24:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_308012500.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With eight of their colleagues facing layoffs, firefighters used the sidewalk outside City Hall last night for an informational picket.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lantigua becomes first Hispanic mayor in state; vows to be 'mayor for all']]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:23:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_308012428.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[LAWRENCE &mdash; Supporters packed City Hall and flooded Essex Street as state Rep. William Lantigua became the city and state's first elected Hispanic mayor, beating challenger David Abdoo by 1,038 votes.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Correction]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:04:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_307235206.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A list of local food pantries published yesterday in The Eagle-Tribune gave incorrect hours for the All Saints food pantry at 120 Bellevue Ave. in Haverhill. The pantry is open from 3 to 5 p.m. on Tue]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Troopers who go beyond call of duty lauded]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:02:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_307235157.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Merrimack Valley in a Minute]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Burglar empty-handed after weekend school break]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_307235127.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A thief went to some trouble to break into the cafeteria office at the Parthum School on East Haverhill Street over the weekend, but left empty-handed.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Teen arrested after tagging stop sign]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_307235057.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Police log]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mayors make history in Mass races]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:39:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_307233926.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Boston Mayor Thomas Menino won an unprecedented fifth consecutive term yesterday over City Council President Michael Flaherty. Unofficial returns gave Menino about 57 percent of the vote to 42 percent for Flaherty.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lantigua elected mayor of Lawrence; Manzi and Fiorentini re-elected in Methuen and Haverhill.]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:51:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_307225127.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[State Rep. William Lantigua was elected mayor of Lawrence tonight, becoming the first elected Hispanic mayor in the history of the state.<br>
The results of tonight's election also gives Hispanics a majority on the City Council with six of the nine members being Hispanic.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[US candidates appear at North Andover forum]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:21:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/eaglelocalnews_story_291232057.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[NORTH ANDOVER &mdash; Stephen Pagliuca apologized for not voting in recent presidential elections while Martha Coakley said she understands the balance between preserving public safety and respecting civil rights. Yet, Michael Capuano believes home ownership is the best way to step into the middle class and Alan Khazei said his experience thwarted a national movement.]]></description>
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