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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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Attorney General’s Office Offers School Safety Grants - March 21, 2008
BOSTON – Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office is now accepting grant applications from qualified charitable organizations seeking funding to support school violence prevention efforts. The funds can be used for education, outreach and monitoring programs supporting and improving school climate. Grant applications for the Improving School Climate through Prevention, Peer Mediation, and Community Intervention initiative (Improving School Climate) are due by May 15, 2008.
“Creating a positive school climate, one in which all students, parents, faculty, and staff feel safe, valued and accepted, is vital to reducing acts of violence and supporting educational excellence,” said Attorney General Coakley. “School and community safety is one of the most important priorities for residents of the Commonwealth. These grants offer the opportunity for greater development of existing violence prevention programs and the creation on new ones.”
For over 20 years, through programs such as the Safe Schools Initiative (SSI), Student Conflict Resolution Expert (SCORE) and the Safe Neighborhood Initiative (SNI), the Attorney General’s Office has provided grant funding and technical assistance to schools and communities throughout the Commonwealth to create resources and assist in their violence prevention efforts.
Grant applicants for the Improving School Climate initiative must demonstrate community need and should create an intervention plan which is responsive to that community’s need. Applicants should provide a strong, creative and collaborative violence prevention plan which may include conflict resolution programs, addressing school policies, bullying prevention, and school/community-wide education.
For further information on the grant or the application process, candidates are encouraged to review the full Request for Proposal (RFP) on the Attorney General’s Office website at www.mass.gov/ago/grants. The application process began March 18, 2008. All applications must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 15, 2008. |
| they're all "american", that's the problem...true blue americans...no wonder everyone hates us..... | | from: dr. shawna murray | on: 10-28-2008 |
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| being criminally charged for speaking the truth thats unamerican. What awful communist town is this. | | from: frank | on: 05-18-2008 |
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| OR MONEY TO TEACH THE STATE AND LOCAL POLICE HOW TO REALLY "PROTECT FROM HARM"... THEN TURN ALL THE CRMINAL CHARGES AGAINST ME, AGAINST THOSE WHO WOULD "COLOR THE TRUTH" | | from: DR. SHAWNA MURRAY | on: 05-17-2008 |
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| they should spend the money on suicide prevention. | | from: red sox fan 4 | on: 05-09-2008 |
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| EXTEND THE SCHOOL SAFETY GRANT TO BOSTON UNIVERSITY - having the worst sexual assaulter of women in the usa there might put them at the top of the lisssstttt.... | | from: DR. SHAWNA MURRAY | on: 05-08-2008 |
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| crazzzyyy is just another word for rightious at the death star... any more murder-manslaughter cases during unethical research studies?... | | from: shawna murray md | on: 05-07-2008 |
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| Shawna Murray is craaaazzzzyyyy | | from: Robert A. Booey | on: 04-17-2008 |
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| start justice department review of umass medical center school and many of the "violent offender" professors who either still work there or collect a nice pension...all at the taxpayers expense... | | from: dr. shawna murray | on: 03-22-2008 |
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