Massachusetts

Orange you glad you don't live in Athol?

lex.galloway — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:48:28 +0000

Yesterday morning, the ever serious David Bernstein at the Phoenix noted Salem's attempt to get over the whole witchcraft thing with a new municipal slogan and wondered what other towns could adopt as their slogans. Suggestions continue to pour in; here are some of the best (so far):

[rollzroix] Somerville: Like the US, we have three branches of government: 1/3 Mayor, 1/3 Aldermen, 1/3 Pat's Towing

[bokeller12] Boston: lost if by car, late if by T.

U.S. Senator Scott Brown will get sworn in today. How many terms do you give him?

Williams35 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:43:29 +0000

554,000 in Massachusetts Struggle to Put Food on the Table

Project Bread — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:33:21 +0000

Project Bread, the state’s leading antihunger organization, released numbers from its upcoming annual status report on hunger in the Commonwealth. The disquieting trends described in this report, caused by high unemployment, point to 554,000 people in the Commonwealth struggling with hunger. Food insecurity has found its way into middle class suburbs and has driven low-income people further into crisis. The report argues for a public health approach and asks that the state continue to bring systemic solutions to scale — especially healthy school and summer food programs for kids.

Should Diane Wilkerson Concede The Senatorial Race Now Before Any Further Humiliation?

Williams35 — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:47:46 +0000

AIM's 2007-2008 Legislative Scorecard Underscores Need for Improvement in Massachusetts

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:36:12 +0000

Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM), the state's largest business advocacy organization with more than 7,000 Bay State businesses and institutions who collectively employ more than 675,000 employees, released the third edition of its biennial Legislative Scorecard. The Scorecard is designed to evaluate the pro-business voting record of each of the members of the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives.

Summer Food Program in Dorchester Receives Grants from Project Bread

brooke_mackinnon — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:38:29 +0000

PROJECT BREAD SUPPORTS ‘FOOD AND FUN’ FOR DORCHESTER KIDS THIS SUMMER
$225,900 in statewide grants aim to help families cope with food and gas crisis

June 19, 2008 — EAST BOSTON — When school is out, kids who rely on free or reduced-price school meals need a safe place to go where they can get a healthy meal and have some summer fun. That’s why Project Bread is providing $5,500 in incentive grants to the Summer Food Service Program in Dorchester in an effort to help families cope with the skyrocketing cost of food and gas.

Salem's Last Road

dmoisan — Wed, 16 May 2007 03:03:52 +0000

The state is building a 1-mile bypass road from Beverly to downtown Salem. Read about it and see the pictures in Salem's Last Road.

Things To Do: Blog

Boston Cube — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:49:21 +0000

From the time I was a small child, I was taught to write thank you notes for kindnesses, memorize othersâ€™ birthdays and anniversaries, honor the dead, be organized and tidy and evolve into a social creature that takes the time to remember. I think I received my first box of stationery from my mother when I was five. I was reading by three, writing certainly by five, and my mother did take the time to teach me how to write a thank you note. I am still in possession of a few sheets of paper and the lined envelopes my brotherâ€™s then girlfriend gave me for my seventeenth birthday.

September 11th

Alaiyo — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:44:02 +0000

This is another trinket received from MySpace. It is one thing to hear about it. It is another thing to see the names and to realize that these were people with lives, hopes and dreams and that they will never come back. It is equally disturbing to know how many of the victims were local to Massachusetts.

Please scroll through and remember.

MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR 2006 CANDIDATE STEVE MACMILLAN 14494 REPUBLICAN

governor14494 — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:51:24 +0000

THIS CAMPAIGN IS FUNNY I GREW UP IN MILTON NEAR PATRICK HE LIVES NEXT DOOR TO JOE DEBESSE AND NOW LIVE NEAR CHRISTY AND GOT PAID FROM TOM RILEY RECENTLY,AND I HANG AROUND WITH WILLIAM GALVIN THE NEPHEW IN HYANNIS SAME NAME,AND MY GIRL FRIEND CLEANS TEDS HOUSE MANSION FROM BRAZIL SALETE BATISTA AND ISABEL THEY SEE MISTER WILSON THERE INVENTER IN NORWOOD FIRST INETERNET BUILDER NAVY VET STEVE MACMILLAN PO BOX 1114 FORSTDALE MA 02644 I WAS TRAINED BY THE TOUGHEST IN THE NAVY AND PERFECTION WAS A MUST THATS WHAT I BRING TO MASSACHUSETTS I WILL GET THE STATE HOUSE IN SHAPE IN TWO WEEKS LIKE MY DRIL

Divorce in Massachusetts or Brazil? Request for advice.

Mary Anne — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:21:16 +0000

Hello,

I am in the unenviable situation of having to divorce. I am trying to decide whether to do the legal divorce in the US (MA) or in Brazil, where I reside at the moment (but I also have a legal residence in the US).

I am seeking to know whether there are any predictable advantages or disadvantages in going through the divorce process in Brazil. There is a 7 year old child involved. The father is American and wanting to return to the US now, while I remain in Brazil, at least for the time being.

Does anyone know what a typical settlement looks like in the two places, in terms of finances and child custody? Can anyone give me any useful information?

Who opposes the state's effort to ditch Microsoft Office?

adamg — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 16:16:59 +0000

Well, Microsoft, of course.

But also Citizens Against Government Waste:

"It is bad procurement policy for any state to unilaterally lock itself into one set of technologies," CAGW President Tom Schatz said.

Oh, horrors! How could our state officials be making such a potentially costly (even deadly!) mistake?

But then you calm down and you start to wonder who, exactly, is Citizens Against Government Waste. And along comes somebody like Michael Smith to explain that CAGW is actually a front for large corporations. In fact, if you go to CAGW's links page and scroll down to "Technology Reform Links," you'll find a link to www.microsoft.com with this note:

Visit the Microsoft website to examine the future of cyber technology!

Astroturf, anyone? More on CAGW.

Mass. HB 1881 hearing in Gardner Auditorium at State House

mythicflow — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 21:27:06 +0000

WE NOW KNOW THE CIVIL LIBERTIES HEARING WILL BE IN GARDNER AUDITORUM
AND WE NEED TO FILL IT -- PLEASE PLAN TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT THE BILL
OF RIGHTS -- the REAL PATRIOT Act!

See:

Hearing on HB 1881 -- the Resolution Affirming the Civil Rights and Liberties of the People of Massachusetts

mythicflow — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 03:01:25 +0000

Support the Bill of Rights -- the REAL PATRIOT Act

Wednesday, June 22 at The State House in Boston

10 AM: Hearing on HB 1881 -- the Resolution Affirming the Civil Rights and Liberties of the People of Massachusetts

12 noon: Rally in Boston Common near the steps of The State House