Yesterday I discussed Beagle and Tracker with regards to their preferences settings, the time to index a collection of both HTML and PDF files, and how to extract information from individual files. In this article I'll go over the interfaces used to subm

NEWBURYPORT and mdash; The former home of Mike's Sub Shop could get a face-lift and mdash; growing by a story and expanding by several hundred square feet. But the Historical Commission, which must approve the changes because of the building's age and w

A reader recently asked me a question about the origin of the name of Frawley Field, which was the old Central High School football/baseball field. What a quest this turned out to be!

WATERLOO - Police have named the 3-year-old boy who was killed in a late night house fire. Fire fighters responded to the house at 1013 Independence Avenue around 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Grantley Young, 3, died in that fire.

Ray Brendle said he was frightened by the headline of an April 11 Transcript article, "Fire Destroys Brendle House" -- until he saw the photo and realized his family's homestead was safe, sound and unmarred by fire.