Middlesex County, MA News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/middlesex-county/ Middlesex County, MA News NEW: Lineup for VFW Santa Parade http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/middlesex-county/content/009c713203fd26c17bee2f56a7ea307f.html Here is the lineup for the VFW Santa Parade on Sunday Nov 23 The Preparade Division: Assembles at Cumberland and Kensington avenues and the Hunking Middle School parking lot behind Edmond Street This division steps off at 12:55 pm Participants include Richard Beaudoin organizer; fire engines from across the Merrimack Valley and Southern New Hampshire; Trinity ambulances and other emergency vehicles; antique and specialty cars; Lee Speedway race cars; and the King Midget Car 30000 expected to pack Haverhill's Santa Parade route Sunday http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/middlesex-county/content/5940240be60311b78bcecd708c870baa.html HAVERHILL and mdash; To say most of the city comes out each year to welcome Santa would seem to be an understatementOrganizers of Haverhill's annual Santa Parade said the event typically draws nearly 30000 spectators and mdash; equal to about half of the city's population Inmate suing sheriff Billerica jail over bodycavity searches http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/middlesex-county/content/7e82ca22e628c7c161bd27c1de8602d7.html BOSTON An inmate at the House of Correction in Billerica has filed a 1 million federal lawsuit against Sheriff James DiPaola and his staff claiming he was subjected to repeated and unreasonable strip searches and bodycavity searches Awards night in Chelsea http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/middlesex-county/content/589df65b00ce1621de63b2af17326202.html The seventh annual AllChelsea Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place at 6 pm Wednesday at City Hall City Manager Jay Ash collects nominations to showcase individuals and organizations that have given of themselves to improve the city Awards are given to residents in different age groups a public official a business or business person an organization and project Pepperell's 'Horse Shed War' http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/middlesex-county/content/0b180152644df27aca72ef9c8ab1d26e.html By Don Eriksson Staff Writer PEPPERELL The Trojan war had its horse and Detroit automakers of the 1960s had their horsepower wars but somewhere in between Pepperell had a war of its own the Horse Shed War Westford 4H Fair earns awards http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/middlesex-county/content/c82fec604e3feac18645c644afde4ec4.html WESTFORD The Middlesex County 4H Fair in Westford received five awards at the 2008 Massachusetts Agricultural Fairs' Association MAFA Media Awards banquet held Nov 8 at the Courtyard by Marriott in Marlboro LETTER FROM WAR: 'My dear son ' http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/middlesex-county/content/0983d60f212f1aa82a39f3e702c7f5e1.html At 4 pm on March 25 1943 James M Battcock wrote his son a letter The boy Michael Martin Battcock was 5 It was the kind of letter fathers write sons in moments of uncertainly When the possibility of death hits them Police and DA to improve domestic violence response http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/middlesex-county/content/208a683a37250ca597ae31ff87256a4f.html ASHBY The Ashby Police Department and the Middlesex district attorney are stepping up to the plate to combat domestic violence and serve its victims in Ashby