Editorial
Re-energizing Republicans
      Many wonder how Massachusetts is still one-party system given the widespread dissatisfaction with the state office holders. It seems odd that despite the number of local people who say they identify more with the Republican party than the Democratic party, or are at least sick of a single party d...
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Red Cross look for donors during March
      To the Editor: Every year since 1943, the President of the United States declares that March is Red Cross Month. But maybe what they've been saying all along is that March is "Hero Month," because that's what the American Red Cross is all about - heroes.
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Resident encourages support of Forbush project
      To the Editor: Dear Fellow Westminster Taxpayer: Please don't vote against the $490,000 debt exclusion request for library repairs that will be on the ballot on April 1.
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COMMUNITY JOURNAL QUESTION OF THE WEEK
      Will you help with the local Habitat project that is starting this month? Give me a hammer and line up the EMT. My company or local organization is already lined up. I don't have the time but I wish I did. Nope, that type of work isn't for me.
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Similarities run deep in race
By Jason Lefferts
      In September 2005, three members of the House held a joint fundraiser at the Kinsale, an Irish pub just steps from the State House. For a random September evening at the foot of Beacon Hill, there was nothing unusual about the fundraiser. The Kinsale is a popular place for state employees, and th...
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Resident takes a moment to speak out
      To the Editor: When you have a passion for something in life the hardest thing to watch is its quality slowly dissipates. This is the reason I have found it so troubling to observe our previously very well respected school system in Ashburnham and Westminster gradually sink into oblivion during t...
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