Wednesday, November 15, 2006

News Update 11/15/06- 3:30 p.m.

Local:
The Riverside Community Council and Sacred Heart Neighborhood Improvement Group, both of Lowell, are banding together in a fight against the Pan Am train corporation. In the past, there have been several dangerous chemical spills from the train lines that run in Lowell neighborhoods. After a spill of ferric chloride last month, the groups went into action and held a meeting this week to discuss details. The hopes are to meet with the president of Pan Am soon and work something out to make communities safer.

Police in the Greater Lowell area are on the look-out for a locker room thief. So far, Tyngsboro, Wilmington, Dracut and Tewksbury have all reported thefts in their school locker rooms. Dracut had at least 10 lockers emptied of their valuables in one hit. Police are asking everyone to keep an eye out for suspicious activity.

Ayer woman Melissa Reynolds heads off to jail for a 2 ½ to 3 year sentence for the death of Evan Holofcenter in 2001. Reynolds apparently fell asleep at the wheel and swerved off the road, killing Holofcenter as he rode his bike to school. Reynolds just got married three days ago and was hoping to postpone serving her sentence until she could take care of guardianship papers for her daughter.

Popular:
Microsoft has announced that in early 2007, it will be doing an online test of the highly-anticipated, “Halo 3.” The test will be available through Xbox 360 consoles. Sony is releasing its Playstation 3 this Friday, and Nintendo will debut its Wii console this weekend.

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