Clinton Police Log.
COLUMN: CLINTON POLICE LOG Monday, Jan. 19 12:04 a.m.: Allen Street, deer was struck. 12:17 a.m.: Leighton Avenue, vehicle was parked in a bad spot. 9:05 a.m.: Water Street, vandalism, sign was knocked over. 10:53 a.m.: Chestnut Street, officer...

Berlin Police Log.
BERLIN POLICE LOG Tuesday, Dec. 30 11:16 a.m.: Randall Road, vandalism to a mailbox. 2:56 p.m.: Linden Street, alarm sounding, cellar door was unlocked, but the rest of the house was secure. 9:50 p.m.: South Street, ambulance needed for a 78-year-old...

MONROE'S BELOVED STEEL DRAGON FLIES IN FACE OF THEFT.
Byline: Jack Moran The Register-Guard MONROE - Monroe School District Superintendent Randy Crowson said most everyone in town was breathing fire after a beloved dragon statue disappeared from the high school roof on Dec. 11. "People were really mad," Crowson said. "They were all saying,...

Neighbors take new steps to curtail students' shortcut.
Byline: Andrea Damewood The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - Any nature lover can attest to the awe-inspiring and unstoppable force of wildlife migrations - elephants mowing down trees as they hurdle along, locusts leaving vast swaths of bare fields in their wake. So too can a cluster...

Vandals strike middle schools.
Byline: Jack Moran The Register-Guard Troublemakers disrupted classes Monday at two Eugene middle schools, setting fires at one campus and destroying thousands of dollars in electrical equipment at the other. A 13-year-old boy faces felony arson charges in connection with a series of fires reported...

Bolton Police Log.
COLUMN: BOLTON POLICE LOG Sunday, Feb. 1 7:51 a.m.: Frye Road, domestic, ambulance needed, arrest made. 12:39 p.m.: Wilder Road, motor vehicle accident with personal injury, a man driving a Ford van hit a 2000 BMW. He stated he was distracted while adjusting...

West Boylston Police Log.
Monday, Jan. 12 10:20 a.m.: Crescent Street, ambulance requested to the middle/high school for a female who fainted. 10:31 a.m.: Shrewsbury Street and Paul X. Tivnan Drive, hazardous situation reported, debris on power lines. 10:54 a.m.: West Boylston Street, handicap parking violation reported...

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Wins on Behalf of City of Chicago's Graffiti Blasters in Trademark Infringement Case.
CHICAGO, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the United States, today announced that Judge Milton I. Shadur of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has ruled in favor of its client, the City...

Local, National Organizations Urge Congress to Add NSP into House-Senate Conference Committee Bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2008, approximately two million families faced the devastating impacts of foreclosure -- and at least as many foreclosures are anticipated this year and next. The members of the National Foreclosure Prevention and Neighborhood Stabilization Task Force* believe it's time to make...

Tagger gets prison sentence for graffiti.
Byline: Karen McCowan The Register-Guard A prolific local tagger was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday, after telling a judge he was not "a real criminal" despite more than two years of spraying graffiti on Eugene businesses and public buildings. Thirty-six months of Erik...