UMF Announces Dean’s List for Fall 2021 Semester The University of Maine at Farmington proudly announces Katryn Barr was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2021 semester. University of Maine Farmington (UMF) maintains a Dean’s List each semester for…
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Marblehead School of Ballet to Hold Celebrated Summer Dance Intensives
Dancers can expand their skills and technique in the Marblehead School of Ballet’s (MSB) celebrated Summer Intensive Dance 2022 program. Students of all levels may apply to this dance and cultural gem’s renowned Summer Dance Intensive program presented in a…
Putin: Pure Evil
As regular readers of this column know, we do not view events in terms of “good vs. evil.” Over the years, we have referred to tobacco companies, polluters, et als as greedy and despicable, but describing them as “evil-doers,” as…
Energy Relief Is Needed — Suspend the Gasoline Tax
Other than a couple of on-air Fox TV personalities, the vast majority of Americans are outraged about the situation in Ukraine. But there isn’t much that we in the U.S. can do about it directly, whether individually (unless we want…
Guest Op-Ed: Is Vladimir Putin the Devil?
Dr. Glenn Mollette There is nothing good to be said about the Devil. If you don’t believe me, check out Bible. Or, just turn on the television for a reporting of the evil he spreads throughout the world. You will likely…
Dominican Flag-Raising Ceremony
VFW Announces Massachusetts Voice of Democracy Scholarship Winner
Chance J. Bonfanti, a freshman in St. Mary’s High School, Lynn, MA, was named the VFW Department of Massachusetts’s first place winner and recipient of the Voice of Democracy Award in the 2021-2022 Youth Scholarship Program. VFW Witch City Post…
Coalition Calls for Swift Action on Low-Income Fares
In the wake of the failure by the MBTA board to create a Low-Income Fare for MBTA riders, a popular proposal that garnered overwhelming support in public testimony, the Public Transit Public Good Coalition calls for swift action on providing…
Baker-Polito Announce Small Business Relief Program
The Baker-Polito Administration announced the launch of a new $75 million grant program to support Massachusetts small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The new program is part of the plan to spend $4 billion in American Rescue Plan funding that…
2022 Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival is Planned
The Revere Beach Partnership, in coordination with the City of Revere and the Department of Conservation and Recreation, is excited to announce that it will be hosting the 18th Annual Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival from July 22 to…