Archive for Massachusetts

  • New England Autumn, Halloween and Life New England Autumn, Halloween and Life

    Pictures from my new camera (Nikon D5000) over the last few weeks in New England. It's nice to remember this time of year with the leaves changing color, Halloween and the autumn activities like picking pumpkins and playing in the leaves. [gallery link="file"] A long year and there's reason t...

  • Companies Aren't Archiving Emails. Are You Archiving Your Own Emails? Companies Aren’t Archiving Emails. Are You Archiving Your Own Emails?

    Remember that email you got with that password you needed? Where is that email with your bank information or vacation itinerary? We've all seen Microsoft Outlook email archiving pop up and often they hit yes to archive old emails without knowing what it does. What is email archiving and how do...

  • Local Post Offices Are Closing. Is Yours on the List? Local Post Offices Are Closing. Is Yours on the List?

    As the United States Postal Service, weighed down by a crippling multibillion-dollar deficit, shrinks its operations, post offices across the country are on the chopping block. Each year, hundreds of postal operations shutter, but this coming fall could be the single biggest consolidation in Postal ...

  • Support Massachusetts Democrats

    Dear Friend, In 3 months, voters across the Commonwealth will head to the polls for the critically important 2006 election. It has been 20 years -- far too long -- since we elected a Democratic governor here at home. Massachusetts, like so much of the country, is ready for a change. That's why...

  • How Thanksgiving Became the National Day of Mourning for the Wampanoag Native Americans How Thanksgiving Became the National Day of Mourning for the Wampanoag Native Americans

    When I was young, it was ok for people to celebrate the myth of Thanksgiving as it had been told to us for hundreds of years. The Pilgrims landed on Plymouth rock and were met by some very friendly "Indians". These Indians quickly became friends with the Pilgrims. In a way of celebrating both th...

  • Sal's Pizza is the Best Sal’s Pizza is the Best

    It is the wholesome and fresh product line of our restaurant/takeout and franchise operations that has made Sal's Pizza a unique and successful quick-server enterprise. The concept for the company originated in Boston's North End, the renowned enclave of authentic Italian eateries, and where CEO...

  • Will Same Sex Marriage in Massachusetts Be Overturned? Will Same Sex Marriage in Massachusetts Be Overturned?

    Massachusetts law makers pushed forward the proposed ban to make same sex marriage illegal in it's state. Although 132 voted against the ban, 62 members voted to get rid of gay marriage. Since the cutoff to keep a proposition alive is 50 votes, this one will appear for further consideration on the n...

  • Shaw Farm Is The Last Of It's Kind In Greater Lowell Shaw Farm Is The Last Of It’s Kind In Greater Lowell

    Located in Dracut Massachusetts, Shaw Farm is the only operating dairy farm still around in the Greater Lowell area. You can be sure that when you visit Shaw Farm for your dairy needs you are purchasing fresh milk from a dairy farm on a very, very short list of dairy farms in still operating in New ...

  • Off Road ATV Laws In Massachusetts Are Changing Off Road ATV Laws In Massachusetts Are Changing

    Recently, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) in partnership with the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA) assembled an Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) Enforcement Working Group to guide the agency in recommending changes to current OHV laws, regulatio...

  • Massachusetts Junior Operators Face New Stricter Driving Laws

    There has been a lot of focus lately on making sure that teenage drivers practice safer driving. One idea that was floating around for a while was raising the legal driving age. That obviously didn't happen but some stricter laws for newer drivers are now in effect that will drastically change not o...

  • 15 Year Old Jared Richards of Swampscot May Face Charges for Possession of Explosive Device

    Mixing explosive chemicals found around the house in a soda bottle to watch them explode was not the best idea that 15 year old Jared Richards of Swampscot, MA ever had but to be charged for it by the state? I really think that is too much. Jared Richards and some of his friends had found directi...

  • He Took Up Beer Drinking. Now This Catholic Cardinal Wants to Podcast

    Boston's Cardinal Sean O'Malley, who already has his own blog, is helping bring the Roman Catholic church deeper into the 21st century by offering downloadable Christmas video messages in three languages. The Catholic church is generally seen as being behind the curve when it comes to new media and ...

  • Weymouth’s Own Sgt. Andrew Farrar

    DROPKICK MURPHYS - "Last Letter Home" Listen to Last Letter Home (Album Version) Hello there my dearest love Today I write to you about our sons The boys start school today They're the spitting image of you in every way Hey son it's Dad I hope this letter finds you well out of harm's wa...

  • 9/11 + 5

    Five years after the worst terrorist attack on American soil, families of some of the nearly 3,000 victims gathered Monday at Ground Zero for a solemn ceremony. The commemoration included four moments of silence. Two for the times that hijacked planes hit the World Trade Center towers (which Drac...

  • Maynard High School Joseph Magno Arrested for Crimes Against a Student

    Joseph Magno's reputation was legendary. A teacher of Maynard High School for 42 years and a faculty adviser for the Maynard High School WAVM, the student radio and television station, he had taught generations of residents from the police chief to the parents pushing strollers on Nason Street to th...