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STEVE Burton could be given the chance to show Jimmy Quinn he is the man to complete Cambridge United's strikeforce when they face Plymouth in tomorrow's first home friendly.

A problem with electrical wiring apparently led to a fire that severely damaged 60 units of a Plymouth apartment complex last week. That's the conclusion of an investigation, said the city's fire chief, Rick Klein. "The fire appears to have started in the attic area and was caused by failure of electrical wiring in one or more places." No one was injured in the blaze July 12 at the Plymouth Oaks ...

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Environmental Jobs - Senior Maritime Engineer - Plymouth: This client undertakes consultancy work in all aspects of structural and building engineering; they are fully conversant in all types of construction methods and building materials, and are active in promoting research in the development of new aspects of construction.

Sheboygan police arrested a 26-year-old Plymouth woman Wednesday after she allegedly stole a vehicle and drove it to a local park, according to a department press release.

PLYMOUTH — The last time Zack Mills made waves in the Wyoming Valley, he had officially ended a disenchanting run with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers.

Elmira Police seek van in armed robbery Elmira police Thursday night were searching for a blue Plymouth van with Illinois license plates that was reportedly involved in an armed robbery in the city.

Harvey A. James Sr., 81, of Plymouth, Ohio, passed away Sunday, July 8, 2007, at Willard Healthcare Center. He was born July 2, 1926, in Norton Township, Summit County, to Harry and Grace (Marvin) James. He was a Plymouth resident since 1984, moving from Greenwich.

NANTICOKE – The city of Nanticoke and Plymouth Township across the Susquehanna River are both cash-strapped, Act 47-designated communities, but working together, each has managed to accomplish what they couldn’t have done separately.

PLYMOUTH TWP. – Tilbury Fire Co. Chief John Rinehimer has always been inspired by the photo of firefighters raising the American flag over the ruins of the World Trade Center following the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.

PLYMOUTH - Marietta Mullen had been playing the role of a Pilgrim aboard Mayflower II for nearly a decade before she delved into Warwick Charlton's book about the ship's 1957 crossing of the Atlantic.

There has been scathing criticism of a consultation timeframe for people potentially exposed to dioxin from the Ivon Watkins-Dow plant in New Plymouth.

SARACENS fly-half Ross Laidlaw has joined National Division One side Plymouth Albion after being released by the club. The 23-year-old made just six first team appearances last season after he underwent reconstruction surgery on his shoulder.

20 July 2007 There is scathing criticism of a consultation timeframe for people potentially exposed to dioxin from the Ivon Watkins-Dow plant in New Plymouth.

There is scathing criticism of a consultation timeframe for people potentially exposed to dioxin from the Ivon Watkins-Dow plant in New Plymouth.

Plymouth-Canton Community Schools administrators and the union representing 1,100 teachers agreed to a number of stipulations during contract negotiations on a wage re-opener this week, including putting off discussions on pay raises.

Christine K. Kooiman, an 85-year resident of Redlands, died July 13 at Plymouth Village Health Center in Redlands, of complications due to stroke and age-related causes. She was 90.

Blood spots and drag marks leading into the bush from a quiet country road pointed the way to the body of slain German backpacker Birgit Brauer, a jury in the High Court at New Plymouth was told yesterday.

—Café Strega, through Sunday. Mingle with filmmakers at the film festival’s official hangout at Main Street Extension. For menu and hours, call the cafe at 508-732-9996.

CARTHAGE, Ill. — Testimony continued this morning in the Martin Laskowski murder trial. Hancock County State's Attorney Jim Drozdz rested his case Tuesday afternoon against Laskowski, 48, who is accused of killing his son in November 2004 in their Plymouth residence.

FOLLOWING a hugely successful tour of the UK this spring, culminating in three sell out nights at London?s 3,500 capacity Hammersmith Apollo, the hottest, brightest, award winning comedian Alan Carr will be back on the road this Autumn and heading to Plymouth Pavilions on Thursday October 18. His recent television appearances have received great critical acclaim and include ?Friday Night with ...

SARACENS fly-half Ross Laidlaw has joined National Division One side Plymouth Albion after being released by the club. The 23-year-old made just six first team appearances last season after he underwent reconstruction surgery on his shoulder.

Up-dated throughout the day. Come back for more VANDALS have caused £3,900-worth of damage at a new showroom being built by GT Motorcycles of Plymouth. The vandals smashed all the plate glass windows in the new £1.5m showroom . . .

PLYMOUTH -- After all was said and done Wednesday evening, Michael Edison finally got what he always wanted.

The Plymouth Election Commission voted Monday to allow the write-in campaign of Jason Vorva, who was earlier told he couldn't run for city commission because he didn't meet the residency requirements in the city charter, including being a property owner for two years.

Roberta Martin goes every year to the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, but she'd never been to Art in the Park in Plymouth.

Plymouth city commissioners re-negotiated the sale of the 16-acre Bathey site on Mill Street to get rid of what some call "an eyesore" on the city's eastern border.

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A tentative contract agreement has been reached between the city of Plymouth and the four-member police command unit.

Former Plymouth, Torquay and Exeter wing-half Dave Hancock has died at the age of 68.

Monotony had settled in. It had been weeks since Stuart Upham and his 34 shipmates had set sail in spring 1957 from Plymouth, England, bound for Plymouth, Mass., aboard a replica of the Mayflower. Once the initial excitement of the trip wore off, with only the unchanging Atlantic ahead, Upham and the crew had grown restless.

Films with an emphasis on environmental issues highlight the third year of the Plymouth Independent Film Festival.

The Ministry of Health said today it has issued a range of options for extra health support services for people exposed to dioxins.

Films with an emphasis on environmental issues highlight the third year of the Plymouth Independent Film Festival.

Michael to succeed his dad as head coach

The discussion document sets out options for possible health support services for people who lived in Paritutu, New Plymouth between 1962 and 1987 who may have been exposed to dioxin from the Ivon Watkins-Dow (IWD) plant.

It started with a fight downtown over a wig between two black women near the end of the Minneapolis Aquatennial's Torchlight Parade. Police intervened. By midnight, Plymouth Avenue -- the commercial heart of the city's near North Side -- was being torched. The closest Minneapolis came to the race riots that ravaged other big cities came 40 years ago this week. Two nights of destruction left ...

PLYMOUTH — Stanley Systems Integration offered the lowest bid for the integration of technologies at Plymouth Schools, Regency Construction Services Inc. reported during Wednesday night’s board of education meeting.

The jogger who discovered Birgit Brauer's body has given evidence at the High Court in New Plymouth.

Representatives of Plymouth and Nantucket counties reported to a forum sponsored by the Dukes County Charter Study Commission (DCCSC) last week that their two counties are functioning well.

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS Cemstone Products Co., Mendota Heights, has acquired Concrete Materials Inc., Medford, Minn. Terms were not disclosed. Concrete Materials makes concrete masonry units and will continue to operate under its name and management. Quazar Capital Corp., Plymouth, said that its client, T.H.E. Machine Co., Glencoe, Minn., has been acquired by Thawzall Inc., a group formed by ...

A minivan that rolled into a park pond on the Fourth of July, killing a woman and three children inside, had no mechanical defects, authorities said Wednesday. The deaths remain under investigation, but the finding supports the idea that a toddler inside the vehicle may have put it in gear. The state Department of Motor Vehicles inspected the 1999 Plymouth Grand Voyager in which Michelle ...

A minivan that rolled into a park pond on the Fourth of July, killing a woman and three children inside, had no mechanical defects, authorities said Wednesday.

The South Plymouth Little League’s 2007 summer tournament action took many twists and turns over the past week. The local kids are doing a great job, seem to be having great fun as they become better ball players, and most of all are making Plymouth proud as they travel around region playing hard and with big pride.

Hello...Once again...the galloping gourmet around town here. Sabor, located in Plymouth Center, is a truly wonderful dining experience.

D.A. Ricardo & Son Builders Plymouth Little League Girls Softball Junior Division team defeated a strong Factory Paint team two games to none to become the 2007 Junior Division Champions.

These two male black and white kittens are brothers and are very attached to each other. The Plymouth Animal Shelter is hoping to place them together. They are very playful and friendly.

CARTHAGE, Ill. - Martin Laskowski said in a videotaped confession that he and his 10-year-old son, Scott Laskowski, made a joint suicide pact a few days before Scott was found dead at their home in Plymouth, Ill.

Martin Laskowski said in a videotaped confession that he and his 10-year-old son, Scott Laskowski, made a joint suicide pact a few days before Scott was found dead at their home in Plymouth.

PLYMOUTH -- Despite initial reports, no serious injuries were caused by an accident between a truck and a passenger car near the intersection of Lincoln Highway and King Road east of Plymouth shortly after 11:10 a.m.

Associated Press - July 18, 2007 12:55 PM ET PLYMOUTH, Wis. (AP) - More than 400 soldiers from the Wisconsin Army National Guard are due back home in the next several days.

The Round Barn on the Plymouth County Fairgrounds will be the site for a special program, "Plymouth County Garden Fare" on Wednesday, July 25, the first day of the Plymouth County Fair.

CARTHAGE, Ill. — After just two days of testimony, prosecutors rested their case Tuesday afternoon against Martin Laskowski, the former Plymouth man accused of killing his 10-year-old son with a lethal dose of painkillers.

New Plymouth - The stretch of U.S. Highway 30 through New Plymouth will be repaired during fiscal year 2009 to coincide with New Plymouth’s downtown enhancement project.

PLYMOUTH - Turn one selectman into a mayor, reduce the number of town meeting members by more than half and create a strategic planning council. That’s what a new draft charter for Plymouth might call for.

Most of the 180 members of Plymouth-based Bravo Company will return home Sunday after completing a yearlong tour of duty in Iraq, a military spokesman said this morning.

CARTHAGE - Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday in the bench trial of a Plymouth man accused of giving his son a fatal Oxycodone drug overdose. Martin Laskowski, 47, is charged in Hancock County with one count of drug induced homicide in the November 2004 death of his son, Scott Laskowski, 10.

Three care homes in Plymouth are set to close after inspectors said they failed to meet residents' needs.

LASKOWSKI: After just two days of testimony, prosecutors rested their case Tuesday afternoon against Martin Laskowski, the former Plymouth man accused of killing his 10-year-old son with a lethal dose of painkillers.

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Yeovil were beaten by Plymouth in their pre-season friendly against The Championship side.

It wasnt always the prettiest, but Plymouth got the job done in a 5-0 victory over Sheboygan Falls in a WIAA Summer Baseball regional championship game at Plymouth on Tuesday.

A Plymouth gas station is set to become the fourth location in the county selling E85 Flex Fuel.

BOSTON - After intense lobbying by retailers, it appears Massachusetts shoppers will get a two-day break from the state sales tax next month. House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi, D-Boston, Senate President Therese Murray, D-Plymouth, and Gov. Deval L.

The 22-year-old central defender will be joined by German left-back Sebastian Pelzer, once of Blackburn Rovers and who has been on trial with Plymouth Argyle recently.

An inquest into the child cruelty death of a Plymouth boy will take place, five years he died from neglect.

At 93, a Cumberland woman is getting a new car, but she won’t be driving it. Problem is, her 1957 Plymouth Belvedere spent 50 years underground. The city of Tulsa, Okla., buried the car in 1957 as part of its semi-centennial celebration.

PLYMOUTH - Local talent will have a chance to shine in Plymouth this summer.

PLYMOUTH - Family and friends applauded as members of the Plymouth Boys & Girls Club’s first GED class received diplomas at graduation ceremonies at Ernie’s Restaurant last week..

PLYMOUTH - Meghan Maskell of Plymouth was awarded a Teamsters Local 25 scholarship of $2,000. Maskell attended Plymouth North High School and will attend Worcester State College in the fall.

PLYMOUTH - Entering the week with a 7-6-1 record the Plymouth American Legion Post 40 baseball team knew it had its work cut out for it if was going to have any shot at holding onto its playoff spot.

Head gasket blew 102657 miles. Replaced struts as instructed by mechanic. At this time i`m putting in rod bearing. At 113675 miles.

PLYMOUTH - Margo Pellegrino believes that people should take an active role in the stewardship of our oceans. She was so strong in this belief that she was willing to leave her family (for a time) and put her paddle where her mouth was.

Plymouth Long Beach was the place to be during the recent hot weather. I’d like to thank all of the beach visitors for their patience and cooperation during these busy times.

PLYMOUTH - Jamestown got $20 million from the federal government for a face-lift that worked like a shot of B12 for its economy, helping the town crown its 400th anniversary this year.

PLYMOUTH - Gina Daniels had given up on recovering the money she invested in a New Hampshire timeshare, chalking her losses up to an expensive lesson in life.

PLYMOUTH - After almost a year of inactivity, the core members of the Plymouth Nuclear Matters Committee will meet tonight (Wednesday) in an attempt to restart the group.

PLYMOUTH - The town’s law firm, Kopelman & Paige, has confirmed that town officials have no authority over the Plymouth Development Corp., which is a separate entity under the law.

Tuesday, July 10 Richard D. Gordon, 43, 6 Bourne Road, Plymouth, was charged with assault and battery. The charge originated July 6 in Plymouth. He was released with the promise to return to court Aug. 23 for pretrial conference.

Monkey madness PLYMOUTH - Vandals targeted a South Plymouth family for an odd assortment of mischief Friday.

Rockland Trust recently donated $500 to support the Plymouth Commercial Fishermen’s Association’s Blessing of the Fleet event, held Saturday, July 14.

PLYMOUTH - Lynda Felice (Macchi) Earl, 55, of Plymouth, and formerly of Milford, died Saturday, July 14, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. She was the wife of Dennis Lee Earl. They were married for 30 years.

PLYMOUTH - Manuel C. Carreiro, 92, of Plymouth, and formerly of Carver and Foxboro, died Tuesday, July 17, at Life Care Center in Plymouth. He was the husband of the late Alice Isabell (Ricardo) Carreiro.

PLYMOUTH - Ruth A. (Norton) Reid, 85, of Plymouth, died Monday, July 9, at Radius Healthcare Center in Plymouth. She was the wife of the late Harvey P. Reid.

PLYMOUTH - Joseph A. Pinto Sr., 78, of Plymouth, died Tuesday, July 17, at Jordan Hospital. He was the husband of Monica P. (Malaguti) Pinto.

PLYMOUTH - Margaret Claire (Ottino) Freeman, 85, of Plymouth, died Sunday, July 15, at Life Care Center of Plymouth.

PLYMOUTH - After an undefeated 2005 regular season that saw it advance to the league championship game - where it lost 7-0 - the semiprofessional South Shore Outlaws football team dropped to 3-7.

Star winter galloper Bulginbaah has been sidelined by a virus. The setback means Bulginbaah will miss the $100,000 Opunake Cup (1400m) at New Plymouth on Saturday and is also out of next month's $125,000 Winter Cup (1600m) at Riccarton.

The contents of a Toyota Hilux, the weapon used to kill a young woman, and the work habits of her alleged killer have been examined in the High Court at New Plymouth this morning.

Plymouth Raiders re-sign point guard Gavin Love, who was called up by Great Britain last season.

The contents of a Toyota Hilux, the weapon used to kill a young woman, and the work habits of her alleged killer have been examined in the High Court at New Plymouth this morning.

PLYMOUTH — Mike White does it all. He hits, he pitches, and he steals bases. He might even be able to leap a tall building in a single bound. Plymouth Durand-Haley Post 66 needed a superb effort last night and White did not disappoint.

CARTHAGE, Ill. — After just two days of testimony, prosecutors rested their case Tuesday afternoon against Martin Laskowski, the former Plymouth man accused of killing his 10-year-old son with a lethal dose of painkillers.

One of the weapons allegedly used to kill German backpacker Birgit Brauer became the centre of attention in the New Plymouth High Court this morning. 'I'll be all right' - victim's parting words

The western Wayne County communities of the City of Plymouth, Plymouth Township, Northville Township, City Northville and Canton Township - all of which implemented a voluntary restriction on outdoor water use at the request of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department July 12 in the wake of a water main break - have been cleared to lift their voluntary water restrictions, City of Plymouth ...

Julie Enszer of Plymouth Township watched as her children - Brandon, 9, Cameron, 7, and 3-year-old Dylan - enjoyed the various activities at Plymouth Township Park, and nodded in agreement when told the township had been named one of the top 100 places to live by Money Magazine.

Jon Henderson of Park Rapids and Jessica Kuehn of Plymouth announce their marriage June 30, 2007 at Club Three Degrees in Minneapolis. Their parents are Roger and Jan Henderson and Doug and Julie Kuehn.

The suspect driver involved in the fatal car accident that killed a Romulus man Sunday on Michigan Avenue in Canton, will be arraigned at 11 a.m. on Wednesday in 35th District Court in Plymouth. The driver is being charged with 2nd degree murder, and faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison.

Friday the 13th July proved very unlucky for one boat in Plymouth. Not only was the boat damaged when it slammed into a pontoon, but the Rear Admiral in charge of the Flag Officer Sea Training Organisation was amongst its VIP passengers at the time.

Christine K. Kooiman, an 85-year resident of Redlands, died July 13 at Plymouth Village Health Center in Redlands, of complications due to stroke and age-related causes. She was 90.

New Enterprise Forum will celebrate summer fun by hosting an atypical collection of entrepreneurs who will divulge how they turned unorthodox ideas into successful business ventures. The event takes place at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 26 at the Holiday Inn North Campus, 3600 Plymouth Road in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Three Michigan cities were voted in the top 100 best places to live in the nation, according to Money Magazine's ranking released Monday.

When Osseo recently voted to boost the mayor's pay from $1,800 to $3,600 and its council members' pay from $1,380 to $2,400 a year, not one resident opposed the move. In fact, said the city's deputy clerk, LeAnn Larson, many couldn't believe they made that little. Even Plymouth officials -- who at $13,284 for mayor and $9,624 for council members are among the best-paid in the west-metro -- might ...

Plymouth Raiders re-sign point guard Gavin Love, who was called up by Great Britain last season.

New Plymouth - The stretch of U.S. Highway 30 through New Plymouth will be repaired during fiscal year 2009 to coincide with New Plymouth’s downtown enhancement project.

PLYMOUTH - Two years ago, Adam Woodworth got his kicks making amateur films of Cambridge comedy shows. ‘‘Then I realized you could buy a video camera that looked almost like film for not much money,’’ he said.

It had problems with the carburetter, and assorted electrical problems. It also had a water leak from the windshield seal. I really liked this car. I would have kept it even longer, but I was hit by a new Chevy Cavalier.

PLYMOUTH — Mike White does it all. He hits, he pitches, and he steals bases. He might even be able to leap a tall building in a single bound. Plymouth Durand-Haley Post 66 needed a superb effort last night and White did not disappoint.

PLYMOUTH -- Celebrating their 35th anniversary are Kathy and Steve Smitha of Plymouth. Steve Smitha and Kathy Roush married July 12, 1972, at St. Lawrence (Ind.) Catholic Church. They have a son, Zeb of Plymouth. They also have a grandchild. Mr. Smitha has been owner and Mrs.

British woman plagued by phone sex callsPLYMOUTH, England, July 16 (UPI) -- A woman in Plymouth, Britain, has been having phone troubles since she changed her service provider and started getting calls meant for a sex line.Rachel Collick recently changed her telephone service provider to Virgin Media and immediately began receiving at least six calls a day from men asking for the young nympho, ...

PLYMOUTH -- Joanne and Michael Boys of 10714 Muckshaw Road will celebrate their 50th anniversary with a dinner and gathering of family and friends Sunday at their home. Michael Boys and Joanne Rigal married July 28, 1957, at Liberty Center (Ohio) Episcopal Methodist Church.

British woman plagued by phone sex calls PLYMOUTH, England, July 16 -- A woman in Plymouth, Britain, has been having phone troubles since she changed her service provider and started getting calls meant for a sex line. Rachel Collick recently change...

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Chenango County sheriff’s deputies are looking for the driver of a pickup truck that allegedly hit a FedEx driver Monday in Plymouth. Deputies said Joshua Hayes, of Fonda, had stepped out of his delivery truck on German Hollow Road and was hit by a blue-and-white pickup truck.

The 15th annual Cheesehead Chase is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on Saturday in Plymouth.

Even though the Experimental Aircraft Associations 55th annual AirVenture is in Oshkosh next week, planes will be buzzing into the Sheboygan County Memorial Airport from around the world for the event.

A 49-year-old Plymouth man was injured after steering his car off the road and through a bean field allegedly driving drunk, according to a Sheboygan County Sheriffs Department report released Monday.

The following incidents were filed with the McKinney Police Department between June 29 and July 5. *10:00 p.m., 4200 block of Plymouth: Vehicle Burglary; laptop computer stolen.

The city's election commission took less than five minutes Monday to decide an apartment-dweller can campaign as a write-in candidate for the city commission, despite the City Charter's stipulation that only property owners can seek office. The panel overruled city officials who forbade the campaign of Jason Vorva, 32, because a proposal on the same fall ballot will ask Plymouth voters if they ...

A boat carrying VIPs to a war veterans' reception on board HMS Bulwark crashes into a pontoon.

Electronics manufacturer Innovex Inc. said its third-quarter loss widened to $8.22 million, or 42 cents a share, from a year-earlier loss of $934,000, or 5 cents a share, as revenue dropped 53 percent. The Plymouth maker of flexible circuits said revenue fell to $18.2 million from $38.9 million in the year-ago period. Weak demand from disk-drive manufacturers for Innovex's older products hurt ...

The High Court in New Plymouth has heard a German backpacker thought she would be safe hitch-hiking in New Zealand.

Julie Enszer of Plymouth Township watched as her children - Brandon, 9, Cameron, 7, and 3-year-old Dylan - enjoyed the various activities at Plymouth Township Park, and nodded in agreement when told the township had been named one of the top 100 places to live by Money Magazine.

A Plymouth Township man challenged the city on the legality of a city ordinance that would have forbid him to run for a city office position, and won.

The Plymouth Election Commission voted this afternoon to authorize the write-in candidacy for City Commissioner for Jason Vorva.

A woman in Plymouth, Britain, has been having phone troubles since she changed her service provider and started getting calls meant for a sex line.Rachel Collick recently changed her telephone service provider to Virgin Media and immediately began receiving at least six calls a day from men asking for the young nympho, the Sun reported Monday. It started almost immediately. It's always men and ...

PLYMOUTH -- A resident who was previously told he couldn't run for the City Commission because he didn't own property in the city can now go ahead with is bid.

A woman in Plymouth, Britain, has been having phone troubles since she changed her service provider and started getting calls meant for a sex line. Rachel Collick recently changed her telephone service provider to Virgin Media and immediately began receiv

Avid council watcher Keith Allum has announced his intention to stand for the New Plymouth District Council.

A boat carrying VIPs to a war veterans' reception on board HMS Bulwark crashes into a pontoon.

PLYMOUTH, Minn.----Innovex today reported revenue of $18.2 million and revenue excluding pass through material of $9.2 million for the fiscal 2007 third quarter ending June 30, 2007.

The trial of the former operator of the Childtime Child Care center in Plymouth on a misdemeanor charge of failing to report suspected child abuse was postponed Monday until October.

PLYMOUTH — Rochester brought its total game to Plymouth yesterday. Post 7 banged out 16 hits and received a pair of solid pitching performances en route to its 10-2 District A victory over Plymouth Durand-Haley Post 66 at Plymouth State University.

Two Plymouth County teens will take the stage with the Celebration Iowa Singers and Jazz Band (formerly known as the State Fair Singers and Jazz Band), when the group makes an appearance in Le Mars this Wednesday, July 18, at 7 p.m. at the Olson Cultural Events Center in downtown Le Mars.

The thunder of hooves on Iowa prairie will no longer only be a memory. An Iowa City couple is helping bring the bison back to Plymouth County.

A former member of staff at a Devon boarding school appears in court charged with sex attacks on pupils.

PLYMOUTH, Ill. -- Brenda Miller would bake cookies and holler at her 10-year-old neighbor to come over. Scott Laskowski wouldn't waste any time crossing the street, eagerly bounding up the steps to Miller's house at 201 N. Virginia for a treat.

PLYMOUTH — Peter Boie, who bills himself as "Magician for NonBelievers," will present his exciting, comical, and thought-provoking show at Pease Public Library in Plymouth for one performance on Monday, July 23, at 6 p.m.

PLYMOUTH - Sen. Christopher Dodd carries a copy of the U.S. Constitution in his back pocket wherever he goes — one that was given to him by West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd and a constant reminder, he said, of why he chose a life of public service.

Beijing Med-Pharm Corp., a pharmaceutical marketing and distribution company, said Monday that it has agreed to acquire a minority interest in Sunstone Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

PLYMOUTH — Rochester brought its total game to Plymouth yesterday. Post 7 banged out 16 hits and received a pair of solid pitching performances en route to its 10-2 District A victory over Plymouth Durand-Haley Post 66 at Plymouth State University.

Mitchell International, a leading provider of information, workflow, and performance management solutions to the collision claims and repair industries, today announced that Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation, a leading insurer with over 125,000 individual policyholders and personal auto insurance premiums which, in 2006, exceeded $302 million, has selected Mitchell's Total Logic(TM) Valuation ...

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.----Beijing Med-Pharm Corporation today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement with the owners of Sunstone Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. to acquire a minority interest in the company.

PLYMOUTH, Mich. — An apartment dweller is questioning the legality of a city ordinance forbidding anyone who has not been a taxpaying property owner in the city for at least two years from running for office.

What began as "the holiday of a lifetime" for German tourist Birgit Brauer ended with the 28-year-old having her head smashed in, and a knife plunged through her heart, a New Plymouth High Court jury heard today.

The Plymouth Flames and Howards Grove Athletics each split their Land O Lakes Northern Divisions games this past week.

Its Nostalgia Week for local auto racing enthusiasts.

Events are public unless otherwise noted. For a complete campaign schedule, go to DesMoinesRegister.com/caucus .

The following incidents were filed with the McKinney Police Department between June 29 and July 5. *10:00 p.m., 4200 block of Plymouth: Vehicle Burglary; laptop computer stolen.

PLYMOUTH TWP. – Seven-year-old Ryan Wasko never thought he’d see a race car fly.

BOSTON — Russell David Freitas, aged 39 years, of Middleboro, died on Saturday, July 14, 2007, at a Boston Hospital, unexpectedly. He was born in Plymouth, the son of Jean M. (Baker) Freitas and the late Anthony F. Freitas Sr., who predeceased him...

Andrew Martin pitched and hit and kept Wareham Post 220 Legion in the playoff picture with a five-inning, 12-2 victory on Sunday at Plymouth.

A jury of eight women and four men has been sworn in at what is shaping up to be New Plymouth's biggest trial in recent times. Michael Scott Wallace has pleaded not guilty to the murder of German backpacker Birgit Brauer.

PLYMOUTH TWP. – Seven-year-old Ryan Wasko never thought he’d see a race car fly.

A jury has been sworn in at the start of the trial of the man charged with murdering Birgit Brauer.

Potential jurors had to say if they were Rotary Club members when the trial of the man accused of murdering German backpacker Birgit Brauer got under way in the High Court at New Plymouth this morning.

PLYMOUTH — The No. 3 seeded Plymouth 12U softball team got good pitching and a key defensive play en route to its 8-7 opening-round win over sixth-seeded Newfound in the state ASA tournament at D&M Park.

BRIGHTON -- The heartsick owner of a Siberian husky missing since May 8 said Sunday the best efforts of both friends and strangers have failed to locate to locate her dog.

The trial of the man accused of murdering a German hitchhiker in the Taranaki bush begins in the High Court at New Plymouth today. Michael Scott Wallace is accused of murdering Birgit Brauer, 28, in Lucys Gully at Oakura, southwest of New Plymouth, on September 20, 2005.

The trial of the man accused of murdering German backpacker Birgit Brauer is set to begin in New Plymouth this morning.

PLYMOUTH, Mich. -- An apartment dweller is questioning the legality of a city ordinance forbidding anyone who has not been a taxpaying property owner in the city for at least two years...

A woman is seriously injured in a head-on collision between two cars on a main road in Cornwall.

Negotiations on a wage re-opener for the 1,100-member Plymouth-Canton Education Association are set to begin Monday.

Even a sizeable thunderstorm couldn't put a damper on a performance by the Plymouth Drum and Fife Corps at the Garden City Library Summer Reading Club.

The Charter One bank branch inside the Plymouth Township Kroger at Ann Arbor Road and Sheldon suffered the latest of several robberies in the last year or so Friday morning.

'High School Musical'

They might as well be talking about two different men. The friends and family of Sergeant Lawrence G. Hutchins III , a 23-year-old Marine squad leader from Plymouth, portray him as a caring friend, a deferential son, and a dedicated Marine, the type of guy who always held the car door open for his mother and who spent ...

PLYMOUTH -- Inside the stately Court Street headquarters of the Old Colony Club, a large moose head keeps watch over the front stairwell. Six-foot-long African elephant tusks are on display in the billiards room. On the main parlor wall hang photographs of past presidents of one of the oldest men's clubs in the country.

They might as well be talking about two different men. The friends and family of Sergeant Lawrence G. Hutchins III , a 23-year-old Marine squad leader from Plymouth, portray him as a caring friend, a deferential son, and a dedicated Marine, the type of guy who always held the car door open for his mother and who spent ...

KINGSTON—Slowly but surely the Plymouth American Legion baseball team has kept itself in contention to be the top seed for the upcoming league playoffs which are scheduled to get underway at the end of the week.

In the early morning hours of Independence Day, Denny Buchanan took his last ride up and over the hillside to check on his grazing heifers in the unpopulated area outside of New Plymouth. He was 70 years old, but age never stopped him from living the Idaho cowboy life.

Few men who plead guilty in Plymouth County online sex stings go to jail. BROCKTON n Only a fraction of men nabbed in police online sex stings in Plymouth County went to jail — even though a majority admitted trying to lure children over the Internet, a review of recent records shows.

PLYMOUTH, Ill. — Brenda Miller would bake cookies and holler at her 10-year-old neighbor to come over. Scott Laskowski wouldn't waste any time crossing the street, eagerly bounding up the steps to Miller's house at 201 N. Virginia for a treat.

In the book business, when several titles about the same topic hit the shelves simultaneously publishers both wince and shrug. On the one hand, there's extra competition for the attention and dollars of the audience. On the other, hey, maybe bookstores will give the category its own shelf. There can be power in numbers that can help individual titles get ...

Legendary 60s rock band the Beach Boys are heading to New Zealand. Beach Boys are on "surfari" to New Plymouth.

Team Taranaki is fighting for survival in the Central League soccer competition and tomorrow the amber and blacks have the chance to knock over the Napier City Rovers at New Plymouth's Yarrow Stadium.

Eight out of 26 competitors complete the first South West Coastal run which finished in Plymouth on Saturday.

The Charter One bank branch inside the Plymouth Township Kroger at Ann Arbor Road and Sheldon suffered the latest of several robberies in the last year or so Friday morning.

The two New Zealand men kidnapped in Nigeria for a week arrived home to relieved family in Wellington yesterday. New Plymouth resident Bruce Klenner, 47, and Brent Goddard, 49, of Wellington, were released in the Niger Delta last Wednesday.

Authorities believe an arsonist may have walked along a country road, igniting a pair of wildfires near the northern Utah town of Plymouth.

After disappearing more than a century ago, bison will return to the prairie of Plymouth County.

PLYMOUTH - The last few days of June and some recent July days brought temperatures in the 90s and with it there were a few cases of dehydration on some of the golf courses in Plymouth.

PLYMOUTH - According to the calendar today (Saturday, July 14) marks the beginning of a New Moon. So in keeping with the spirit of all that is new, I think you should spice things up in your game.

ERA/MDA golf tournament The third annual ERA/MDA golf tournament will be held July 19 at Southers Marsh Golf Club, 30 Southers Marsh Lane, Plymouth.

I don’t drink much fruit juice these days. I’d love to, but for me it’s like mainlining sugar, so I stay away from it. I’m very fond of rum, too, but a bottle of it lasts a long time around our house.

PLYMOUTH - In her third-floor workroom, Jennifer Reale puts the finishing touches on next season’s designs, while in her boutique below she listens to her customers to learn the good and bad of her current fashions.

PLYMOUTH - The Walker family got a history lesson at Mayflower II this week that literally stopped the Texas family in its tracks.

PLYMOUTH - It’s been a strange summer for Judi Brown, a mixture of heartbreak and happiness.

PLYMOUTH - Hope Alice (Thulin) Johnson, 85, of Plymouth and Waltham, died peacefully in her sleep Saturday, July 7, at the Radius Health Care Center in Plymouth after a lengthy illness. She was the wife of the late Eric Alfred Johnson Jr. They were married 57 years.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Tara Brock, 56, of Hollywood, Fla., and formerly of North Easton and Plymouth, died Thursday, July 12, after a long battle with cancer.

PLYMOUTH - Two years ago Kerry George was appointed the combined gymnastics coach for Plymouth North and Plymouth South high schools. Around the same time she purchased Big East Gymnastics in Plymouth.

“Did you find everything you were looking for?” the checkout clerk politely inquired. My friend, a former Plymouth resident who now lives in a log cabin in the woods of rural Georgia, said she didn’t see any English muffins. Service is a priority at this local market, and the clerk hurried off and came back with a package of Jiffy muffin mix.

Blessing of the Fleet PLYMOUTH -The fifth annual Blessing of the Fleet will be held at Town Wharf in Plymouth from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, July 14.

PLYMOUTH - Police accused a local teen of taking part in the beating of a man on White Horse Beach earlier this month.

An Iowa City couple is working to bring bison back to Plymouth County.

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LOREE KIEL/VANMAN, 72, PLYMOUTH and SUN CITY WEST, ARIZ. Occupation: For 30 years, I have traveled across the country as a Christian speaker for many denominations. Places of worship: Olivet Baptist Church in Crystal and New Hope Church (formerly Crystal Evangelical Free Church). Favorite Bible verse: Psalm 119:74: "May those who fear you rejoice when they see me, for I have put my hope in my ...

PLYMOUTH – The Charter Commission voted 8-1 Thursday night to scrap the charter proposal it’s been working on for 10 months.

A new wildfire has sparked up near the northern Utah community of Plymouth in Box Elder County.