Low-income housing at Watuppa Heights: "This community cannot shoulder much more"

June 19, 2014

http://www.heraldnews.com/article/20140617/NEWS/140616365/11669/NEWS   Jo C. Goode Herald News Staff Reporter Posted Jun. 17, 2014 @ 11:35 pm Updated Jun 17, 2014 at 11:48 PM FALL RIVER — With a controversial 50-unit low-income housing project slated for construction at the Watuppa Heights property by the Fall River Housing Authority and authorized by the Department of Housing and…

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New England governors join together to battle opiate epidemic

June 18, 2014

Great to see our neighboring New England states joining us as we battle the opiate addiction crisis together. (article and image courtesy of the Boston Globe) http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/06/17/new-england-governors-meet-drug-summit-brandeis-university/skRDQ9qL3ZqS9M98CiwpSM/story.html

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PARCC Forum to Be Held June 18

June 15, 2014

Join us on Wednesday, June 18, 6:30pm at Morton Middle School as we discuss the proposed Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) testing system.

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Working for Fall River and Freetown during Beacon Hill's Budget Week

May 21, 2014

http://www.heraldnews.com/article/20140520/OPINION/140529496/0/SEARCH   Since I started my job as state representative in September, my State House colleagues had told me that Budget Week in April was the busiest time of year. At the time, it was hard to imagine being busier than I already was, but I prepared myself as best as possible in anticipation of…

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