Gasoline prices high, not fixed (The Martha's Vineyard Times)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:44:33 GMT
Island gasoline retailers may act "oligopolistically" and with "conscious parallelism" - indeed, they admit that they do - to maintain uniformly high and similar prices, but they do not conspire to do so, so it's not price fixing.
Bounding into Spring (Dorchester Reporter)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:29:28 GMT
“Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love.” By Chief Sitting Bull I would not have expected this lovely thought to have been said by Chief Sitting Bull. I only know that Sitting Bull and Chief Crazy Horse were the leaders of the Indians that killed Custer and his soldiers at the Battle of Little ...
Delahunt's open seat opens doors to likely candidates (Old Colony Memorial & Plymouth Bulletin)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:01:15 GMT
The scramble for the post opened by last week’s announcement that U.S. Rep. William Delahunt would not seek another term as congressman from the 10th District appears to have drawn one more local candidate into the race as another passes on a run.
Fall River Diocese to again host reconciliation weekend; Parishes to offer extended schedules for confession (North Attleborough Free Press)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:52:37 GMT
Looking to build on last year’s first-time effort that drew an estimated 5,000 persons to confession, the Fall River Diocese will again this year hold a Lenten Reconciliation Weekend.
Quest for OxyContin fuels Cape crime (Cape Cod Times)
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:02:53 GMT
It would be easy to blame the spree of bank robberies the Cape has experienced over the past six months on the economy — desperate people doing bad things to make ends meet.
Nantucket educators learn hard lesson (Cape Cod Times)
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:02:22 GMT
On the tiny island of Nantucket, 30 miles off the coast of Cape Cod and known as a summer playground of the rich and famous, the 1,200-student, three-school district has trouble retaining staff.
Delahunt: 'I'm coming home' (Cape Cod Times)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:18:33 GMT
QUINCY – Outfitted in his favorite Cape-patterned necktie, retiring U.S. Rep. William Delahunt wore Cape Cod across his chest yesterday.
Assault, Battery Charges Dropped for Boy (FOX Springfield)
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:56:37 GMT
A seven-year-old Massachusetts boy was set to face criminal charges this week for allegedly attacking two teachers at his school reports the Cape Cod Times.
Key fisheries official faces calls to resign (Boston Globe)
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:47:23 GMT
BOSTON Four members of the state’s congressional delegation have called for the top federal fisheries enforcement officer to resign after he ordered files destroyed while his agency was being investigated. Senator John F. Kerry and Representatives Barney Frank, John F. Tierney, and William D. Delahunt said yesterday that Dale Jones should step down as director of the National Oceanic and ...
Newlyweds honeymoon in jail (UPI)
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:04:39 GMT
HYANNIS, Mass., March 3 (UPI) -- Police in Massachusetts said a newlywed couple spent their first night as spouses in jail following a drunken incident involving a car and the groom's ex.
