Motel's license suspended; Two days to be served June 10, 11.
Byline: Susan Harragin WEST BOYLSTON - After an hour-and-forty-minute discussion about violations by the Reservoir Motor Lodge of state and town regulations requiring proper identification of all guests in rented rooms, the Board of Selectmen voted Wednesday to impose a two-day license suspension for the hotel. ...

Cato Supreme Court review, 2006-2007.
9781933995083 Cato Supreme Court review, 2006-2007. Cato Institute 2007 363 pages $15.00 Paperback KF8742 The libertarian Cato Institute's Center for Constitutional Studies presents the sixth volume of their annual critique of key Supreme...

Railroaded? Timely resolution needed in CSX deadlock.
COLUMN: IN OUR OPINION At the Statewide Rail Summit in Worcester on Friday, Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray drew an appreciative chuckle from the crowd at the DCU Center with a jab about the hard line CSX has taken on liability issues. "I think we are all...

Search committee narrows its list of school hopefuls; Six candidates will be interviewed.
Byline: Gail Stanton WINCHENDON - The hunt for a new superintendent of schools has moved another step forward, with the search committee narrowing the field of candidates from 17 to six. The 17-member committee formed last fall after the School Committee decided not to renew...

Liability the issue in CSX talks; Commuter rail expansion stalled.
Byline: Priyanka Dayal Worst-case scenario: An impaired freight-train engineer rams his train into a commuter train, injuring and killing hundreds of passengers. Implausible as it is, lawmakers and state officials vying to purchase a stretch of railroad from CSX Corp. are worried that if the...

Man arrested after shots fired in apartment.
Byline: Rebecca Taylor The Register-Guard A 20-year-old man faces several felony charges after a gun was fired repeatedlyinside a Eugene apartment complex late Monday. Justin David Martinez had been evicted from the Redwood Park Apartments about two weeks before the shooting. He apparently broke into...

Sex abuse records fight returns to court.
Byline: Bill Bishop The Register-Guard PORTLAND - Lawyers who charge the Archdiocese of Portland is going back on a promise to open its records about priests who sexually abused children were back in court Thursday to ask a judge to decide what should happen to thousands of...

Woman charged with DUI after rollover on Route 9.
Byline: Kim Ring LEICESTER - After administering field sobriety tests and placing Christine M. Bowen in handcuffs, police examined her car, which overturned on Route 9 last night. Next to the driver's side door a red combination bottle opener and lighter with the words "Designated...

Lawyer takes selectman to court; Complaint alleges `outrageously false' statements.
Byline: Danielle M. Williamson TEMPLETON - Gardner lawyer Scott Graves, who already has a lawsuit pending against the town for breach of contract, this week filed a defamation suit against Gerald Skelton, chairman of the Board of Selectmen. The nine-page complaint, filed Monday in Worcester...

Eye on traffic; Video surveillance not a breach of privacy.
COLUMN: IN OUR OPINION We urge the state Legislature to approve a home-rule petition that would allow the city to install video cameras at key intersections to nab drivers who run red lights. The proposal, approved unanimously by the Worcester City Council last week, was...