On Campus:
UML student, Folashade Bello, was arraigned in Lowell District Court on two counts of assault and battery when she stabbed her boyfriend in Donahue Hall Saturday night. Bello's boyfriend, who is not a student here, was visiting when the two got into a fight. Bello stabbed the boyfriend twice, and when police arrived at the dorm room, they found the room covered in blood. The boyfriend was treated at Brigham & Women's Hospital. Bello is due back in court Jan. 26.
There is still no sign of the body of Ron Wetmore, the student who fell to an assumed death from the University Ave. Bridge this past weekend. With the fifth student death of the semester, some administrators and members of the University community are beginning to wonder if the school is providing students with enough support and anti-drug/alcohol prevention. The closest comparable state school, UMaine Orono, has a staff of 9 full time counselors. UML only has 2 full time counselors. There is also now a push for more alcohol-awareness programs, since a recent report shows 50% of UML students participating in regular binge drinking.
UML head field hockey coach, Shannon Hlebichuk was named the National Field Hockey Coaches Association North Region Coach of the Year for 2006. She was also named Northeast-10 Coach of the Year for the fourth consecutive year. After only five years coaching the team, Hlebichuk has led the women to 81 wins, four Northeast-10 tournament titles and the 2005 Division II National Championship.
Local News:
As part of the city's Jackson/Appleton/Middlesex Urban Renewal Plan, Middlesex Street will be returning to the two-way road it used to be previous to 1986. The change is set to happen on April 1, 2007. Some local businesses fear that the two-way version will cause traffic backups, while other businesses are rejoicing, hoping that it will make it simpler to travel around Lowell and give directions. Flyers will be hung up and placed on cars to inform people and police will help direct the new traffic for the first few weeks.
The owner and an employee of North Chelmsford Auto Parts have been charged with receiving stolen property, including two Bobcat construction vehicles and a truck. The investigation has been going on for over two years now.
18 year old Sari L. Lelchook from Acton is facing charges for killing 13-year-old John Martin of Wayland. Lelchook allegedly did not see the boy as she was driving along, and as he was crossing a crosswalk on his bike, she hit him.
Popular:
The Yellow Wiggle will no longer be with the Wiggles, the popular music group that caters to children. The Yellow Wiggle, also known as Greg Page, is suffering from a mystery illness that causes him to faint and lose his balance. He will be replaced by his understudy, Sam Moran.
Verizon Wireless and YouTube struck up a deal Tuesday that will allow Verizon users to upload their videos from camera phones onto YouTube.
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