Scott Brown
Throngs mourn slain Woburn cop
Boston Herald - 5hrs 57mins agoA week of heartache and loss was evident yesterday as Woburn’s top cop stood before more than 2,000 brethren in blue who came to bid farewell to slain Woburn Police Officer John “Jack” Maguire. “He gave his life for the ci…
Read more >>Our pols charge forth... to jail
Boston Herald - 5hrs 58mins agoWhenever anything I predict here does indeed happen in the new year, please remember and be sure to mention my brilliance to all your friends. When any of my 2011 predictions go awry, all I can say is, what predictions? • Sen. Scott Brown&rsq;…
Read more >>A good year . . . to leave behind
Boston Herald - 5hrs 58mins agoThere is the temptation to poke our heads out today, groundhog style, and say of 2010, “Is it really, really over? Can we come out now?” No, this wasn’t one of those banner years - the kind to write songs about or etch in our me…
Read more >>Thousands attend funeral of slain Mass. officer
Boston Herald - 15hrs 20mins agoWILMINGTON — More than 2,000 fellow officers have paid tribute to a Woburn policeman who was slain by a paroled career criminal during an attempted Department Store Robbery. Woburn Police Chief Philip Mahoney told mourners at Friday’s…
Read more >>Scott Brown considered
Politico - 17hrs 48mins agoScott Brown, who had just begun his ascendancy around this time last year, gets named Bostonian of the Year by the Globe and gets compared to the Kennedy he replaced: [T]he people of Massachusetts sent that perceived lightweight, named Ted Kenn…
Read more >>Newly elected Jerry Parisella heading to Iraq
Boston Herald - 18hrs 35mins agoBOSTON - Jerry Parisella doggedly campaigned to become a Massachusetts State Representative. His hard work paid off. But a month after his election, he learned he’d be headed to Iraq for a year with his National Guard unit. Parisella will be…
Read more >>Times Readers' Top Political Moments of 2010
The Caucus - 22hrs 7mins ago
As far as politics is concerned, 2010 was a fascinating year. It was a year of highs and lows for President Obama, who finally got Health Care reform passed but got a “shellacking” from voters as the Economic Recovery stalled. Republi…
Read more >>Fair races on the line
Boston Herald - 1day 6hrs agoThis year’s congressional and state legislative redistricting could be the most open and citizen-participatory process ever. Or, unless we move fast, the decisions on who we can choose to represent us could be made by the same old backroom …
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