A day after OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma filed for bankruptcy protection, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey was expected to discuss the filing Monday. Healey, who had sued the drug maker for allegedly fueling the Bay State’s drug epidemic and death toll, was slated to hold a news conference at 11:30 a.m. The Connecticut-based company’s decision to file for bankruptcy comes as part of a move to settle about 2,600 lawsuit it faces. Most of those complaints were from local and state governments. Healey's office said last week she did not sign onto the settlement. Top News: Workers Strike Against GM, and More Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty Images Get the latest from necn anywhere, anytime Download the App Available for IOS and Android Follow necn … [Read more...] about Mass. AG Maura Healey to Discuss Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Filing
Hudson police used Taser on hit-and-run suspect
By Luke O'Roark | [email protected] | Lowell Sun PUBLISHED: September 16, 2019 at 10:38 am | UPDATED: September 16, 2019 at 10:47 am HUDSON — A local man has been arrested and is awaiting arraignment after a hit-and-run incident turned violent with police. David Horne, 57 and of Hudson, struck a utility pole at 100 Pelham Road around 9 p.m. Saturday, causing a local power outage that lasted several hours, police said. After Horne drove his 2008 Hyundai Elantra into a utility pole, Horne walked away from the scene as officer Tyler Merrill confronted him. Police said Horne then resisted detention as a struggle ensued with Merrill. Police said Horne was subdued after several taser deployment and taken into custody. Police said Horne continued to be combative until he arrived at the police department, where he refused bail.He was later transferred to Valley Street Jail as he awaits his arraignment Monday at the Superior Court South. Horne’s charges includes seven counts … [Read more...] about Hudson police used Taser on hit-and-run suspect
Long-lost family to reunite in Lowell
By Nicole DeFeudis | [email protected] | Lowell Sun September 16, 2019 at 7:18 am LOWELL — In 2016, following a trip to Ireland, Kevin McEntee of Norfolk, Connecticut, said he did what everyone does nowadays: “I spit in a cup and I sent it to Ancestry.” The results connected him to a family he didn’t know existed. “I did not expect to see these names and I certainly saw none that I recognized,” he said of his father’s side. His great grandparents, he discovered, immigrated to Lowell from Prince Edward Island, Canada, around 1900, where they raised seven of their 12 children. McEntee scoured obituaries and legal documents, searching for living family members. Then began the cold calling.Teaming up with relatives Priscilla Greene and Leslie Greene Kittenbrink, who were already tracing the family’s history, McEntee was able to gain some clarity. He now has over 30,000 people in his family tree, including his mother’s side. … [Read more...] about Long-lost family to reunite in Lowell
Cambodians march for democracy
By Aaron Curtis | [email protected] | Lowell SunPUBLISHED: September 16, 2019 at 7:04 am | UPDATED: September 16, 2019 at 7:07 am LOWELL — Nov. 9 marks the 66th anniversary of Cambodia’s independence from France. The date also marks what will be an attempt to bring democracy back to the country currently enveloped in corruption, said Sam Rainsy, president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party. “We will free our country on 9 November, 2019,” said the exiled opposition leader at a recent gathering of Cambodians in Auckland, New Zealand. Cambodians gathered again on Saturday — this time in Lowell. It was standing room only at the Richard & Nancy Donahue Family Academic Arts Center on Central Street. A group of about 300 Cambodians assembled to hear the CNRP’s plans to restore democracy to Cambodia and to ensure the unconditional release of CNRP co-founder and former president Kem Sokha.The crowd then marched downtown to Lowell City Hall, where … [Read more...] about Cambodians march for democracy
Pelham police search for suspect in unarmed sub shop robbery
By Nicole DeFeudis | [email protected] | Lowell Sun PUBLISHED: September 16, 2019 at 10:24 am | UPDATED: September 16, 2019 at 10:39 am PELHAM, N.H. — Police are looking for a suspect involved in the unarmed robbery of a Subway restaurant on Bridge Street Sunday. Police responded to the restaurant around 4:10 p.m. to a report of the robbery. The suspect left the building before employees called police, according to a Pelham police news release. Employees described the suspect as a white male of approximately 200 pounds, wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, black gloves and sunglasses.The New Hampshire State Police K9 Unit, Dracut police and Salem, New Hampshire, police assisted with the investigation, which remains ongoing. Pelham police urge anyone with information on the identity of the suspect to reach out to the Pelham Police Department Criminal Bureau at 603-635-2411, via an anonymous tip line at Tip411.com or CitizenObserver.com, or through private messenger on the … [Read more...] about Pelham police search for suspect in unarmed sub shop robbery