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Clinton High football falls to Leicester in Central Mass. Division 5 Super BowlAll year long, the Clinton High football team had been involved in nail-bitters. — Wicked Local Clinton Action Hero Awards honor 6 in WorcesterWorcester - The Worcester Community Action Council presented its sixth annual Action Hero Awards yesterday at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. — Telegram & Gazette Thursday, May 17, 2012 7:00 AM Worcester City Council seeks 'substantial' state fundsWorcester - Even though the city is sitting on a $10 million tax-levy reserve, the City Council has adopted a resolution calling on the governor and state Legislature to pass legislation that raises "substantial new revenue" to help fund municipal programs and services. — Telegram & Gazette Thursday, May 17, 2012 7:00 AM All that paint -- painted overBy Michael Hartwell mhartwell@sentinelandenterprise.com @sehartwell on Twitter Fitchburg -- Inmate workers are spreading paint over graffiti this week in Fitchburg courtesy of a pilot program from the Worcester County Sheriff's Office. — Sentinel and Enteprise Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:44 AM Youth Summit sets up summer in the cityWorcester - Kip Child, left, a community affairs specialist with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., talks about financial and budgeting basics today with Edianys Beltres, 11, Sheyla Garcia, 12, and Jennifer Garcia, 11, all of Worcester, during the Worcester Police Department's eighth annual Youth Summit, held at North High School. — Telegram & Gazette Thursday, May 17, 2012 7:00 AM Campaign NotebookWorcester - Worcester - The campaign committee of state Rep. John P. Fresolo, D-Worcester, will host a re-election kickoff event at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the PNI Club, 290 Millbury St. The suggested donation is $25 and $10 for senior citizens. — Telegram & Gazette Thursday, May 17, 2012 7:00 AM Parents seek more school fundsWorcester - The Citywide Parent Planning Advisory Committee, a parent group representing all city schools, started an online petition yesterday asking the City Council to fund the public schools at least 3 percent more than the state requires. — Telegram & Gazette Thursday, May 17, 2012 7:00 AM Somerset woman injured in shooting, police search for suspectAn intense manhunt continued late Friday night for an unidentified man who allegedly broke into a Midland Road home and shot a woman with her own gun earlier in the day. As many as 50 police officers, some armed with tactical weapons, combed a widespread area in search of the gunman. The victim, whose identity was withheld by police, was taken to Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, with a gunshot wound to an arm. Chief Joseph Ferreira said the intruder entered the garage and broke into the house by breaking a window between the garage and the dwelling shortly after 4 p.m. — Wicked Local Somerset Sewer rates hiked for North OxfordOxford - It was dej� vu all over again at the selectmen's meeting last night, when John G. Saad was unanimously named chairman at the board's annual reorganization. Mr. Saad, who has served on the board for 34 years, said he has been chairman "about a dozen times before." Dennis E. Lamarche, who was elected to his second term on Tuesday, was named vice chairman, and Michael Voas became secretary. — Telegram & Gazette Thursday, May 17, 2012 7:00 AM Lancaster man gets 14-18 years in prison for rape, arsonBy Katina Caraganis kcaraganis@sentinelandenterprise.com @kcaraganis on Twitter Worcester -- A 20-year-old Lancaster man was sentenced to 14 to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to charges he tied up and raped a 17-year-old — Sentinel and Enteprise Thursday, May 17, 2012 6:38 AM Court: Conviction needed for longer suspensionThe highest court in Massachusetts has overturned a 3-year license suspension given to a man who refused to take a breath test after being arrested on a drunken driving charge, finding that a law designed to increase penalties for repeat drunken drivers requires a previous conviction. — The Boston Globe Thursday, May 17, 2012 11:58 AM
Celtics paint pretty picturePhiladelphia - Paul Pierce, on his way to a 24-point, 12-rebound game, slashed to the basket midway through the... — The Boston Herald Thursday, May 17, 2012 1:51 PM
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