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Robert Rand has been using the sun's rays as an alternative energy source for more than 30 years.

As soon as legendary Irish director Vincent Dowling heard about the 463-seat Abby Theatre at the Cultural Center of Eagle Hill in Hardwick, a rivalry was in progress.

Just over a year after he disappeared while hunting in Idaho, friends, family and fellow state troopers will gather tomorrow for a memorial Mass in Belchertown and ceremony at the Quabbin Reservoir to remember retired state police Capt.

In a time of cell phone cameras and angry taxpayers, many elected leaders on Beacon Hill are shunning the type of specialty license plate that gave away a state legislator who bought alcohol in tax-free New Hampshire.

State Sen. Stephen M. Brewer, D-Barre, will hold office hours 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept.

Quabbin Regional School Committee members and district administrators are optimistic an additional cut of $228,382 from the proposed fiscal 2010 budget will be enough to gain voter approval in Hardwick or Oakham.

Posted by Philip Ryan in : Buddhism , Buddhist Teachings , Retreats , trackback Sharon Salzberg and cop-turned-dharma-teacher Cheri Maples are running a daylong retrea t at the New York Insight Center on something that we could all surely use more of: Resiliency in challenging times.

By DAN RING dring@repub.com BOSTON - State legislators are defending a bill that would give public health officials some strong powers over individual liberties if an emergency is declared to contain swine flu.

A daylong retreat on "Compassion and Yoga" is set for Sunday, Sept. 27, at the Vermont Insight Meditation Center.

An article appearing in yesterday's Boston Globe suggests a new trend among young adults: meditation.

The Quabbin Regional School District is paying its bills one month at a time on the basis of a fiscal 2010 budget of nearly $33 million that three of the five district towns have rejected as being too costly.

I think a gaming bill will be before the Legislature this fall and will likely have enough votes to pass.