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What a night it was last night for Red Sox fans. First they beat the Twins 5-2 at about 9:40 p.m. but they don’t know whether they’ll have the AL East title until the [...]
Entries from September 2007
‘Squeezed’ Out of First Place
September 29th, 2007 · 6 Comments · Oddball, Sports
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Too Much $$$$ ?
September 29th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Local, Main, Media, Race for Prez
A friend (and an activist Republican) recently asked me the following:
Why when the Republicans were out raising Democrats was there an overwhelming media meme that there is “too much money in politics.” But now that the Dems are out raising the Republicans, there is little or no concern on the part of the “watchdogs of [...]
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Hillary: ‘Send Babies to College’
September 28th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Education, Main, National, Race for Prez
Update noon Tuesday: According to First Read, “[HIllary's] $5,000 “baby bonds” proposal may have given fodder to Republicans. “The baby bonds proposal is one of the few mistakes Hillary Clinton has made in her campaign,” said University of Virginia Professor Larry Sabato in the New York Times. ‘Should Clinton become the Democratic nominee, she may [...]
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LJ 09.27.07
September 27th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Local, Media
Hi. Sorry this has been so late but it’s been a crazy day. I had lots of other work to do and then had to go to the Region 1 BOE meeting on the NEASC report at 4 p.m. (more on that later) …
On this week’s LJ front page, we have my lead story on [...]
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Warm Colors
September 26th, 2007 · No Comments · Main, Scenic Photos
The high today was close to 90, but fall colors are still making their way down here from the north country. This view is through my neighbor’s front yard and into their back yard. I believe that’s Selleck Hill that you can see through the summer-like haze.
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Go Back Behind The Wall
September 25th, 2007 · 13 Comments · Media, National
Update: This Denis Horgan post and its comments are precisely the kind of northern elitism I am talking about.
In a fit of idiocy after waking up this morning, I took advantage of the New York Times’ decision to remove its columnists from the failed pay wall that was Times Select.
I had the misfortune of reading [...]
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Region One BOE Will Address NEASC
September 25th, 2007 · No Comments · Education, Local, Main
Region One BOE Chairman Judge Manning called me on Friday to say the board will hold a special meeting this Thursday, Sept. 27, at 4 p.m. in the high school library to discuss the recommendations of the New England Association of Colleges & Schools on HVRHS.
We’ll have a story appearing Thursday, but since [...]
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To Be Blount About It …
September 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment · Local, Main, Media, Oddball
Colin McEnroe’s lifetime friendship with a celeb humorist begins with a dare and a drunken phone call from a Lakeville apartment.
P.S. I wonder whose place it was. There aren’t that many rental units in Lakeville. Maybe a faculty apartment at Hotchkiss …
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Pennies For Martha
September 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment · Oddball
In the you-can’t-make-this-stuff-up department: a crazy man has sued Martha Stewart alleging his civil rights were violated in a failed real estate deal. When I first came across this, I assumed it was a hoax.
But it was so funny that I quickly determined no one could make it up. Not even Rob Petrie, Sally [...]
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LJ 09.20.07
September 20th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Local, Main, Media
The lead story this week was penned by yours truly on the situation at Lee Kellogg School in Falls Village, where a long-range planning committee will be formed to look into issues related to staffing, programs and the physical plant at the tiny 100-student school. At almost $17,000, Kellogg has the highest per pupil cost [...]
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