NEWS IN BRIEF ; Band of Victims May Form in Danvers
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Residents and businesses devastated by November's ink factory explosion in Danvers may band together to try to hammer out a compensation deal without resorting to a potentially massive and prolonged lawsuit.
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By Rita Savard, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Sep. 11--LOWELL -- Zipping by in a blur of pink ribbons, a young girl lets out a squeal as she runs toward her target.  "Tag!" she screams, tapping a boy on his shoulder.   Twenty feet away, sneakers squeak over a basketball court.
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By Sara Kennedy, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec.
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By Christine Dunn, The Providence Journal, R.I.  Feb.
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By Lindell Kay, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.  Jun.
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By Michele Steinbacher, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.  Jun. 15--DANVERS -- A Central Illinois woman is dead after an apparent drowning at Spin Lake outside Danvers. Another woman was treated for heat exhaustion after trying to help the victim and rescuers.
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By Cindy Clayton, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Jun. 20--CHESAPEAKE -- Police are looking for vandals who caused $100,000 worth of damage at Sparrow Road Intermediate School during the weekend.
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By Seth Freedland, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Jun.
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By Jonathan Lucas, The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Jun.
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Arlington County police thought they might have caught the plastic-bag predator yesterday morning after the latest of four attacks in recent weeks, but the suspect was released shortly before noon.
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By Mary Lane Gallagher, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Feb.
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By Adrian Walker, The Boston Globe  Jun. 12--This is the kind of standoff politicians specialize in: Everyone  has agreed for close to a decade that the battered coastline in Winthrop is in  desperate need of repair.   But that's where the consensus ends.
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By By Melanie Sill, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Jun.
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By The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Mar. 8--Any region that gets deluged like we did late last week is going to find parts of itself under water.
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By Anna King, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Feb. 7--Workers on Tuesday towed to safety a piece of motorized track equipment that dangled from a bridge over the Columbia River.
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By Mary Hopkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Sep.
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One wondered if the events of last week had penetrated the normally iron-clad concentration of the New England Patriots.