The Marlborough Education Foundation held an Open House for their Learning Lab on June 1st. The lab will be used to teach a hands on approach to science and the natural world.  The Open House was well attended and quite crowded with kids. Visit the MEF website for further info.
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5/9/2011 Budget fails on a paper ballot 91 Nays to 76 Yeas. The proposed budget increased total expenditures by 1.19%, but would have resulted in a tax increase of 2.35% because of reduced tax revenues and reduced state aid. a $                71,292,340.00 Regional Board of Education 1.16% b $                  6,966,599.00 Local Board of Education...
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In 2010 Foxconn (A company) in Taiwan hired 300,000 employees while in USA we added 937,000 non-farm jobs For every 100 people employed last month, two will lose jobs and 3 will drop out of the labor force in next month. Average tenure of a new employee is 3 years 2 months (includes CEO’s)....
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Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5 http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12999.html Executive Summary A Few Factoids Thirty years ago, ten percent of California’s general fund went to higher education and three percent to prisons. Today, nearly eleven percent goes to prisons and eight percent to higher education.1 China is now second in the world...
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Lee Pacchia of Bloomberg Law interviews Harvey Miller on the new bankruptcy procedures pushed through by congress. Essentially limiting the rights of creditors.
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Seems nothing is safe, insurance companies are looking at mining all the social information about you available publicly to help determine your insurance rates, car, life, medical are all fair game. From the Wall Street Journal ….a consultant helped explain Deloitte’s concept by discussing imaginary 40-year-old insurance buyers, “Beth” and “Sarah.” Using readily available...
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See how easy it would be to cut the budget, this interactive site let’s you click your way to financial solvency. Not just for this year, but for the years to come. It’s actually not that hard or brain numbing. Today, you’re in charge of the nation’s finances. Some of your options have more...
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Late breaking news: Jimmy Carter the former President of the United State and now 3rd World Country Election Monitor is rushing to Bridgeport Connecticut. Says the former President: “Thar be disshunfanized people up thar”. Through a translator the ex-President stated, “It’s a human right for all to express themselves through the ballot box, the...
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Marlborough Unofficial results Foley 1652 Malloy 1280 Ferrill 1446 Merrill 1374 McMahon 1456 Blumenthal 1488 Peckenpaugh 1365 Courtney 1585 Sawyer 2038 Webb 901 Beckett 1602 Cassano 1290 Berkenstock 1650 Kinsella 1228 Wright 1429 Napier 1439 Dean 1448 Jepson 1386 Orchulli 1368 Lembo 1383
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