Word: middlesex
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...commanded the town’s militia at the first battle of the Revolution. Among his many other accomplishments, Baldwin was responsible for the development of the Baldwin apple—which was once considered New England’s favorite fruit. He also oversaw the construction of the Middlesex Canal, which originally spanned from Boston Harbor to the Merrimack River in Lowell—a feat that earned him the moniker “Father of American Civil Engineering.” “He was a pretty extraordinary fellow,” Edmonds said. The memorial, which...
...Because Coakley vacated her current post to run for attorney general, Middlesex County will have a new district attorney for the first time since...
...attorney general race, veteran Middlesex County District Attorney Martha Coakley beat Republican Larry Frisoli, a former Cambridge vice-mayor, to become Massachusetts’ first female attorney general. Coakley won about two-thirds of the vote, according to early returns...
...Unopposed, Cambridge City Councillor Michael A. Sullivan won his race to become the next Middlesex County Clerk of Courts, a position held for the last 48 years by his uncle, Edward J. Sullivan...
...Senate since 1962, Kennedy won 73 percent of the vote in his last election. Apart from the governorship, the attorney general is the only statewide office that is likely to change hands tomorrow. Republican Larry Frisoli, a former Cambridge vice mayor, and Democrat Martha Coakley, the veteran Middlesex County district attorney, are vying to replace outgoing Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly. Coakley, who is heavily favored in the race, may continue the trend of Middlesex district attorneys becoming state attorneys general. Both Reilly and his predecessor, Scott Harshbarger, served as the top prosecutor in Middlesex County—the state?...