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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

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5 Things You Need To Know Today, Tuesday, Jan. 22

Bits of knowledge to help make you the smartest person at your breakfast table.

Here are 5 pieces of information designed to get your Tuesday off to a flying start and to help make you the smartest person caught in rush-hour traffic on I-93. 1. Your 3-Day Local Weather Forecast: 2. Reader Comment of the Day: "Great article, Don. I know it is tough for some veterans to discuss wartime, but your approach to opening the conversation will be very helpful for many. I have known, and even lived with veterans in my life and consider those individuals to be heroes. If an alteration in our attitudes toward heroes and successful people shift, our society will be better off because of it. Many (not all) war protesters DO come off as being anti-troops and veterans. The expression "being rich" sounds like an insult today. And our …

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Michael Ferreira Murder Trial

Victim's Father, Retired Police Officer Testify at Ferreira Murder Trial

William McCabe emotional as he testifies about son's disappearance and murder.

The father of the victim and the lead investigator on the case 43 years ago took the stand as testimony began in the murder trial of Michael Ferreira. Ferreira is one of three men charged in connection with the 1969 death of Tewksbury teen Johnny McCabe. Along with Walter Shelley and Edward Brown, Ferreira is accused of kidnapping McCabe off the street and taking him to a vacant lot in Lowell, where they allegedly tied him up and gagged him in such a way that it lead to his death by asphyxiation. William McCabe, 85, his voice cracking with emotion, testified about his son and night he disappeared, according to a report published on WCVB.com. He testified that he was not home when his son left for the dance that night and did not recall if …

Gordon Pickguard

12:53 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013

Thanks Bill, This has to be one of the most emotionally compelling case ever. Can anyone imagine what it was like for the defendents to keep this a closed secret for all those years as teens, then as young adults, knowing that Johnny would never experience the triumphs and accomplishments of life,as they did, and the unimaginable pain that they caused the McCabe family. I can't believe that they …   more ›

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