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Dell buying EMC for $67 billion

From the EMC website:
Dell Inc. and EMC Corporation have signed a definitive agreement under which Dell, together with its owners, Michael S. Dell, founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Dell, MSD Partners and Silver Lake, the global leader in technology investing, will acquire EMC Corporation, while maintaining VMware as a publicly-traded company.

Why EMC? The transaction creates the industry-leader in the extremely attractive high-growth areas of the $2 trillion IT market with complementary product and solutions portfolios, sales teams and R&D investment strategies. The transaction combines two of the world’s greatest technology franchises – with leadership positions in Servers, Storage, Virtualization and PCs – and brings together strong capabilities in the fastest growing areas of our industry, including Digital Transformation, Software Defined Data Center, Hybrid Cloud, Converged Infrastructure, Mobile and Security.

Customer and Partner Benefits 
The combination of Dell and EMC provides unmatched ability to address large and small customers’ rapidly changing critical IT needs. Digital transformation is driving disruption across all industries; transition from traditional on-premise to hybrid public/private cloud infrastructure; and need to balance agility, mobile workforces with persistent security threats. The company will offer customers a broad, end-to-end product portfolio spanning all key compute, networking and storage segments – both legacy and emerging – to address customers facing technology-driven disruption.
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Hopkinton through Poetry: Celebrating 300 Years – Book Launch & Poetry Reading

As part of the Hopkinton 300th anniversary celebration, Hopkinton residents Cheryl Perreault and Cynthia Franca are inviting the community to come and join the celebration of the newly published “Hopkinton Through Poetry: Celebrating 300 Years” Anthology of 36 local poets and writers sharing poems that state what they love about the town of Hopkinton.

The celebratory book launch to be held at the Hopkinton Senior Center on November 6 from 7:00-8:30pm will offer a reading by some of the contributing poets. Attendees will be able to purchase books at this time of debut that will coincide with the year of celebration for Hopkinton's 300th Anniversary. 

The anthology will be available at this event as a limited edition item for $20. All proceeds will be divided and donated to three local Hopkinton organizations offering services to community including The Michael Lisnow Respite Center, Serenity House and Project Just Because. 

More information, call Cheryl Perreault at 508 435-8638 or visit www.hopkintonthroughpoetrybook.com. To RSVP to the book launch at the Senior Center, please visit https://www.facebook.com/events/859708664136648/ .

Dangerous Heroin in Southbridge

SOUTHBRIDGE – Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. and Southbridge Police have issued a warning about an extremely dangerous batch of heroin in the Southbridge area.

The warning comes after two non-fatal overdoses last night, one in the bathroom of a convenience store, the other in a residence.

In both cases, the person who had overdosed was revived after Narcan was administered.

Editor's Note: Southbridge may seem far away, but the type of warning from the Worcester County District Attorney can have far-reaching implications for Hopkinton. In 2014, the death of one 23 year-old was ruled caused by "extreme toxicity" from heroin and cocaine, according to the amended death certificate, and something that had been known to the youth of the Downtown community. Following his death, posters appeared Downtown with the name and number of an alleged heroin supplier, something that made the Boston news.

Recently, the death of a 33 year-old Downtown resident from a heroin overdose was disclosed at his memorial service, long after the youth of the tight-knit Downtown Hopkinton community had already informed one another. It was the final, but not first, overdose for each young man, who was known by merchants to frequent the Downtown businesses near their homes as they grew from children to men.

The Southbridge warning is pertinent to Hopkinton, because there is no one on the street corner Downtown exchanging money for small bags, palmed into the hand of the buyer, who is gone in an instant. However, the scenario does play out in places like Worcester and Southbridge, and parents should know that trips to those places by their scratching, droopy-eyed kids might be a good reason to ask questions about their destination.

Signs of heroin addiction are listed here.

October 10, 2015 - Today was slated to be the first of a two-day weekend Open House at the Villages at Oak Hill on Innsbruk Way in Franklin, Mass. Instead, the "active adult" community is faced with the aftermath of a unit explosion and subsequent fire in the project with condo units starting at $389,900. According to Fox 25, the Franklin Fire Dept. believes it was likely a propane gas explosion. *Subsequent reports are that two people, Nancy and Richard Brown were killed. Photo Tweeted by Franklin Fire Department.

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Wakefield Social Worked Arraigned On Human Trafficking Charges

WOBURN – Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan, Wakefield Chief of Police Richard Smith, and Reading Chief of Police James Cormier have announced that Rick Hall, 34, of Wakefield, was arraigned in Woburn District Court yesterday on charges of human trafficking of a child under 18 years of age, enticement of a child by electronic communication, posing a child in a state of nudity, and possession of child pornography.

Judge Timothy Gailey set bail at $100,000 cash and ordered the defendant to have no contact with the victims, to not use the internet or use a smart phone to access the internet, to have no contact with anyone under the age of 18, to not work with, or volunteer with anyone under the age of 18, and to surrender his passport. The next scheduled hearing in this case is Thursday, November 5.

“As a social worker, the defendant was mandated by statute to report any form of child abuse,” said District Attorney Marian Ryan. “Instead, the defendant allegedly violated the ethical standards of his position by exploiting minors, and exchanged money for lewd photographs. During this investigation, law enforcement agencies from Middlesex County and Oregon came together in order to stop the defendant’s alleged exploitation of children.”

Wakefield Chief of Police Richard Smith added, “This is a perfect example of law enforcement partners working together not only across the county, but across our nation to allow us to bring Mr. Hall in front of the court. There is no place in our communities for the behavior Mr. Hall is accused of.”

“The charges brought forward yesterday stemming from the exploitation of children are extremely troubling as far too many of our youth continue to fall prey to sexual predators.  I would encourage all parents to monitor their children’s activities on the Internet, including their social media activities.  As helpful as the World Wide Web is, it is also fraught with dangers for our children.  I would like to commend the collaborative efforts of Reading, Massachusetts Police Department Detective Derek Holmes, Grants Pass, Oregon Police Department Detective Archie Lidey, and the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office for their cooperative efforts to stop this child predator,” stated Reading Chief of Police James Cormier.

In August, the Reading Police Department began an investigation of Rick Hall. The defendant had allegedly begun communicating electronically with three 15-year-old girls, who live out of state, and enticed them to exchange pornographic images of themselves for compensation. Hall owns North Shore Recovery Management in Reading.

The Division of Professional Licensure has suspended the defendant’s license pending an investigation and a hearing.

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Above is store manager Courtney Henderson cleaning a display case as store employees look on.

October 9, 2015 - Starbucks has just opened at the former location of Golden Spoon with the types of specialty coffees, sandwiches and desserts found at their other locations.

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Trooper, K-9 Assist in Capture of  Alleged Trafficker

October 8, 2015 - Yesterday evening Massachusetts State Troopers and DEA Agents assigned to the Logan Airport Task Force, based on intelligence gathered during an investigation, were waiting for a California man who was arriving on a Delta flight from San Francisco. Information developed by the Task Force with the assistance of Randolph Police indicated that the man would be carrying a large amount of marijuana.

At approximately 5 p.m., the flight landed as Task Force members conducted surveillance in the terminal. Troopers and agents observed the passenger, identified as TRANG PHAM, 31, of San Jose, exit the plane and approached him. PHAM consented to speak to the Task Force members about details of his travel. Trooper Eric Pecjo of the State Police Troop F K9 Section and his Belgian Malinois, Zeva, responded to assist with the investigation. Observations made during the investigation led the Task Force to obtain warrant from East Boston court authorizing them to search two suitcases checked onto the flight by PHAM.

The search warrant was executed and Task Force members located approximately 100 pounds of marijuana inside the suitcases, packaged in heat-sealed plastic wrap.

PHAM was charged with trafficking in marijuana. He was held overnight and is expected to arraigned today in the East Boston District Court.

Trooper Pecjo and Zeva are pictured in front of the seized marijuana.

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Colella's Liquors Will Be a Marty's

Ending the months-long ,mystery, the liquor license now held by Colella's Supermarket has been applied for transfer to Siegal & Sons Investments, Ltd. The company is owned by Martin A. Siegal, the owner of Marty's, which will be the name of the new establishment. Marty's Fine Wine, Food and Spirits has a location on Washington Street in Newton.

If the license is approved by the Board of Selectmen and the ABCC then the business will lease the property, which consists of (not known) sq. feet, including retail, refrigeration and storage space, from Crosspoint Associates for ten years at $5,685.00 a month. According to their website, other Marty's locations offer wine and spirits as well as gourmet foods such as breads/crackers, caviar/seafood, chocolates, jams, pastas and seasonings.

Operator in Route 495 Crash in Milford is Charged with Operating Under the Influence of Narcotics

October 5, 2015 — This morning, at about 6:59 a.m., State Police from the Millbury Barracks responded to a single vehicle rollover crash on Route 495 North by exit 20 in the town of Milford.

 Preliminary investigation by Trooper Stephen Sullivan indicates that a 2014 Toyota Yaris was traveling north, when for reasons still under investigation, the operator lost control of the vehicle, swerved right hitting the guardrail causing the vehicle to rollover and land on the grass on the right side of the roadway.

 The operator, identified as, Danika-Leigh CHAPMAN, a 30-year-old female from Sanford, ME was transported to UMass Medical Center by ambulance for treatment of minor injuries. As a result of the investigation conducted by Trooper Sullivan, CHAPMAN was found to be operating under the influence of narcotics. Two male passengers; a 36-year-old from Windham, ME and a 27 year-old from Weymouth, MA also sustained minor injuries and were transported to Milford Hospital.

 The right travel lane of Route 495 north was closed. State Police were assisted on scene by Milford Fire and EMS.
 

 CHAPMAN was charged with the following offenses; Operating Under the Influence, Possession of Class A-Ketamine, Negligent Operation of a Motor Vehicle, Marked Lanes Violation and Using a Motor Vehicle without Authority.

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