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Simulcast to keep dog tracks open

Christine Legere, Globe Correspondent — 2009-11-29T01:38:47Z

RAYNHAM - With the end of greyhound racing less than five weeks away, Massachusetts legislators have tossed the state’s dog tracks a small bone: The lights will still go out on live racing on Jan. 1, but the Raynham-Taunton Greyhound Track and Wonderland in Revere will be allowed to simulcast races until July.

Regional plan for emergency care system

John M. Guilfoil, Globe Correspondent — 2009-11-29T01:32:49Z

Thirteen cities and towns in Middlesex County have relied on an SUV from Emerson Hospital in Concord to provide paramedics and advanced life support during major medical emergencies since 1982. But that’s about to change.

Shelter opening to help vets turn around

Matt Rocheleau, Globe Correspondent — 2009-11-29T01:31:52Z

The Southern Middlesex Opportunity Council hopes to receive the final permits from town officials in the coming weeks that will allow a group of 18 homeless veterans recovering from substance abuse to move into a Framingham shelter that is part of an ongoing federal lawsuit.

Plans to revive youth ski club sliding into place in Carlisle

Nancy Shohet West, Globe Correspondent — 2009-11-29T01:31:24Z

As a boy growing up in Carlisle in the 1970s, Stuart Johnstone competed in cross-country skiing as part of the Bill Koch Youth Ski League.

Protecting new, improved Beaver Brook

Christina Pazzanese, Globe Correspondent — 2009-11-29T01:30:37Z

The state is wrapping up plans for managing the recently expanded Beaver Brook Reservation, 360 acres in Belmont, Lexington, and Waltham that officials say constitute the largest protected state park inside Route 128.

Putting money where the mouse is

Lisa Kocian, Globe Staff — 2009-11-29T01:29:42Z

Just a few months ago, Dr. Peter Erhardt was in the midst of research he hoped could someday save the lives of heart attack patients, but his funding was running out. He calculated his chances of receiving the needed grant through the usual channels at less than 1 in 1,000.

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Progress on town center

Calvin Hennick, Globe Correspondent — 2009-11-26T01:17:12Z

Wayland officials say they hope workers will break ground in the spring on a new town center project after Town Meeting last week voted to remove a hurdle that could have tripped it up.

At last, a prescription for healthy food that tastes good

Erica Noonan, Globe Staff — 2009-11-26T01:17:08Z

NEWTON - The doctor is in . . . her kitchen. And with her new website, Dr. Deborah Chud of Chestnut Hill hopes to find her way into yours.

Hearings over tainted water begin

Kathleen Moore, Globe Correspondent — 2009-11-26T01:16:58Z

The state Department of Public Utilities last week conducted the first in a series of hearings to determine who will pay the estimated $440,000 bill for last summer’s water contamination in Milford, but officials say a decision is likely to take months.