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BOSTON —Six lawmakers tasked with reconciling differences in the House and Senate $42.8 billion annual budget bills voted Wednesday to conduct their negotiations in private.

E HouseJoshua Adjei, Lindsey Ahern, Joelle Altali, Alvaro Alvarez, Vivian Ansah, Luana Arese, Benjamin Asselin, Robert Azevedo, Suhani Bhagat, Marijayne Blanton, Sokha Bou, Phung Bui, Bradley Burns, Brian Callery, Justin Camacho, Adriana Canada

LOWELL — A 20-year-old Lowell man was arrested late Tuesday night after an argument with his mother's boyfriend turned violent, police said.

CHELMSFORD —A Fitchburg woman was transported by medical helicopter to a Boston area hospital following a head-on collision with a dump truck on Littleton Road early Wednesday afternoon.

BOSTON — A Dracut man pleaded guilty Wednesday to bribing a United States Navy contracting officer on two occasions in connection with federal construction projects worth approximately $1 million in Singapore, according to the United States

BILLERICA — The Community Preservation Committee's newest member is facing pressure to step down following his recent appointment.

PEPPERELL — While American military forces have remained in Iraq and Afghanistan for well over a decade, local family and friends of those overseas in combat still show concern for their loved ones and want to honor their service.

Hub cabbies — shocked and saddened by the slaying of a fellow taxi driver in the Back Bay Tuesday — have always known the job can be dangerous, but never thought such a "ruthless killing" could happen here, they told the Herald.

CHELMSFORD — The School Department will welcome two new elementary school assistant principals and a new world language coordinator at the start of the next school year.

LOWELL — The doctors are heading to court.
A group of doctors are suing the city over the $2.6 million assessment of their medical building on 75 Arcand Drive.