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Democrats of Douglas, MA

Douglas Town Committee Urges Democrats to Attend Caucus April 4
Tribune Endorses Shirley Mosczynski
Candidate statement program now on cable and online
Douglas Democrats Announce Candidates for May 8th Election
Annual Caucus: Wednesday, March 28

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Worcester Telegram - Local News

Sign of spring
WORCESTER - George A. Query, foreman of the greenhouse at the College of the Holy Cross, waters seedlings that eventually will be planted on the college grounds this spring.

Office cellar arouses worries
OXFORD - Employees at the school administration building will not hold their breath while waiting for the results of air quality tests, but maybe they should.

Shirley man, woman arraigned in Leominster bank robbery
LEOMINSTER - Two Shirley residents are being held after being arraigned today for robbing the TD Bank branch in Water Tower Plaza and leading police on a chase into Lancaster, where they were arrested.

T&G report unsettles suit pact
WORCESTER - The city mailed a check for $47,500 to Trung Huynh of Worcester late last month to settle his police brutality lawsuit, in which he claimed an officer unjustly beat him with a baton while he was on the ground.

Housing market improves
In 2008 when the housing market hit bottom, developer Brendon P. Giblin of Southboro took advantage of the slow-build period to re-evaluate what type of homes people would want once the market recovered.

Taxi cab, livery operators clash over need for more service
WORCESTER - The ongoing battle between taxicab and livery operators heated up again last night, with a renewed call for “fair and open competition” between the two services.

Council’s action signals sign moratorium may be imminent
WORCESTER - The City Council last night launched the process for implementing a six-month moratorium on the installation, enlargement or relocation of billboards and certain other advertising signs.

Gag orders aren’t the way to earn respect
Since 1999, the city has opted 19 times to pay off people who brought brutality charges against Worcester police officers. That is almost two per year.

Deceptive danger
Southboro Firefighter Scott Navaroli clings to the top of the ice, water moving around him. He bobs up and down in his ice rescue suit as Firefighter Kenneth Franks shuffles toward him atop the ice on the Sudbury Reservoir.

Still another Webster bank held up
WEBSTER - Police are looking for the man who robbed Commerce Bank at 25 Webster Road shortly before 3 p.m. yesterday.

Boston.com - Massachusetts News

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UMass team helping to teach Afghanistan’s teachers
Chaplains decry vandalism of Muslim center
School Committee to vote on Laboy
NYC woman to be arraigned in hit-and-run

The Huffington Post

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Shelly Palmer: Megabits in a Megabyte — Shelly Palmer
PETA Offers To Put Pro-Vegan Trash Cans In Colorado Springs Parks
Dowd: Non-Muslim Pilgrim in Mecca
Bill Lucey: Seattle’s oldest newspaper remembers their Irish Wake

Daily Kos

Open Thread for Night Owls: Paving the Way?
Open Thread and Diary Rescue
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Democratic National Committee

Chairman Kaine: “Final March for Reform” Begins Today
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DNC Chairman Tim Kaine Praises New CBO Report Confirming The Recovery Act Created Up To 2.1 Million Jobs In The Final Quarter Of 2009
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine Statement on Election of Roslyn M. Brock as the new Chairwoman of the N.A.A.C.P.
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