-- The former principal of Hull High School, Russell Goyette, 61, pleaded not guilty to charges that he possessed child pornography. Authorities say that they found thousands of images on Goyette's computer depicting children having sex with adults and with other children. Goyette, who retired as principal of Hull High in 2005, has continued to teach and had plans to work as a summer swimming instructor at a children's summer camp. Police claim they found......

Punxsutawney Phil has nothing on the Drowned Hogs when it comes to the lengths taken to prognosticate the weather. While Phil lounges on a velvet-lined tree stump and a fleet of top-hatted handlers gently coax him into making his wintry prediction, members of the Drowned Hogs submit themselves to a plunge in the Atlantic Ocean to find out what February in Massachusetts really feels like. (Hint: Wicked cold.) This Saturday, February 2nd marked the......

Emily Sweeney at the Globe did a great piece on a local guy with ">an unusual hobby--barf bags. Most barf bags are plain, white, and discreet, but one guy relishes collecting the snazzier unused barf bags and posting them online. Steven J. Silberberg, from Hull, runs the Air Sickness Bag Virtual Museum. (Love the euphemism "air sickness.") He began his hobby in 1981 and now has 2,037 bags, all lovingly detailed and cataloged on the......