A South Carolina lender focusing on the marijuana industry today asked a judge to let him take control of Middlesex Integrative Medicine, which has a dispensary in Norwood and a growing facility in Leominster, because he says it's no longer paying him back on millions in loans and its Leominster plant is no longer producing enough product to keep the company afloat. Read more.
... The mayor's defense of his actions followed months of rumors that his ex-girlfriend, Stacia L. Venturi - upon discovering his relationship with Lisa L. Vallee, the economic coordinator - slapped Mr. Mazzarella on City Hall steps on Jan. 19, the day of the special election to replace the late U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.
Leominster city officials held a press conference on Monday to urge residents not to panic while watching last night's ABC bird-flu movie:
... "Please keep in mind this is a fictional movie, not a documentary, and at this time there is no pandemic in the world," Leominster Health Director Christopher J. Knuth said during a televised press conference at the Leominster Access Television studio on Manning Avenue. ...
Leominsterian Lance Harris was relieved:
The Worcester Telegram and Gazette reports:
State police have threatened a local Web site operator with a felony charge for posting a videotape of an arrest conducted by troopers connected to Worcester District Attorney John J. Conte’s office.
The video, posted at www.conte2006.com, shows police arresting Paul Pechonis at his Northboro home on Sept. 29 and apparently conducting a search for several minutes afterward. ...
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