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Daily DigestMeetings
The Drury High School Council meets Tuesday, Jan 13, at 6:30 in the conference room. Agenda items include AYP, school grant, laptop initiative and PowerSchool updates. |
Steve Decker cleans up in front of BankNorth on Wednesday.
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More Snow
The Berkshires received several inches of snow this morning, but not enough to close schools, unlike yesterday's sleety mess. Temperatures will drop into the 20s this afternoon. A few more snow showers are expected through the weekend.
We have reports that the roads are very slippery to take care in the evening commute. |
Duff'em If You've Got'em
 North Adams Regional Hospital went smoke-free Monday — so did all its sister sites, from Sweet Brook to Northern Berkshire Family Practice to the Women's Exchange. No ashtrays, no smoking: No butts about it. |
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Wanted: Eagle Eyes
 MassWildlife's annual eagle count runs Dec. 31 to Jan. 14. Anyone sighting one of the regal birds in Massachusetts is asked to participate.
Send date, time, location and town of eagle sightings, number of birds, whether juvenile or adult and observer's contact information to Mass.wildlife@state.ma.us. |
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Obama TransitionOther StuffMars Rovers Mark 5 Years
 Spirit and Opportunity have been trekking the red planet for half a decade. Spirit hit the 5-year mark on Sunday; Opportunity will on Jan. 24. |
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Patrick Nominates Boston Litigator for Court Vacancy - December 28, 2007
BOSTON – Gov. Deval Patrick has nominated a well-known Boston litigator for a vacancy on the state Superior Court.
Christine M. Roach, of the Boston law firm Roach & Carpenter, also is special outside counsel to the city of Boston.
"Christine Roach has an impeccable reputation as a diligent and highly ethical advocate who commands the respect of the entire legal community," said Patrick.
Roach, 53, founded and shared one of Boston's first all-women law practices with four other highly regarded attorneys – the late Supreme Judicial Court Justice Martha Sosman, the late Ellen Carpenter and two current Superior Court Associate Justices Leila Kern and Eileen Haggerty. She was appointed to a five-year term as a commissioner of the State Ethics Commission in 2000 and has served as a special master to the Superior Court.
Roach engages in a diverse civil practice in business litigation with an emphasis in employment defense, banking and real estate. She is a Harvard Law School graduate and former law clerk to the late Honorable David S. Nelson of the U.S. District Court.
The nomination follows the Governor's Council's recent confirmation of the Patrick's three nominees to the Appeals Court. Roach will fill a vacancy on the Superior Court created by former Associate Justice Nonnie S. Burnes, who stepped down from the bench to lead the state's insurance division.
Patrick was headed for Iowa today and tomorrow to stump for presidential candidate Barack Obama. Patrick endorsed the Illinois senator at a rally on Boston Common in October. Obama faces off against New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and former vice presidential candidate John Edwards, among others, in the Iowa caucuses next week. |
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