News 01/26/2012
Plans to build a $150 million wood-burning power plant in Springfield have been dealt a setback by the city's Zoning Board of Appeals, which overturned two building permits ... Funeral services are scheduled this week for two college students who died in an off-campus house fire in the Hudson Valley that also claimed the life of a third student ... For the second time in days a public employee in the affluent Boston suburb of Newton is facing child pornography charges ... A daylong search for two missing elementary school-aged children in Worcester had a happy ending ... The principal of a Middletown school at the center of a debate over rooms used to isolate students when they have emotional outbursts is taking a leave of absence ... The budget plan released by Governor Patrick today would eliminate 400 executive branch jobs and close a prison in Norfolk, but would also boost state aid to local schools and community colleges ... US Representative William R. Keating took a political risk when he moved from Quincy to Cape Cod to run in a newly configured Congressional district. That decision put the first-term congressman in ... Rents in the Boston area hit record highs in the last quarter of 2011, pushed up by increased demand and declining inventory, maintaining its reputation as one of the country's most expensive places ... When the last American troops left Iraq in December, the war began anew for Nancy Chamberlain ... Britain's Air Passenger Duty is set to rise by 8% in April and there are concerns it is discouraging people from visiting the UK ... | 
