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Sunday Jun 28 | Berkshire Eagle

Landmarks get $267K boost

Two historical landmarks may receive a makeover after a bill was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives to grant $267,000 to Hancock Shaker Village and the Stockbridge Mission House and Indian Museum.

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Related Topix: Stockbridge, MA, US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, US News

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Telegram & Gazette

Freedom's Way

Just saying no to growth in their town, Harvard, was not good enough for three women.

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Related Topix: Harvard, MA, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Niki Tsongas, Massachusetts, US National Parks, Minute Man National Historical Park, Gardner, MA

Tue Jun 16, 2009

Pepperell Free Press

Rail-trail group mulls options to fund design plan

A group of people is hoping to create a 3.7-mile recreational path along the rail track in Groton and Townsend.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Niki Tsongas, Worcester County, MA

Sun Jun 14, 2009

Berkshire Eagle

Harriman & West airport gets $5.5M boost

After more than a decade of waiting, Harriman & West Airport's aspirations to repair their runway are finally taking off.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, North Adams, MA

Fri Jun 12, 2009

Customer Interaction Solutions

Political phone survey leaves few clues

A mysterious Alabama-based political telemarketing group has begun calling city residents with questions about the upcoming mayoral race candidates, the economy and other local democrats.

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Related Topix: US News, North Adams, MA, Push, Drama Movies, Thriller, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Sat Jun 06, 2009

Free Republic

Howie Carr thread week of June 7, 2009

To: raccoonradio; Andonius_99; Andy'smom; Antique Gal; Big Guy and Rusty 99; bitt; Barset; ... Howie Sunday Herald column ping Howie Carr's field guide to the Mass.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government, Weight Training, Fitness

Thu Jun 04, 2009

The Journal of Commerce Online

Panel Reviews Gas Tax Alternatives

Members of the House Appropriations subcommittee on transportation and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood agreed that creativity is needed to find a permanent and sustainable way to provide money for the Highway Trust Fund, but solutions mentioned during a budget hearing on Thursday broke no new ground.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Steven LaTourette, Republican

Mon Jun 01, 2009

MassLive.com

Democrats to converge on Springfield Saturday for Mass. issues convention

By DAN RING dring@repub.com BOSTON - Gov. Deval L. Patrick and other top politicians will address delegates on Saturday at the state Democratic convention in Springfield, in an event that will set the table for next year's statewide election.

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Related Topix: Springfield Metro, Springfield, MA, US Politics, Michael Capuano, US News, Richard Neal, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Events

Wed May 27, 2009

The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts

Long wait for high-speed: Patrick aims to use federal stimulus money...

With federal stimulus funding to 'turbocharge' the state's $40 million effort to provide broadband service to the least-served communities in Massachusetts, Gov.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Massachusetts, Deval Patrick, US Governors, South Deerfield, MA, Leverett, MA, Franklin County, MA

Fri May 22, 2009

Herald-Leader

I-49 vital to nation, region, Boozman tells committee

On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. John Boozman, R-Ark., worked to convince his House colleagues of the benefits to the state and the nation of funding for Interstate 49.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Boozman, Democrat, Fort Smith, AR, Bentonville, AR

Wed May 20, 2009

Sacramento Bee

Lawmakers flood House with pet highway projects

There are lots of bridges to cross and roads to travel for lawmakers bent on ending the time-honored practice of funneling money to their home states: at least 6,800 of them.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Diane Watson, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Jackie Speier

Tue May 19, 2009

Valley Advocate

Scuderi Group Unveils Prototype Engine

When I last wrote about West Springfield's Scuderi Group , the family business's patriarch and principal inventor of the Scuderi split-cycle engine, Carmelo Scuderi, had recently passed away.

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Related Topix: Inventions, Science / Technology, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Mon May 18, 2009

The Free Press, Independent News Media

76 members of Congress oppose staying in Afghanistan forever

Departments National Issues 76 members of Congress oppose staying in Afghanistan forever by David Swanson May 18, 2009 Imagine if Spain indicts Gonzales, Bybee, Haynes, Yoo, Addington, and Feith, but the United States fails to extradite them and in fact appears guilty of having harbored and possibly even employed them at good salaries.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Michael Capuano, John Tierney, US House of Representatives, Representative Niki Tsongas, Democrat, Representative Donna Edwards

Thu May 14, 2009

Boston Globe

New England reps split on war funding

The New England delegation divided on the issue today as the House approved funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as the US winds down its involvement in the former and increases its push in the latter.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, William Delahunt, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Stephen Lynch, Representative Niki Tsongas, Democrat

Mon May 11, 2009

MassLive.com

West Springfield's Scuderi Group rolls out cut-away model of its 'split-cycle' engine

Stephen P. Scuderi, second from right, speaks about the cut-away model of the Scuderi Group engine, which was unveiled Monday during a press conference at the Storrowton Tavern Carriage House in West Springfield.

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Related Topix: Springfield Metro, Springfield, MA, West Springfield, MA, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Inventions, Science / Technology

Sat May 09, 2009

Boston Business Journal

Nuciforo's securities proposal draws spotlight, criticism

In nearly six years in the Legislature, Sen. Andrea F. Nuciforo Jr., a Pittsfield Democrat, earned a reputation as a quiet legislator skilled in retail politics and versed in legislative minutiae.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Pittsfield Metro, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Mutual Funds, Personal Finance, Manufacturing, Electronics

Mon Apr 27, 2009

Bostonist

Jim McGovern Arrested Again

Here's a shocker: Congressmen break the rules. A handful of Congressional representatives, including Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, were arrested on Friday outside the Sudanese Embassy in D.C. while protesting the ongoing violence/genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Wed Apr 22, 2009

The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog

Western MA: Rep. Neal's Opposition to Needle Exchange Continues ...

Western MA: Rep. Neal's Opposition to Needle Exchange Continues including no support for lifting HR 179 lifting bad on suport for federal needle exchange funds New Hope for Needle Exchange A new bill may lift a 1988 ban on using federal funds to support needle exchange programs.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Richard Neal, US House of Representatives, Democrat, William Delahunt, Michael Capuano, James McGovern, Barney Frank

Sat Apr 18, 2009

Stateline.org

Agencies collaborating: Affair of the year

Two federal departments collaborating? An unnatural act? Maybe. But if you care what kind of neighborhood you live in, or whether you or your kids will be able to make ends meet, then check out this burgeoning departmental romance.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, US News

Fri Apr 17, 2009

The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts

Gov. gets transport center rolling

The governor, state legislators, the mayor and regional transportation officials picked up gold-plated shovels in unison Friday afternoon and tossed dirt from one side of a sand pile to the other in the former Toyota of Greenfield paved parking lot to symbolically break ground for a new regional transportation center.

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Related Topix: Greenfield, MA, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Deval Patrick, US Governors, Franklin County, MA

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