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Thursday, April 4, 2013

PHOTOS/VIDEO: State Police Divers Don't Find Gun in Mystic River

See what unrelated items they found instead.

Massachusetts State Police divers combed the Mystic River near the River Street bridge for about two hours Thursday, but they didn’t find the gun they were looking for, according to Arlington Police Capt. Richard Flynn. The state police dive team was assisting Arlington police with an ongoing drug investigation, he said. The gun was allegedly thrown from the bridge into the river. “We’re going to have to re-interview the suspect,” Flynn said after the failed search. The police presence and divers from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. had residents at the scene asking, “Are they searching for a body?” Fortunately, that was not the case. Instead of the gun, the police divers found a number of unrelated items, including a hubcap, fishing rod and large bong…

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Sean Garballey Re-elected, Defeats Joe Monju

Garballey cruised to victory, receiving more than 81 percent of the vote.

State Rep. Sean Garballey won his bid for re-election in the 23rd Middlesex District Tuesday, defeating Republican challenger Joe Monju by more than a 4-to-1 margin. The 27-year-old incumbent Democrat received 81.30 percent of the vote, or 18,918 votes. Monju, a first-time candidate, took in 18.70 percent, or 4,351. The 23rd Middlesex District comprises Precincts 1, 3, 5-7, 9, 11, 13-21 in Arlington and West Medford. In Arlington, Garballey received 82.59 percent of the vote, or 14,778 votes. Monju got 17.27 percent, or 3.091. In West Medford, it was Garballey 76.67 percent, Monju 23.33 percent, or 4,140 to 1,260, respectively. Garballey, the vice chairman of the Joint Committee on Election Laws, was first elected in a special election in …

Tim

5:33 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Congratulations Sean! Thank God you won your old job at Johnnie is going away...   more ›

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