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WORCESTER � The bell tinkles and another dress has found a girl with whom to go to the prom.

BOSTON — Marlboro Mayor Arthur Vigeant, police Chief Mark Leonard and more than a dozen police officers could be called to testify this week in a federal jury trial that pits a self-proclaimed whistleblower in the Police Department against the city.

FITCHBURG — Fred Ripley of Plymouth holds a future therapy dog, Lucy, as a woman with a German shepherd walks by Sunday before the spring graduation of NEADS, held at Montachusett REgional Vocational Technical School. NEADS, based in Princeton, trains dogs to provide assistance to people in need.

WORCESTER — Friends, from left, Cristina Moliner, 25, Karla Moreno, 23, and Marian Garza, 20, take a selfie at Bancroft Tower. The friends traveled from Andover to Worcester for the afternoon, had lunch and toured Elm Park and Bancroft Tower.

Veterans Notes

Worcester colleges and universities are good places to work, judging by the number of employees staying for more than 25 years.

WORCESTER � Country star Miranda Lambert performs during her Certified Platinum Tour concert Friday night at the DCU Center.

BOSTON � Gov. Charlie Baker has appointed 21 members to the statewide Judicial Nominating Commission, including several prominent lawyers from Central Massachusetts.

BROCKTON — When police officers, armed with a search warrant, went to the Boylston home of Bridgewater State University daycare director Judith Ritacco last Friday, they found luggage on her bed and it appeared she was packing to leave the area, prosecutors said in court Thursday.