The Patriot Ledger

11/08/06

Green-Rainbow candidate Ross celebrates support for party

By ANA RIVAS
Patriot Ledger State House Bureau / Nov. 8, 2006

BOSTON - The handwritten signs at the door proclaimed this as the spot for the Green-Rainbow Party’s “Victory Celebration.”
But for gubernatorial candidate Grace Ross and a couple dozen supporters gathered last night in Roxbury, the party was over before it started.
Already?” was her first reaction, minutes after the polls closed, when the television news bulletins proclaimed Deval Patrick the overwhelming winner of the race. It wasn’t a surprise, given the weeks of polls proclaiming Patrick’s lead. But for Ross, the news still came too early. More

TheBostonChannel.com

Voter Registration Stats Indicate High Turnout

Political observers have called this year's gubernatorial race one of the most contested, negative campaigns in memory. But there are indications the campaign may earn a more positive ranking. More

Immigration Issues May Be Moot Under Law

llegal immigrants became a major topic in Massachusetts gubernatorial race as Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey raised such issues as in-state tuition, driver's licenses and immigration law enforcement. Yet many facets of the debate over illegal immigrants are moot. More

The Salem News

11/15/06
North Shore's poor getting hungrier
More and more North of Boston families are skipping meals because they cannot afford food, and local food pantries are scrambling to relieve our neighbors' hunger.



Teens say recovery high schools keep them clean and sober
BOSTON - Sitting on a marble stair at the Statehouse, Sabrinna Clark, 17, waited for her chance to tell a legislator how a state-funded high school for those recovering from drugs and alcohol helped her deal with her own demons.

Gubernatorial race sparks surge in voter interest; Statewide registration nearly 4 million
A surge in voter registration statewide, believed to be brought on by the intense, historically significant governor's race, augurs a high turnout in next week's general election - perhaps one of the highest in recent memory.

State honors Salem firefighters for four-alarm rescue
BOSTON - Salem firefighters were honored yesterday at Faneuil Hall for their valor a year ago, when they rescued a young mother of four, her week-old baby and several other people from a burning apartment building on Palmer Street.">State honors Salem firefighters for four-alarm rescue.

Salem woman wins unanimous OK to parole board
BOSTON - Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey presided over a fast-paced Governor's Council meeting yesterday that saw the unanimous approval of Pamela Lombardini of Salem to the state parole board.">Salem woman wins unanimous OK to parole board.

Rep: Council picks can wait for new governor
BOSTON - When the Governor's Council meets today to decide on Salem resident Pamela Lombardini's nomination to the parole board, her resume probably won't be the only consideration.">Rep: Council picks can wait for new governor.

Seniors grill candidates on kitchen-table issues
SALEM - Shirley Vassy, a senior citizen from Salem, hadn't gotten a close-up look at the candidates for governor. So she joined 75 seniors from Salem yesterday on a trip to Boston to see an AARP-sponsored debate among the three major candidates.

Money OK'd for sailmaker's move to Salem
SALEM - A state agency yesterday approved a $2.15 million bond allowing Marblehead-based Doyle Sailmakers to relocate to Salem this fall, creating a new product line, moving 34 jobs to Salem and adding six more.

Patrick trounces competition in fundraising
BOSTON - Deval Patrick not only received the most votes across North of Boston in Tuesday's Democratic primary. He swept the field in fundraising, too.

New law will help pay for artificial limbs
BOSTON - When Juliet Bryce lost her leg in a car accident in Salem in 2001, she discovered that the amount her insurance company would pay wouldn't cover the cost of the artificial leg that she needed.


Question 3 would allow child-care providers to unionizeBOSTON - With so much attention being paid to the governor's race, a ballot question that would allow some family child-care providers to unionize is getting little notice - so little, in fact, that many North of Boston child-care providers are unaware it exists.