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Watertown city councilor Marilyn Devaney has been the source of good news the past few weeks since she stood up to the Anti-Defamation League. But the Marilyn Devaney who pitches fits and brings priests with her to trial has been sorely missed. The woman is a walking event. She was back and bold this week with an appearance in Middlesex District Court to set her court date. She will eventually go on trial for tossing...

From the "You Do Know There's an Election Today, Right?" department: Tomorrow is the election for the person who replace former State Senate President Robert Travaglini, affectionately known around here as "T-Vag." Anyone who lives in the First Suffolk and Middlesex District (parts of Boston, Cambridge, Revere, and Winthrop) will be interested. So let's get started. The men who want to replace T-Vag in the hearts and minds of Democrats are Dan Rizzo and Anthony...

With hardly a wasted day after the sad and unexpected death of State Senator Charlie Shannon (D-Winchester) earlier this week, the political rat-race to replace him has begun. Already some local politicians have been working phones trying to feel out their chances for that seat. Interestingly, though the 2nd Middlesex District includes parts of the late Senator's hometown of Winchester, as well as Woburn, Medford, and Somerville, most of the people around whom speculation is circulating hail from the latter.

Rumor on the street today is that Charles Shannon, State Senator for the 2nd Middlesex District (Winchester - Medford - Somerville - Woburn) has died. For years, Shannon has battled leukemia and suffered a relapse shortly after his re-election last November which led to his swearing in at a private ceremony in the Governor's office. He was 61 years-old. Bostonist's thoughts are with the Senator's family.

The Stem Cell debate has come to the Hub. As expected Senator Ted Kennedy is butting heads with Governor Mitt Romney. The Governor opposes the expanded use of embryonic stem cells in research for moral reasons. His claim that you must create life and then discard it, this, he claims, would put us closer to "barbarism." Kennedy is working at the federal level with a bill that would lift the ban on funding for the use of embryonic stem cells created after the August 2001 date. Federal funds are important to many researchers who fear that if they use stem cells in their research they may lose the federal funding supporting much of their operations. The debate has come home to the Hub; State Senate President Robert Travaglini has introduced a bill that will change the current state law to allow, explicitly, research using adult and embryonic stem cells. The debate continues tomorrow…