PM Roundup: Toddler Drowns In Worcester Lake; Gov. Signs VALOR Act

Other stories (and links) circulating around the newsroom this afternoon:

-- An 18-month-old boy drowned in a Worcester lake. [WCVB-TV]

-- Gov. Deval Patrick signed a bill that will expand benefits and services to Massachusetts veterans and their families. [Associated Press, via Boston Herald]

-- New Balance is going to spend $500 million on a new headquarters, sports complex and hotel in Brighton. [Boston Globe]

-- A 6-year-old boy's handwritten dismissal note fooled a Middleborough school secretary. [NECN]

-- Four women in Hanover caught a 200-pound sturgeon with their bare hands. [WBZ-TV]

-- A Brimfield survivor of last June's tornadoes is still dealing with the aftermath. [Springfield Republican] (Note: We'll have coverage of the one-year anniversary of the deadly tornadoes tomorrow.)