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Giving thanks: Group gathers for holiday meal in Lawrence

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LAWRENCE — The empty parking garage stirred at 7:30 p.m. on Thanksgiving Eve for The Movement Family’s weekly Wednesday night dinner.

By 7:45, TMF – homeless people and others who are struggling, along with those there to help them – filled the cavernous Buckley, a former bus station in downtown Lawrence.

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By Terry Date | tdate@eagletribune.com

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November 28, 2025
Sydney’s kids race keeps mission alive

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ANDOVER — The Kids K race had always been an underrated staple of the Feaster Five Road Race.

That has changed the last few years. And there is nothing underrated about it.

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By Bill Burt | bburt@eagletribune.com

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November 28, 2025
Frank Coady, Lawrence towing legend and philanthropist, dies at 74

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LAWRENCE — Tow trucks were lit up, police stood by and a bagpiper played on Marston Street on Saturday night as the body of Frank Coady was escorted past his business and then to a funeral home.

Coady, 74, the owner of Coady’s Garage & Towing Service at 139 Marston St., died Saturday. He was nationally known for his towing service and abundantly charitable nature.

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By Jill Harmacinski | jharmacinski@eagletribune.com

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October 19, 2025
Families enjoy annual Lawrence Fire Department open house

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LAWRENCE — The Fire Department hosted its annual open house Saturday, drawing dozens of families to the station. Guests received the chance to see a training smoke house, a rescue demonstration involving a mock car crash, and a dunk tank, among other things. Members of the Exchange Club of Lawrence and the Andovers grilled hamburgers and hot dogs for the crowd.

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October 21, 2024