Gloucester Angel program helps nearly 400 addicts in first year
A Boston Medical Center and Boston University study reports 376 addicts sought help 429 times from Gloucester Police Department's Angel program from June 2015 to May 2016 and received assistance about 95 percent of the time. The effort links police, treatment centers, and volunteers to place addicts into care.
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New England Journal of Medicine
Boston Medical Center
Boston
University’s
School of Public Health
Gloucester Police Department
Davida Schiff
Gloucester
Schiff
Massachusetts
Plea Change in Sexual Abuse Case Details
The defendant entered a plea altering charges from 28 counts of sexual abuse to a probationary plan for two counts and potential prison on a third. Prosecutors noted the defendant’s declared gender identity while acknowledging the physical difference. Longtime family ties and prior familiarity with Lilly’s relatives were cited in discussions with prosecutors and defense.
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Hutchinson
Swope
Lilly
John McGinnis
Plea modified after victim withdraws support in sex case
At a Wednesday hearing defense lawyers sought a continuance after the victim withdrew support for the plea deal. The judge noted the victim preferred sentencing discretion and did not attend. Lilly faces nonprobated counts, a 60-day diagnostic study, a lifetime sex offender registry, and 10 to 50 years under enhanced supervision. The victim, a juvenile female, alleges abuse beginning in 2009.
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Greg Ball
Paul Cassel
Guardian Ad Litem
Cathy Wallace
Wallace
Hutchinson
Ball and Cassel
Lilly
Ball
James
Division of Corrections
Christ Episcopal Church
Bluefield
Diocese of
West Virginia
Chad Slater
Slater
Bluefield Intermediate School
Adams
Samantha Perry
Sperry
Bottonline
Hanukkah origins and customs explained for readers
Historian Kantor outlines the 2nd temple era oppression by Antiochus IV, the miraculous oil during the Maccabean revolt, and the eight day Hanukkah celebration. She notes candles, latkes, dreidel, gifts, family warmth, and the holiday meaning as dedication more than temple attendance. The Jewish calendar, Kislev and Tevet, and Gregorian date shifts are discussed. Contact Charles Boothe at cboothe botton
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Antiochus IV
Antiochus
Kantor
Kislev
Tevet
United States
Warm spell ahead with rain on Christmas Eve in Bluefield
Weather Service meteorologist Andrew Loconto says most of the coming days will be above normal in temperature with Sunday and Monday the warmest, highs in the 50s to low 60s. Christmas Eve brings rain, Christmas Day mostly dry with mild morning lows around 40s and 20s tonight. A white Christmas remains rare since 1959 with 2010 the last with significant snow. Early January should stay mild before uncertainty grows after Jan 3.
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Weather Service
Andrew Loconto
Loconto
Bluefield
Little Jimmie party prep boosts Christmas gift drive
Community Christmas Tree drive nears its $40,000 goal as 555 children await gifts. Grant’s Supermarket donates $5,000 and Books A Million contributes books for today’s Little Jimmie party at the auditorium, with volunteers organizing red gift bags and last minute snacks. Additional donations push totals to $38,282.
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Samantha Perry
Grant
Grant’s
Daily Telegraph
Ron Martin
Don Rice
Martin
Fanning
The
Mom
Rice
Brandon McPherson
McPherson
Allyson Scruggs
Scruggs
Mercer Mall
Perry
Chaz Cole
Cameron
Christian
Jimmie
Cole Harley Davidson
Bluefield
Little Jimmie
Deloris French
Michelle Colley
Bluefield High School
Graham High School
BHS
Damion Craighead
John Duffy
Deiyantei Powell
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