President to visit TechBoston Academy today. Democrats Joe Kennedy, and Representatives Ed Markey, Michael Capuano, and James McGovern are planning to protest budget cuts to the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) heating oil assistance program.
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If you don't know that today is Election Day, you probably don't know enough to be voting. Know where you vote. Know your candidates (Kennedy, Coakley. Know their Brown) and their records. And don't let forces other than the issues, whether those forces be GM trucks or political machines, drive your vote. Update: You can report your voting experience to the Globe. If you're into that kind of thing.
The interim replacement for Ted Kennedy's seat was named today, and to commemorate this occasion, we present a guest comic strip by Kate Beaton, a web comic artist from the great frozen beyond: Canada.
You can't help but kind of miss Lenny DiNardo. The guy, for all accounts, is a pretty young, affable, decent enough guy with an arm that wasn't Beckett standout, but still something to look out for. When the Red Sox let him go to clear room on the roster for J.D. Drew, we weren't heartbroken, but there was a moment of disappointment, too. Of course, DiNardo looks even better when he's pitching scoreless ball -...
Tenth MA District U.S. Representative William Delahunt helped broker a deal with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to bring 12 million gallons of home heating oil to low income residents and charities in the Bay State. Our friend Paul over at A Blog Soup was quick to point out the Boston Globe report on this deal. Delahunt, working with Citizens Energy Corporation, secured a 40% discount on the 12 million gallons of oil arriving in Massachusetts over the next four months from Venezuela. The discounted oil is earmarked for use by charities and the state's poor.
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