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Greetings, 
We would like to thank everyone who attended our recent Pasta & Meatball Dinner at the Elks Lodge in North Attleborough.  The dinner is our major fund-raiser; and it was a very successful night.  All proceeds from the dinner benefit the Falls Fire Barn Museum and help with the maintenance and expenses, including heat and [...]

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Thank you all so much for making the Republican candidates for the 3rd
Congressional District feel welcome to Attleboro!  As usual, Jim hand
undercounted….but we can count on that!  I hope you all get a chance
to go to North Attleboro on June 15th for a similar event.  These
candidates cannot get enough press or enough exposure and we [...]

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Hi all,
We have the following dates with openings in June.
June 5 th
104 North Main street, 134 Pleasant Street, 718 Washington Street and 217 South Main Street.
June 12 th
284 County Street, 104 North Main Street, 134 Pleasant Street and 718 Washington Street.
June 19 th
134 Pleasant Street, 718 Washington Street and 217 South Main Street. (one of [...]

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Massachusetts Organizing for America Director John Spears on Senate Passage of Wall Street Reform
Boston — Organizing for America (OFA) Massachusetts State Director John Spears released the following statement on Senate passage of the Wall Street Reform bill:
 “Over the last few weeks, OFA Volunteers from across Massachusetts have been calling out with one voice that the [...]

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Dear Nerighbors  
It really is becoming embarrassing to tell people that I come from Attleboro. The politics of this city is an absolute turn-off at every level.
   First we have the City Council, Mayor Dumas, and State Representative Bill Bowles all in agreement about the recent (re) location of a satellite registry office in downtown Attleboro. I [...]

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  Attleboro Education Association
May 4, 2010
Mr. Raymond DiCiaccio
Chairperson
Attleboro School Committee
Dear Mr. DiCiaccio:
As a result of the April 6, 2010 letter the School Committee sent to the Attleboro Education Association, the membership convened a meeting on May 3, 2010 to vote on the Committee’s request.
At this meeting, the membership overwhelmingly voted against opening the current collective bargaining [...]

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To the Editor:
   Dumb is downtown Attleboro having so many “attractions” and events on the same Spring Saturday that it would be very hard to get fire department equipment throught it all.
   Dumber is the “make work” project, unnecessarily re-building upper North Main Street, when the money could have been either not spent or spent [...]

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To the editor:
I am writing in support of State Representative Lida Harkins (D-Needham) for the Democratic nomination for State Senate. She has a long history of fighting for increased funding for education benefits and because of that I am calling on the Democratic primary voters in the community and  the other communities to cast a [...]

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To the Editor:
   Only a few years ago, Bill Bowles claims that he championed restraint by the city council against the mayor’s request for $120K per.
   Last December 22nd, he most inadvisedly advocated for a significant mayoral raise, further confirming his “going into the tank” like most Beacon Hill representatives do.
   Recently, we saw a [...]

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To the Editor;

  
I can sense the frustration in Jerry Sarrazin’s voice when I read his letter (Give business tax break for local hiring preference, March 7th Attleboro Sun).
When he says that we should “flush the toilet in Attleboro City Hall from the top down”, I sense further aggravation with the way the city is governed. [...]

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