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MA Patch Weekly: Life According to Sam Wins Emmy, Hero Who Died After Helping People Escape Fire Identified, Dalai Lama to Speak in Boston This Fall
Plus, dog owners warned after canine parvovirus outbreak and hero rescues toddlers who fell in reservoir.

Here are some of the top articles on Patch sites across Massachusetts over the past week:
- Life According to Sam Wins Emmy
- Hero Who Died After Helping People Escape Brighton Fire Identified
- Canton Educational Center Employee Charged With Possessing, Transferring Child Porn
- Stoneham Gas Station Robbed at Gunpoint
- Louisiana Man Arraigned in Connection with July Hit and Run
- Newton Man’s Jimi Hendrix Film Wins Emmy
- Farmer’s Almanac: ‘Super-Cold’ Winter Coming for Mass.
- Gov. Patrick: ‘I‘m Sick of Unarmed Black Men Being Shot by Police’
- Security Guard Arrested in Westwood for Allegedly Stealing from Retirement Home
- Town-Wide Boil Water Notice in Effect for Wellesley
- Market Basket Protests a ‘Nightmare’ for Westford Businesses
- Danvers Family Festival Will No Longer Have Fireworks
- Top Chef Serves Boston on Silver Platter
- New Bill to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence and their Pets Introduced
- Arlington Police Chief Addresses ‘Militarization’ of Local Police
- GE Healthcare Life Sciences Moves to Marlborough HQ
- Local Man Gored by Bull
- Dalai Lama to Speak in Boston This Fall
- After Flying Ax Scare, State Police Cite Nearly 100 Drivers for Unsecured Cargo
- Malden Man Charged in Quadruple Shooting in Chinatown
- Hero Rescues Toddlers Who Fell Into Brookline Reservoir
- Lowell Police Warn Dog Owners of Potential Canine Parvovirus Outbreak
- VIDEO: Severely Burned Dog Happily Reunites with Owner
- Allston Man Arrested For Allegedly ‘Peeping’ Into Brighton Apartment Window
- Police Looking for Male Who Carjacked 90-Year-Old at Saugus Stop & Shop
Photo credit: Sam Berns, the subject of ”Life According to Sam,” which chronicled the Foxborough boy’s fight against a rare aging condition.
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