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Casey Grant, 16, of North Attleboro Kyle Vieira, 17, of Wrentham; Casey Grant, 16, of North Attleboro; and Owen Wright, 15, of Attleboro were among 34 Bluefish Swim Club members to qualify for and compete at the 2011 New England Swimming Senior Championship meet, which took place at Boston University, December 15-80. Several hundred of New England’s top 13 [...]

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Dear Editor, The Thursday before Christmas volunteers had a wonderful surprise at the Hebron Food Pantry, Inc. A postal worker came down the ramp with a box from the North Pole for Tom, the security guard. Inside the box were two envelopes and two smaller boxes. One envelope was labeled “Open First.” When Tom opened [...]

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Susie Spearin, an employee in HarborOne Credit Union’s Operations Division created a 7 ½’ tall wooden snowman for her holiday office party.  Following the party, Ms. Spearin asked HarborOne to donate the snowman to a local non-profit, and the Children’s Museum in Easton gladly accepted the gift. Pictured are (L to R):  Paula Peterson, Executive [...]

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SMSH 8th grade class in one of the halls with snowflakes hanging above.  We may not have a White Christmas outside this year, but the 8th Grade students at St. Mary-Sacred Heart School decked their school halls with snowflakes of all sorts.  Their art Teacher Mrs. Shawn Sweet inspired them to do an Art Installation project, [...]

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Call Public Utility Companies’ Response Inadequate and Insufficient  Led by House Minority Leader Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (R-North Reading), Representatives Elizabeth Poirier (R-North Attleboro), George Ross (R-Attleboro) and Steven Howitt (R-Seekonk) joined members of the House Republican caucus in submitting a letter to Ann Berwick, Chair of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU), as [...]

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Immanuel Lutheran Church of Attleboro (647 North Main Street) invites you to join us for a creative workshop on “Prayer Beads For Us All”.   The group will meet for four sessions to explore the history and various religious traditions’ use of prayer beads. We will learn how ‘counted prayer can enrich our individual spiritual practices [...]

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Skip the long wait in movie theater lines and the expensive popcorn!  Warm up this winter and enjoy a film for FREE at Seekonk Public Library! Oscar Contenders Selection Thursday, January 12th, 6:00 pm Join us for the first film in our 2012 Oscar Contenders Series.  Get together with friends or indulge in a midweek [...]

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Take Penquin Plunge On January 1st  Please join us for the 36th Penguin Plunge for Special Olympics Rhode Island on January 1st.  Same Penguin Plunge that you know and love, but in a new location. Roger Wheeler State Beach (formerly known as Sand Hill Cove) in Narragansett. Registration will open around 10am. All are welcome to bring tents to [...]

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  Representatives George T. Ross (R)-Attleboro and Elizabeth “Betty” Poirier (R)-North Attleboro are pleased to announce that MassDevelopment recently provided up to $275,000 from the Brownfields Redevelopment Fund to Dunham Realty.  These funds are designated for the cleanup of sites at 101 Dunham Street in Attleboro.

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  A new advanced cardiovascular care team, Brigham and Women’s Cardiovascular Associates is now practicing at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island. According to Andrew Artenstein, MD, Physician-in-Chief of Medicine at Memorial, the clinical affiliation with Brigham and Women’s has brought to Rhode Island a unsurpassed resource for patients with heart and vascular conditions. We are [...]

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