Monday, May 20, 2013
Informational hearings on the Town Meeting Warrant articles start at 8 p.m.
The Board of Selectmen meet Monday night at 7 p.m. at North Reading Town Hall. The public is invited to meet the new Youth Services Director at the beginning of the meeting. Other agenda items include a meeting with DPW Director Dick Carnavale regarding the town road project schedule, liaison assignments and sign BANS. Residents are welcome to attend a public hearing for the Fourth of July committee at 7:30 p.m. regarding a carnival permit. There will also be informational hearings regarding Town Meeting Warrant articles. The hearings will start at 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Recap and analysis of the week in state government.
Like pieces of a puzzle that don't quite fit together yet, the Big Three may have been separated at birth, but with each incremental step their destinies seem to grow more intertwined. No, we're not talking about those Big Three - Gov. Deval Patrick, Senate President Therese Murray and Speaker Robert DeLeo - though they play major character roles in this thickening plot. Instead, three bills have come to define the early months of the 2013 legislative agenda and resolutions on tax hikes, local road funding and the annual state budget continue to be elusive and dependent on one another. Patrick spent the early part of his week welcoming British Prime Minister David Cameron to Boston for a few quick meetings and a visit to the Copley …
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Results from a recent executive survey ranked Massachusetts 47th for business.
A CEO magazine ranks Massachusetts as one of the worst states in the nation for business. Chief Executive Magazine ranked Massachusetts 47th based on a survey of corporate leaders. Survey respondents reported the Bay State is one of the worst for taxation and regulation. The state Republican Party is pointing to the survey and saying that Gov. Deval Patrick and the Democratic-led Legislature are bad for the economy and business. What do you think about Massachusetts’ business climate? Is this a good state in which to do business?
Recap and analysis of the week in state government.
Massachusetts' problem is now Virginia's. After a macabre, around-the-clock stakeout of a Worcester funeral home this week by frenzied reporters and furious protestors, the remains of alleged Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev were secreted out of central Massachusetts and buried in a small Muslim cemetery in rural Virginia. No cemetery in Massachusetts, or public official for that matter, wanted Tsarnaev's body. And Gov. Deval Patrick just seemed relieved the tense standoff was over. "No. I have enough to do," Patrick said, when asked if he wished he had gotten involved to end the theatrics sooner. The April 15 attacks on the finish line of the Boston Marathon threw Beacon Hill policymakers off stride, quieting the raging debate …
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Congressman leads Gabriel Gomez by 17 points.
A new Suffolk University/7NEWS (WHDH) poll shows a strong lead for Democratic U.S. Congressman Edward Markey over Republican businessman and former U.S. Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez in the race for the U.S. Senate special election. The poll of 500 likely voters has Markey at 52 percent and Gomez at 35 percent. Eleven percent of voters in the poll were undecided. A third-party candidate, Richard Heos of the Twelve Visions Party, got 1 percent and another 1 percent refused to respond. David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center in Boston, said along with the announcement of the poll that Markey has "a large lead over his Republican opponent who voters are unsure about." Indeed, 32 percent of those polled said …
Residents want to know when the DPW will start fixing streets in town.
Welcome to You Asked...Patch Answers where we answer readers questions. We recently received questions about road paving. Patch readers want to find out when road paving will start. Here's your answer. Spring road paving will be delayed for a few more weeks due to restrictions put on the DPW. In early April, the DPW said that road paving would start later in the Spring. DPW Director Dick Carnavale planned to have the road paving schedule finished by the end of April, but the way they do paving work was recently restricted by the selectmen, Carnavale said. "I was just completing the 'underground work necessary to do before paving' list and then the selectmen restricted the way we traditionally do the paving work," he told Patch. "Based on …
Monday, May 6, 2013
Take a look at what is on the agenda tonight.
The Board of Selectmen will meet tonight at 7 p.m. at Town Hall. Here is a sneak peek at what is on the agenda. The board will reorganize after the election, go over the legal bills from March and discuss the Andover Water Agreement. In other business, they will amend the license for Route 28 Motors and renew the bowling alley license for Candlewood Lanes. The board will also sign the June Town Meeting warrant, vote on the budget and recommend articles.
Saturday, May 4, 2013
The two will face off on June 25 in the U.S. Senate special election.
After months of campaigning we now know who is going head to head in the June 25 special U.S. Senate election. Democratic Congressman Edward Markey (D-Malden) took the Democratic vote in the Tuesday election over fellow Congressman Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston). Political newcomer and former U.S. Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez of Cohasset came out on top of a field of Republican candidates - including more seasoned opponents former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan and State Rep. Dan Winslow of Norfolk. With a month and a half of campaigning still to come we wanted to stop and ask you this question. If the Special Election were today - who would you vote for right now? Markey or Gomez? Tell us in our comments section below.
Recap and analysis of the week in state government.
In case voters weren't paying attention, and turnout suggested many weren't, his name is Gabriel Gomez. And now only Ed Markey stands between him and the United States Senate. "My name is Gabriel Gomez, and I'm a proud Republican," Gomez said, reciting his full name for the second time during a five-minute chat with reporters outside the new go-to, post-election Broadway T stop in South Boston Wednesday morning. The reporters already knew who he was, but part of Gomez's strategy now is to make sure everybody else does too. The newly minted face of the Republican Party captured the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate on Tuesday by defeating two better known names in Massachusetts Republican politics. Former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan …
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Both members are looking forward to the next three years on the School Committee.
School Committee Chairman Mel Webster was reelected and Secondary Schools Building Committee member Janene Imbriano was elected to the School Committee Tuesday. Both are looking forward to serving for the next three years. "Well I'm glad to be able to serve one more term for the School Committee," Webster said. He is looking forward to his next term and is thrilled about working on the school building project. He said it will be "exciting, but challenging" as they have to be "really careful with budgeting issues as we were this year." He expressed gratitude for former School Committee member Michael Kushakji and his three years of service. "He became a really solid member of the committee," Webster said. He also welcomed Imbriano to the …
David H. Cheresh
4:53 pm on Monday, May 20, 2013
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