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In a story that ran in today's Boston Herald , Mayor Menino's campaign trashed a non-profit organization whose sole purpose is to provide voters with the resources they need for civic engagement. The organization, MassVote, works to increase voter education and turnout amongst communities of color, youth, the disabled and in ethnic communities where language is a barrier. Since its creation in 19...
Blue Mass. Group - 1:37 p.m.
Despite the anti-progress wing of the City Council, the city is receiving payments from the state and Trinity on properties to be developed in the Hamilton Canal District. I keep hearing grumbling from a certain set of commenters about how this is some big real estate giveaway to Trinity and a ......
Left In Lowell - 8:21 a.m.
I was pleased to participate in the groundbreaking for the Methuen Readiness Center recently. We had Major General Joseph C. Carter, the Adjutant General of the Massachusetts National Guard on hand, as well as Congresswoman Niki Tsongas and Lt. Governor Tim Murray. The project has moved along due to the ......
Bill Manzi - 7:01 a.m.
It's astonishing that this was ever under serious consideration. The [Washington] Post decided Thursday to cancel plans to charge lobbyists and trade groups $25,000 or more to sponsor private, off-the-record dinner parties at the home of its publisher, Katharine Weymouth, events that would have brought together lobbyists, business leaders, Post journalists and officials from the Obama administ...
Blue Mass. Group - Thu 10:38 p.m. - 2 clicks 
An interesting letter from an expatriate in Japan on a variety of topics. Goes to show the incredibly constrained range of alternatives that are typically presented as the entire spectrum of possibilities in Massachusetts. If the state reimbursed everyone's commute by the least expensive alternative, for example, I dare say transportation reform would take on a whole new meaning. "There are m...
Blue Mass. Group - Thu 9:09 p.m. - 4 clicks
The following was submitted as a comment by Jack Mitchell of the Centralville Neighborhood Action Group, but since it’s such important news, it gets its own post. Consider this a public notice to all Lowell Candidates to attend a Centralville Neighborhood Action Group (CNAG) meeting(s) which are held on the 3 rd Monday of every [...]...
Richard Howe - Thu 8:12 p.m. - 4 clicks
I have posted the FY2010 Municipal Budget for the City of Methuen in pdf format. This budget achieves balance without layoffs and includes nine one year agreements with all city side unions. All managers took a one time ten percent wage cut, and all unions took cuts in wages and ......
Bill Manzi - Thu 6:46 p.m. - 2 clicks
From State House News Service's weekly email roundup: "We pulled back," Patrick said of the administration's 2007 retreat from a grassroots offensive against tax-resistant legislators, "and I'm sorry we did to tell you the truth, because it doesn't quite keep faith with the notion of democracy that citizen involvement would be … a deterrent to good policy. Now, we w...
Blue Mass. Group - Thu 5:40 p.m. - 2 clicks
Driving Equality was unconstitutionally searched today. We left Niland, CA in the afternoon and headed toward Los Angeles. On our way, there was a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint. We were not anywhere near the border, but still, every car traveling north on this road had to stop. We were asked our citizenship status and the contents of the van. I told the officer that we are American citizens and ...
Blue Mass. Group - Thu 5:17 p.m.
Two of the better-known poets due in Lowell this October at the 2nd Massachusetts Poetry Festival (www.masspoetry.org) are featured in the July.August issue of American Poetry Review (www.aprweb.org), which is probably the most recognizable poetry publication in the nation after Poetry magazine. Anne Waldman, a co-founder of the Kerouac School of Writing at Naropa University in Colorado, [...]...
Richard Howe - Thu 4:42 p.m.
According to the latest Recycling Newsletter (Summer 09, PDF here) from the Solid Waste and Recycling Office, Lowell has seen some pretty dramatic numbers in the right direction since the introduction of our pretty raspberry-colored trash bins: AUTOMATED TRASH COLLECTION UPDATE For the three months since Lowell distributed nearly 27,000 burgundy trash ......
Left In Lowell - Thu 3:15 p.m.
If you like watching colorful explosions, you’ll have to wait for better, more guaranteed weather conditions. The Lowell fireworks events have been postponed from their initial Friday night slot, to 4 p.m. on Sunday, at the Sampas Pavilion on Pawtucket Boulevard. Several other events begin the festivities. From 4 to ......
Left In Lowell - Thu 3:15 p.m.
Marianne has a nice review of the new wine and cheese store over on Prescott St. “Tutto Bene is a great addition to the Lowell food scene” she says…”between them, C’est and the Market Street Market, you can get just about anything you need all within walking distance.” I happened to ......
Left In Lowell - Thu 3:15 p.m.
Oral health is an important part of overall health. Left untreated, dental disease can interfere with a child’s ability to eat, sleep, speak and learn. As we age, the implications of this disease become more severe. Decades of research have confirmed the associations between dental disease and serious lifelong ailments such as heart disease, stroke, [...]...
A Healthy Blog - Thu 3:14 p.m.
So now, roughly five years after an FBI informant began taping Boston police officers regularly partying with "known drug dealers" and prostitutes; some four years after Roberto Pulido was caught on tape talking about supplying illegal steroids to other officers; three years after federal agents submitted affadavits claming that Pulido was paying off his department superi...
Talking Politics - Thu 1:58 p.m.
Alas, just because I've devoted many electrons to City Councilor Chuck Turner I guess I need to keep it current. I'll minimize that. For those who thought he was loony, have no doubts now. If you have the stomach for it, read they whole Dorchester Reporter article on his latest here . The short of it is that Turner has said and written that he is the victim of a conspiracy ...
Marry in Massachusetts - Thu 1:58 p.m. - 2 clicks
I just love the title of this one: “Gov. Patrick’s chief of staff quitting” - when in fact Doug Rubin is stepping down to go back to playing a roll in the Governor’s reelection campaign, which he can’t do while working for the state. Ie moving from one job (the ......
Left In Lowell - Thu 1:58 p.m.
Williamstown, MA - "Have Your Cake and Eat it, Too" at Northern Berkshire Creative Art's fifth anniversary fundraiser on Monday evening, July 13th, at Mezze Bistro + Bar and theBrowns in Williamstown. In keeping with the birthday theme, 50 artists......
Greylock News - Thu 11:39 a.m. - 2 clicks
This just in (email, no link): Governor Deval L. Patrick announced today that Arthur Bernard -- currently a Senior Advisor to the Governor -- has been appointed Chief of Staff in the Governor's office. Bernard will replace Doug Rubin who is leaving state government to join the Governor's re-election campaign. "Arthur has become one of my closest and most trusted advisors since joining th...
Blue Mass. Group - Thu 11:01 a.m. - 6 clicks
A major thunderstorm is chasing everyone home early to start the three-day holiday weekend -- any clever political strategists have some news they want to dump with little attention? Why, yes. Associated Press is reporting that Gov. Deval Patrick's chief of staff, Doug Rubin, will resign in the coming weeks. Rubin, top strategist in Patrick's '06 campaign, will now set up the p...
Talking Politics - Thu 10:44 a.m. - 4 clicks
Interesting, amusing video ad from Patrick Murphy’s city council campaign: (As a reminder, we have not yet endorsed anyone in the race.) ...
Left In Lowell - Thu 10:44 a.m. - 2 clicks
Has this to say about the Governor's eloquence or lack thereof: Communication is Obama’s great strength and Patrick’s great weakness. The Massachusetts governor is effective one-on-one. But, unlike Obama, he has trouble driving a cohesive political message and doesn’t seem to enjoy the mission. Untrue in my humble opinion, I've seen enough up close to decide that Governor Patrick is a very ef...
Chimes at Midnight - Thu 10:44 a.m. - 4 clicks
North Adams, MA - On Saturday, July 4 after the conclusion of the North Adams SteepleCats baseball game at approximately 9:30 pm, the city will host a fireworks display at the Noel Field Athletic Complex, visible from many parts of......
Greylock News - Thu 8:45 a.m. - 6 clicks
North Adams, MA - HERE. Sept 24 - October 25, 2009 @ Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Gallery 51, 51 Main St. North Adams In the upcoming exhibition, "HERE" artists are being asked to submit recent works that demonstrate the......
Greylock News - Thu 8:45 a.m. - 5 clicks
NORTH ADAMS, MA- Saturday, July 11, at 7:00 p.m. WordPlay, a monthly reading series co-sponsored by Inkberry and Papyri Books, will be held at Papyri Books, 45 Eagle Street. July's WordPlay will highlight the work of author Amy Stevens, who......
Greylock News - Thu 8:45 a.m. - 5 clicks
North Adams, MA - Widgitz gallery at 16 Eagle Street hosts Joey Mars in the exhibit "Freaks, Fungus and Felines," paintings and schwag, through August 30; artist reception is July 11 at 6 pm. Amanda Hartlage paintings are also featured.......
Greylock News - Thu 8:45 a.m. - 5 clicks
North Adams, MA - The Mettawee River Theater Company is staging a free performance for the whole family at Windsor Lake on Sunday, July 12 at 8 pm. The annual Eagle Street Beach will be held on Wednesday, July 15......
Greylock News - Thu 8:45 a.m. - 4 clicks
North Adams, MA - "Flight of the Conchords" comedian Eugene Mirman comes to MASS MoCA for a hilarious performance on Friday, July 3 at 8 pm in Club B-10....
Greylock News - Thu 8:45 a.m. - 5 clicks
North Adams, MA - On July 4 at 2 pm at Western Gateway Heritage State Park Visitors Museum, the public is invited to a special program detailing the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence. To find out more......
Greylock News - Thu 8:45 a.m. - 4 clicks
Howie Carr's bizarre on-air rants against Tom Finneran are disturbing. What the Hell did Finneran ever do to him? Is Howie a self-hating Irish Catholic? To say Howie has 'no class" is a not only a huge understatement but an insult to the classless. Tom Finneran is not crooked. His friends and political enemies know this. Sal DiMasi is most likely a crook. But guess what? Nobody is surpr...
Blue Mass. Group - Thu 8:44 a.m. - 4 clicks
Say what you will about Deval Patrick, his popularity and personality , but the guy doesn't seem afraid to take on the challenges . Jay Fitzgerald rightly suggests that Patrick seems to have a pinball approach to reforms -- although he would not have been the first governor to try to work with a Legislature before discovering they actually require gubernatorial subservience. Governors with a l...
Massachusetts Liberal - Thu 3:42 a.m. - 3 clicks
Karl Malden joined the growing list of celebrities who passed away during the past ten days. To me, Malden’s greatest role was his portrayal of General Omar Bradley opposite George C Scott in the 1970 biopic “Patton.” In the YouTube clip at the end of this post, a film critic discusses Malden’s approach to his role [...]...
Richard Howe - Wed 5:54 p.m. - 4 clicks
In this week's issue of the Boston Phoenix -- in print tomorrow, online now -- I report that the City of Boston has paid $3.8 million to settle a civil lawsuit over the wrongful conviction of Anthony Powell. This is the third, and largest, recent settlement for the city's liability in a string of nine wrongful convictions discovered between 1999 and 2004; the total amount is now over $10...
Talking Politics - Wed 1:19 p.m. - 3 clicks
Following its passage by the House, we've been hearing this week what a disappointment Waxman-Markey is. Yes, many folks told us so beforehand. It's a vast legislative kludge, with giveaways and little legislative bribes galore. Guilty, guilty, guilty. From the standpoint of averting global climate catastrophe, there's one bottom line. When we have multiple bottom lines, things get m...
Blue Mass. Group - Wed 9:49 a.m. - 4 clicks
Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative: Help Begins Today The first of the new services promised under the settlement of the Rosie D v Romney lawsuit are being rolled out today. The suit, which was adjudicated in 2006, found that Massachusetts failed to provide community-based services for Medicaid-eligible children with severe emotional disturbance. Over the past few years, [...]...
A Healthy Blog - Wed 9:11 a.m. - 2 clicks
good things come to them what waits and all like dat. With Franken in finally some of that centrist drift in the senate might move leftwards just a tad. And I'm also hoping against hope for a funny quotable Senator finally....the US House has Barney Frank...until now the Senate has had to get by with Robert Byrd's rustic witticisms. And let us not forget, Franken is a former radio talk show host...
Chimes at Midnight - Wed 6:08 a.m. - 6 clicks
The Methuen School Committee passed their budget on Monday night, and we were able to bring back the two band positions that will allow us to continue the level of instruction that we give today. It was a difficult budget, and the huge economic downturn that has led to big ......
Bill Manzi - Wed 5:37 a.m. - 2 clicks
Today’s the new state fiscal new year, and lots of state laws take effect today. As of July 1st, the pharmaceutical and medical device industries will have to follow Massachusetts’ gifts ban and disclosure law. The text of regulation and FAQs can be found here. Not all drug and device marketing gifts to prescribers [...]...
A Healthy Blog - Wed 5:37 a.m. - 3 clicks
It's not often a resident of La Jolla, California drops by the Statehouse for a visit, let alone for the the unveiling of his portrait . But there he was, in a sight rarely seen in 2006 : Willard Mitt Romney, captured at his desk. Not working mind, just standing there. It's amazing he found his way to the office at all. It is rumored he did have a few problems because he kept making sharp r...
Massachusetts Liberal - Wed 3:41 a.m. - 3 clicks
Apparently Treasurer Tim wants us to think he's paying attention to his job after all. Cahill is blasting a Deval Patrick veto of $20 million to finance long-term borrowing, calling it "budgetary sleight of hand." Patrick says he is looking to save the state by using short-term financing now and then do the long-term borrowing in 2011. Cahill says with interest rates lower now, the move will c...
Massachusetts Liberal - Wed 2:38 a.m. - 4 clicks
I’ve been doing some thinking on the role of a University. Our conception of what it should be is very different from what it is in reality, at Brandeis but also most everywhere else. Professor Michael Wesch, a Cultural Anthropologist at Kansas State University put it very nicely a while ago: Some time ago we started [...]...
Innermost Parts - Tue 10:44 p.m. - 4 clicks
Boston City Councilor John Connolly has issued the following statement, in response to recent allegations made on a local blog : I am not now and never have been a member of the Tehran City Council, and to the best of my knowledge, I have never had a moustache. In response to Connolly's response, the Phoenix is calling on members of the public to forward any and all photogr...
Talking Politics - Tue 3:41 p.m. - 5 clicks
On Thursday I, along with tens of thousands of residents, received a recorded call from the City of Springfield. Our records indicate you have a dog or dogs that have not been registered for 2009. This information is coming from your Veterinarian. Please register as soon as possible to avoid a late fee of $5.00 per month. You may also be accessed a late registration fee of $50.00. If you reg...
MichaelannLand - Tue 3:08 p.m. - 3 clicks
The urban legend goes like this: back in the 70’s, the only decade in which I lived mostly away from Springfield , the welfare office was housed at the old King’s Plaza across from the Indian Motocycle building. Going there was a depressing experience—dingy, not enough chairs, not much real help available. The waiting room was separated from the administrative offices by an old-fas...
MichaelannLand - Tue 3:08 p.m. - 3 clicks
I spent a fair amount of yesterday morning on the phone, calling different public officials about the proposed biomass plant for Springfield, and none of them mentioned-- in fact, I doubt they knew-- that the state Department of Energy Resources plans to commission a study to determine if Massachusetts' forests are up to meeting the needs of the three proposed WMA biomass plants. There's an a...
MichaelannLand - Tue 3:08 p.m. - 2 clicks
On Tuesday, June 16, I and my sister Liz, Arise's Economic Justice organizer, went to a public forum by the Springfield Area Sustainable Energy Association (SASEA) on the problems with a biomass plant proposed for Springfield by Palmer Paving. Only 30 people or so attended the forum at Western New England College, and only a few were actually from Springfield, MA-- but still, just possibly...
MichaelannLand - Tue 3:08 p.m. - 4 clicks
Well, Springfield, we've got to catch up. Greenfield has some passionate environmentalists, but last night when the Greenfield Zoning Board didn't even want to hear from a resident who lives right across the street from the proposed plant, and has the police remove her, you know something's rotten. Mary Serreze has photos and an astounding audio file over on her blog. Give it a...
MichaelannLand - Tue 3:08 p.m. - 3 clicks
Last Friday, 50 year-old Arthur D. Polier was found dead in a tent where he'd living with his girlfriend in a swampy section of Northampton. Police are saying he died of natural causes. What I guess we can say is that it's natural that a 50 year-old man living in a swamp on the edge of society, should die. According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, The rates of both chroni...
MichaelannLand - Tue 3:08 p.m. - 3 clicks
John Connolly has put out a campaign-launch video . In it he says he's all about One Boston -- preferably one with good schools, safe streets, and lots of eco-friendliness. He stands in a classroom, so we know he's serious about the schools; maybe in the next video he'll drive a former gangbanger to school, in a hybrid vehicle. Whatever. I've got bigger fish to fry. ...
Talking Politics - Tue 1:20 p.m. - 2 clicks
Unequalled democratic superiority everywhere. Ignore this link: http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp... It's only billxi posting, it must be wrong. ...
Blue Mass. Group - Tue 6:04 a.m. - 4 clicks
A new Rasmussen poll on the Massachusetts Governors race shows lingering political problems for Governor Deval Patrick, who trails Republican Christy Mihos in a head to head matchup. Governor Patrick has a 5 point edge over Republican Charlie Baker in a head to head matchup, but some of the underlying ......
Bill Manzi - Tue 6:04 a.m. - 8 clicks
Give Deval Patrick credit for not dodging the question . But I can't see gasoline taxes going up anytime soon. The ugly reality of the state's fiscal 2010 budget is higher sales, meals and assorted other levies is there are insufficient funds for finding permanent solutions to the state's transportation problems. There won't be a massive hike in Mass. Pike tolls tomorrow but as a CharlieCard hol...
Massachusetts Liberal - Tue 3:25 a.m. - 5 clicks
Per one of the comments on my site, AG Martha Coakley estimated that a thousand -- yes, a thousand -- new state employees would be necessary to regulate the slot industry in Massachusetts. That's not going to be ripe for waste, greed and corruption, is it? All this reform effort can be thrown out the window if we allow the slot industry in. The industry lobbyists must be having themselves a r...
Ryan's Take - Tue 1:19 a.m. - 6 clicks
The Governor took out his metaphorical veto pen today as he approved the state’s budget for fiscal year 2010. Saying, “Health care for all means health care for all,” at his press conference, the Governor proposed partially reversing the proposed cut to some 30,000 legal immigrants (listen Governor Patrick budget statement. Under the Massachusetts Constitution, the Governor [...]...
A Healthy Blog - Mon 7:04 p.m. - 6 clicks
Politics Magazine (formerly Campaigns & Elections) has a new monthly feature where they're naming the 100 most important political "influencers" in each state. They start this month with New Hampshire, and naturally turn to James Pindell, who knows all there is to know about NH politics. I compiled a similar list for my own purposes during the 2008 Presidential primary cycle. F...
Talking Politics - Mon 3:23 p.m. - 9 clicks
Two weeks ago, I was in St. Louis for a friend's wedding. Getting married was one of my old high school crew. He lives over on the Illinois side of the river. We converged from disparate points around the country: Colorado, Massachusetts and Florida. I arrived on a Thursday afternoon and was picked up at the airport. The van load of us, five in all, immediately went to the Schlafly Taproom downt...
Flash & Yearn - Mon 8:02 a.m. - 5 clicks
My guess is, taxes, public ethics and maybe local aid will be the big issues in next year's gubernatorial campaign. None of them advantage the democrats though, so what else is new? I expect Governor Patrick will be defending the sales tax increase from now until next November and beyond, he'd best sharpen up his rhetorical arsenal in that respect. If I was the Governor I'd adopt a truculent Harry...
Chimes at Midnight - Mon 6:34 a.m. - 7 clicks
BETWEEN SOUTH ACTON AND WEST CONCORD -- I never take the commuter rail. I work in Marlboro and usually drive into the city or at least as far as Alewife if I need to go to Boston. But I have continuing ed classes today and tomorrow starting at 9:00 and the Fitchburg line schedule matches up pretty closely, so I decided to ditch the car and ride the train in. This is the first time I've ever taken ...
No Drumlins - Mon 5:26 a.m. - 4 clicks
Warning: Republicans are heading for a major crackup. The Piety Police appear intent on holding the reins which means the last man standing in 2012 may just well be -- our (former) Man Mitt. And the one-time Massachusetts resident is doing all he can to attain the top spot, becoming a regular fixture on the Sunday yak shows, offering his bon mots on what Right-thinking people should be thinking....
Massachusetts Liberal - Mon 3:25 a.m. - 4 clicks
While much is made rightfully over incumbents' advantage, we focus too much on war chests and too little on incessancy. Likewise, we can appreciate the detailed reporting in today's Boston Globe on Mayor Tom Menino's fund-raising advantage . Yet, his handshake total is surely more significant. Neither City Councilor challenger, Michael Flaherty nor Sam Yoon , is shy. They both go to many pu...
Marry in Massachusetts - Mon 3:25 a.m. - 4 clicks
Six years ago today, I woke up at the Holiday Inn in Springfield. A number of us drove down to Forest Park, where I listened to "Fishing in the Morning" by Dar Williams. The grass was so green and the skies, as I remember them, were blue. My brothers, my cousins, and the old high school crew and I played wiffle ball. Brother-in-law L. had the unfortunate draw of being with the groom and the old ti...
Flash & Yearn - Mon 3:25 a.m. - 3 clicks
While at Willits-Hollowell yesterday, I saw a copy of the July Preview Massachusetts magazine. In it was my story on the Williamstown Theatre Festival's world premiere production of Jonathan Marc Sherman's new play, Knickerbocker . I'm pretty excited about it, because Sherman, like me, is a new dad and his play is about a father expecting his first child. I got to interview Sherman and we t...
Flash & Yearn - Mon 3:25 a.m. - 2 clicks
Using stupid nicknames just makes the user look stupid. Anyone who calls her "Ka-Ching" Murray or him "Cadillac" Deval is demanding to be laughed at. Similarly, anyone who calls Tim Cahill not a Democrat just because of a difference of opinion is a risible, as well. Especially since our platform is now so meaningless that Cahill can say pretty much whatever he wants and still fit into our pla...
Quriltai on the Shore - Jun 26 - 2 clicks
"Peabody Square voter" asks: How do you decide which posts get published and which ones don't? I commented on your at-large council candidates wrap-up, and never saw it on the blog. Just wondering. I occassionally hear from people that their posts don't appear, and I have no idea why that is or how often it happens. I don't believe they're being screen...
Talking Politics - Jun 26 - 3 clicks
The Quality and Cost Council held its annual meeting yesterday in Shrewsbury, MA. A good crowd turned out for the event which included a keynote address by Cathy Schoen from The Commonwealth Fund and a responding panel made up of Senator Richard Moore; Dr. Charlotte Yeh, formerly of CMS and now with AARP Services, Inc.; [...]...
A Healthy Blog - Jun 26 - 5 clicks
I have a question for Wrentham Republican state Sen. Scott Brown in his declaration of pique over Gov. Deval Patrick laying claim to action on ethics, transportation and pension reform: “He’s going to have a press conference saying how he’s done all this wonderful work,’’ Brown said on the Senate floor before yesterday’s event. “It wasn’t him. It’s us.’’ By "us" do you mean former Speaker ...
Massachusetts Liberal - Jun 26 - 6 clicks
The Joint Committee on Health Care Financing held a hearing Wednesday afternoon on several bills including one of the ACT!! Coalition’s priority bills on health care affordability. An Act Relative to Health Care Affordability Shanna Shulman, Director of Policy and Research at the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts presented data relevant to S. [...]...
A Healthy Blog - Jun 25 - 6 clicks
There's an interesting article in the S&E today about high absentee rates in Leominster schools. This is most likely an outbreak of swine flu/H1N1, but it seems as if those quoted in the article are reluctant to admit it. Let's look at the article. A large number of students have been out sick at Fall Brook Elementary School over the past week, but there have been no confirmed cases of swine...
Progressive Fitchburg - Jun 25 - 6 clicks
It seems Treasurer Tim has been spending so much time telling everyone else how to do their jobs, he's neglected to do his own. The new state budget already has a $25 million hole in it, thanks to Cahill, who failed to tell lawmakers that an agreement to bring Massachusetts in the Powerball lottery failed to materialize. The Herald has the luscious details, including the fact that Cahill was al...
Massachusetts Liberal - Jun 25 - 2 clicks
As if Fall 2009 wasn’t close enough, Brandeis has published its preliminary schedule of classes for Spring 2010. You can view it here. ...
Innermost Parts - Jun 24 - 2 clicks
Last Friday, I received a hand-delivered flyer from Jillian, a Location Scout for the upcoming film “The Fighter,” due to begin shooting in Lowell over the next few weeks. Jillian was interested in possibly using our home as a setting for the film based on the life of local celebrity boxer, Micky Ward. To say [...]...
Jackie Doherty - Jun 24 - 10 clicks
On Monday June 22, the Massachusetts Health Disparities Council held its monthly meeting. The meeting comprised of legislators, providers, and health care groups from across the state was chaired by Senator Susan Fargo and Representative Byron Rushing. The meeting began with a review of the use and demand for interpreter services in Massachusetts Hospitals. [...]...
A Healthy Blog - Jun 24 - 3 clicks
This is actually pretty important news , but holy crap is it boring. The Standard & Poor's bond rating agency increased Fitchburg's bond rating, Mayor Lisa Wong's office announced Tuesday. Wong credited conservative budget practices, including increasing the stabilization fund and negotiating lower health care costs, with the improvement. The bond rating was BBB minus with a negative outloo...
Progressive Fitchburg - Jun 24
and starts bellowing about democracy, it is time for all sensible citizens to adjourn to the cellar, crouch behind some sandbags with a stout tire iron and some canned food. Cuz he will rant and rave long and loud .... Of course where was this blubbering sobbing lu-uv fer demo-cracy when the ballots in Florida begged for a recount or when Ohio's GOP stole the whole state from John Kerry? Let us f...
Chimes at Midnight - Jun 24
