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Three take out papers for mayor
Posted on June 16, 2009 by kjohnson
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Three candidates for mayor pulled nomination papers Monday, the first day they were available. Linda Balzotti, incumbent James Harrington and Arnold Greenblatt each went to the Election Commission office before noon, picking up packets that elections chief John McGarry had prepared for them. Read more.
We’ve begun signing up volunteer bloggers to talk about the mayor’s race for City of Champions.
We’re looking for intelligent, informed, opinionated commentary (choose one or all). We don’t care who they support, as long as they keep the discussion civil.
We’re only interested in bloggers who are willing to use their real names. We will not allow inappropriate comments on their posts.
If it sounds like fun, e-mail suburban editor Don Seiffert at dseiffert@enterprisenews.com.
Obama supporters make early-morning noise
Posted on January 20, 2009 by dseiffert
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No one who is in Washington is hoping to catch up on sleep. Nine-year-old Jillian Nelson of West Bridgewater wrote just after 6 a.m. this morning to say, “I woke up before 5:00 am to the sound of people chanting OBAMA! OBAMA! OBAMA! Out our window you can see hundreds of people behind a barricade. It is very crazy here, and there are secret service men in the lobby with police officers.”
‘The city is bursting with energy’
Posted on January 20, 2009 by dseiffert
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Marva Edwards of Brockton wrote at 11:30 last night to say: “We just arrived back to our hotel room. The city is bursting with engery. We have met people from all over the world. We medt a wonderful correspondent from the Morrocan News. The mall was packed with people. Everyone in happy and friendly, even the police. Got to go to bed now. We are getting up @ 3:00am so we can be on the 4:00 am train into DC.”
Today, she plans to join relatives from across the country on Tuesday to watch Barack Obama take office as the nation’s first African-American president.
West Bridgewater 9-year-old reports from the capital: “It is insane!”
Posted on January 19, 2009 by dseiffert
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Jillian Nelson, 9, of West Bridgewater, a fourth grader at the Howard School, arrived in the Washington D.C. area tonight with her mother, Jen, and writes to say: “We arrived in Baltimore on Saturday, and went to Arlington, Va. where we are staying. Yesterday we visited the National Zoo, and saw the pandas and a baby ape! All of our Metro rides were easy and not crowded . . . until today! Today the Metro was very crowded and we could not get seats.
“Right now we are in an office building on Pennsylvania Avenue, where we are spending the night. Tomorrow morning we’ll head out to watch the inauguration. We are standing in the blue section.
”We walked around earlier and it is insane! Vendors are everywhere, and you can’t walk two minutes without hearing ‘Obama t-shirt, $5!’ It is exciting, though. DC looks beautiful all lit up and most people are happy and excited. We went into the Super Inauguration shop, and they have everything Obama. We walked by the Newseum where there is a ball tonight but did not see any celebrities.”
Obama for sale?
Posted on January 19, 2009 by dseiffert
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There is no shortage of entrepreneurs looking to capitalize on President-elect Barack Obama’s celebrity in D.C. this week. GateHouse News Service reporter Neal Simpson reports that whole intersections have been overrun with hawkers selling Obama belts, watches, candles, tote bags and a popular line of rhinestone-studded knit beanies.
At the intersection of Indiana Avenue and Seventh Street, one vendor was selling a set of T-shirts printed with an image of Obama working a turntable that she called the “most original T-shirts in D.C.” On 3rd Avenue, another hawker was selling sets of six cookies bearing the president-elect’s likeliness for $20.
Scores from Brockton area inauguration-bound
Posted on January 19, 2009 by dseiffert
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Scores of Brockton-area residents will be among the millions expected to witness firsthand the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday. In the past week, we’ve already told you about Frances Jeffries and her son, Alex Lamie, of Bridgewater; Jamie L. Long, a freshman at Stonehill College; Sarah Faidell, sophomore at Coyle & Cassidy High School; and the 26 Carver High School freshmen who are attending. In Brockton, Celicia Lloyd, 16, a junior, and Elyssa Fontes, 17, a senior, are among the numerous Brockton students who are making the scene. Brockton High School sophomore Greta Zukauskaite is another. Colleen Gately, a Stoughton resident and a sophomore at Cardinal Spellman in Brockton, is attending the inauguration with the People to People program.
Later today and tomorrow, watch this Web site for updates from those local residents and others from Washinton, DC.
Reflections on old shoe industry speak to current crisis
Posted on December 10, 2008 by jmurphy
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Those of us working in newsrooms have been, as you might guess, a bit fixated for a while now on the rapid deterioration of the industry. So when we saw a column recently on how the shoe industry collapsed in Brockton and comparisons to what’s going on in newspapers, it caught our eye. If you’re feeling the pinch in this recession, had ties to the Brockton shoe industry or just enjoy economic history, this is an interesting read. Check it out here.
Southeastern Mass. defies state on dog racing question
Posted on November 4, 2008 by dseiffert
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Voters statewide have approved a ban on greyhound racing, but that certainly wasn’t the case around here. In fact, of about 50 towns in southeastern Massachusetts (not including Cape Cod), only 11 towns had a majority of voters approve the measure.
Those towns are: Cohassett, Duxbury, Hingham, Hull, Marion, Mattapoisett, Norwell, Plymouth, Scituate, Seekonk, and Sharon.
Wareham had an exact tie on that question, 5675-5675.
Dog racing ban fails in all six local towns reporting
Posted on November 4, 2008 by dseiffert
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Results are in from Avon, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanson West Bridgewater and Whitman, and all six towns rejected Question 3, the greyhound racing ban. All five also rejected Question 1 (the income tax repeal), but approved Question 2 (to make posession of small amounts of marijuana a civil offence).
Obviously, there are still 245 other towns who will weigh in, but if the southeastern towns are any indication, it looks good for employees at the Raynham dog track, public employees and pot-smokers.
Avon wins in race to report election numbers
Posted on November 4, 2008 by dseiffert
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Avon gets the award for first election results, and the majority of voters there cast ballots for Barack Obama — by a mere 14 votes. With an 80 percent turnout and seven ballots to be counted by hand, the numbers are:
Obama: 1,167
McCain: 1,153
Avon voters rejected the income tax repeal and the grayhound racing ban, but endorsed making marijuana possession a civil rather than criminal offence.
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