By Edward Mason, The Eagle-Tribune, North Andover, Mass. Jul. 31--BOSTON -- A standoff between state pension officials and the Methuen Retirement Board is over, as the city's retirement board narrowly agreed to succumb to state demands that it liquidate its $80 million investment portfolio.

METHUEN, Mass., Sept. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Residents

By Lynn Arditi, The Providence Journal, R.I. Nov. 8--Parlex USA will shut down its Cranston plant by next spring and move the manufacturing operation to Methuen, Mass., eliminating 250 jobs in Rhode Island.

METHUEN, Mass. - An umpire ordered players on local Little League team to stop speaking Spanish during a state tournament game this week, a decision the coach said demoralized the team and cost it the game. "This never should have happened," head coach Chris Mosher told the Eagle-Tribune newspaper.

METHUEN, Mass. - Coaches on a Little League team filed a protest with the league after an umpire ordered the players to stop speaking Spanish during a state tournament game this week. Coaches said the order demoralized the Methuen players and cost the team the game.