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| Chelmsford fourth-grader chorus, orchestra play at Statehouse |
| Under the direction of Lynn Rubin, Allison Lacasse and Kate Comeau, the chorus and orchestras from the McCarthy and Parker middle schools performed holiday programs at the Massachusetts Statehouse and at their respective schools. |
| Read More...(Source: Chelmsford News - Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:44:12 GMT) |
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| What's Up in Westford: Feb. 5 to 11 |
| Hello Westford! Here's what's up this week in town. #1. Weather: We've got some some precipitation likely on Thursday, but otherwise it's scattered clouds and sun. |
| Read More...(Source: Chelmsford News - Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:44:21 GMT) |
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| Crisis in ambulance payments |
| The problem is that in-network provider reimbursements don't even cover ambulance providers' costs, which average between $550 and $800 per trip. |
| Read More...(Source: Chelmsford News - Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:18:46 GMT) |
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| Chelmsford Man Arrested After Alleged Neighbor Problem |
| This is a portion of the Chelmsford Police log. All information is provided by Chelmsford Police. |
| Read More...(Source: Chelmsford News - Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:25:09 GMT) |
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| Five Things You Need to Know Today: Feb. 2 |
| Today is Wednesday, Feb. 1. Here is what you need to know: 1. Cloudy: Today will be cloudy with a high of 42 degrees. |
| Read More...(Source: Chelmsford News - Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:00:56 GMT) |
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| Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (1934) |
| Aaron was the first US baseball player to hit more career home runs than Babe Ruth. After playing briefly in the Negro leagues and then in the minor leagues, Aaron moved up to the majors as an outfielder with the Milwaukee—later Atlanta—Braves in 1954 and was National League MVP in 1957. Upon breaking Ruth's record in 1974, he was besieged by the media and badgered by racist letter-writers, and retired just two years later. Aaron's home run record remained unbroken until when? Discuss |
| Read More...(Source: Today's Birthday - Sun, 5 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT) |
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| Charles Lindbergh (1902) |
| In 1927, Lindbergh, an American aviator, made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic in 33.5 hours, landing in Paris to a hero's welcome. He returned to the US a celebrity but moved to England in 1932 to escape the media frenzy surrounding the kidnapping and murder of his son. Returning to the US in 1940, he faced criticism for opposing US entry into WWII. Still, he flew combat missions for the US during the war. He helped invent what device that made open-heart surgery possible? |
| Read More...(Source: Today's Birthday - Sat, 4 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT) |
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| Norman Rockwell (1894) |
| Rockwell was an American illustrator whose idealized scenes of family life in small-town America gained enormous popularity with the public. His illustrations appeared in major periodicals such as Collier's and Life. From 1916 to 1963, he produced 317 covers for The Saturday Evening Post, and during WWII his patriotic posters were distributed by the government. What unusually serious subject did the sentimental illustrator cover for Look magazine later in his career? |
| Read More...(Source: Today's Birthday - Fri, 3 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT) |
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| Lucy Maud Montgomery |
| We must have ideals and try to live up to them, even if we never quite succeed. Life would be a sorry business without them. With them it's grand and great. Discuss |
| Read More...(Source: Quote of the Day - Sun, 5 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT) |
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| Jane Austen |
| Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything. |
| Read More...(Source: Quote of the Day - Sat, 4 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT) |
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| Edwin Abbott |
| With Women, we speak of "love", "duty", "right", "wrong", "pity", "hope", and other irrational and emotional conceptions, which have no existence, and the fiction of which has no object except to control feminine exuberances. |
| Read More...(Source: Quote of the Day - Fri, 3 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT) |
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| Aries Horoscope for February 05, 2012 |
| You're taking a big step back today -- but you shouldn't see it as a defeat! In fact, it's an important development that can help you make quite a bit of progress in the future. It's a strategic retreat!
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| Read More...(Source: Astrology.com Daily Overview Horoscopes - Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:37:00 PDT) |
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| United Artists Film Studio Is Founded (1919) |
| In 1919, four of the leading figures in Hollywood—Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, D.W. Griffith, and Douglas Fairbanks—decided to form their own film studio to better control their own work. Though initially successful, United Artists foundered as films became more expensive to produce. It was taken over in the 1950s and began to thrive again until the 80s, when it was bought by the studio MGM. What famous actor announced plans to resurrect United Artists in 2006 as part owner of the company? Discuss |
| Read More...(Source: This Day in History - Sun, 5 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT) |
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| New 80s content! |
| Check it out:
<b>A new 80s vid</b> (which is actually not from, but all about the 80s) and en <b>new gadget</b> which you probably all had! (admit it!) |
| Read More...(Source: Squidoo: 80s: The Eighties - Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:04:55 -0600) |
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