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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Saugus family hopes for conclusion in benefits battle

A new bill submitted in the State House Thursday has given hope to a Saugus family that a 14-year battle with the commonwealth may finally come to an end.

Appleton Street resident Maureen Shaw lost her husband, Boston Police officer Kenneth Shaw, in 1998 to hepatitis C five years after being diagnosed with the disease. Shaw said her husband, who also served as a Saugus Police officer in the 1960s, died one month after receiving a liver transplant.

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