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Reinsurance firms rise, but financials slip

Published: Apr 4, 2011 3:26 p.m. ET

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Insurers led financial stock gainers in afternoon trade on Monday as several firms hit fresh records amid an environment in which premiums are expected to rise and be strong.

RenaissanceRe Holdings RNR, +0.08%   , Arch Capital Group ACGL, -0.08%  and Validus Holdings VR, +0.97%  reached new highs, according to FactSet data.

Shares of Ace Ltd. ACE, +0.53%  and PartnerRe PRE, +0.12%   , were also bumping up against records, while Allied World Assurance AWH, +0.45%  hit a new high last week, FactSet data show.

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Elsewhere, shares of tax preparer H&R Bock Inc. jumped on Monday, adding to gains of more than 30 it notched in the first quarter.

With tax returns due in two weeks investors are betting that the firm has notched the growth in business it said a last month that it was experiencing.

IntercontinentalExchange Inc. rose more than 2% and led the financial sector higher on Monday, gaining after the derivatives exchange operator said it posted record futures volume and average daily volume for the first quarter of 2011.

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Average daily volume for futures increased 24% in the first quarter of 2011, including year-over-year growth of 16% for the month of March, according to IntercontinentalExchange ICE, +0.43% The company’s also in the midst of mounting a joint takeover effort, with Nasdaq OMX Group NDAQ, +0.25% for NYSE Euronext NYX, +0.22%  See more on Nasdaq-ICE counterbid for NYSE Euronext.

Elsewhere in the financial sector, three of the four financial-sector firms in the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose.

Shares of Bank of America Inc. BAC, +1.45%  rose 1%, Travelers Cos. TRV, +0.73%  gained 0.2% and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Inc. JPM, +1.13%  ticked 0.2% higher, while American Express Co. AXP, -0.10%  shed 0.1% in early trading.

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Social Security payments to increase

Published: Oct 19, 2001 11:17 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Social Security recipients will get a 2.6 percent cost-of-living increase in their monthly checks next year, which translates into an extra $22 a month for the average retiree.

Next year's increase, announced Friday for more than 50 million Social Security recipients, is smaller than this year's 3.5 percent boost -- a nine-year high -- because inflation pressures have slowed.

"Today's news tells us that inflation continues to be low, which is certainly good news for the elderly and disabled," said Larry G. Massanari, acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration.

Monthly Social Security checks are adjusted annually to keep rising prices from eroding recipients' income.

The average monthly check for retirees will increase from $852 to $874 starting in January.

The maximum monthly payment for low-income beneficiaries will increase $14 to $545. For a low-income couple, the maximum monthly benefit will increase $21 to $817.

Separately, the government announced that monthly Medicare premiums will increase by $4 a month next year to $54. The premiums are deducted from most elderly and disabled Americans' Social Security checks for insurance coverage of doctors' office visits.

The increase, which takes effect Jan. 1, reflects higher health care costs and is legally mandated. It is not based on the cost-of-living adjustment.

Social Security's annual adjustment is automatic and is tied to changes in the Consumer Price Index, one of the government's chief measures of inflation.

Except for this year's 3.5 percent increase, yearly adjustments have remained at or below 3 percent since 1993. In contrast, double-digit inflation in the late 1970s drove the cost-of-living adjustment to 14.3 percent in 1980.

Social Security also announced that for working Americans, the maximum annual earnings subject to Social Security taxes next year will rise to $84,900 from $80,400. Of the 154 million workers who pay Social Security taxes, only about 10.5 million will be affected by the higher wage base in 2002.

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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Financial stability concerns are not severe enough for monetary policy "to deviate" from its primary focus on low unemployment and price stability at the moment, but some pockets of risk taking bear watching, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said Wednesday. In a speech at the International Monetary Fund, Yellen said that effective bank supervision must play the "primary role" in preventing future asset bubbles and crises. "Monetary policy faces significant limitations as a tool to promote financial stability," Yellen said. But she said there may be times that interest rates should be raised to ameliorate emerging risks.

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Marron has an established track record, is experienced, and is committed to customer satisfaction and successful project completion.  As an accessible small business, Marron offers flexibility, quick responses, personal and direct client connections, and a cost-effective organizational structure that provides diverse services often found in large firms.  Since 1991, Marron has developed and maintained strong relationships with our clients as well as the local, state, and federal agencies that are involved in the environmental arena, in addition to working closely with many of the tribal communities.  These relationships are built on trust, integrity, and sound science and are invaluable in obtaining environmental clearances.  With our corporate office in Albuquerque and our new office in Las Cruces, we are now able to even better serve our clients.


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Jim Zima bowling column: Johnson's near misses add up to 299 record

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Rory Johnson could have tied the Green Bay-Bay Area USBC Bowling Association record for most 300 games in a season, but instead he tied the record for 299 games in a season. And with the season's end a month away, he could claim sole possession of the mark.

The GBBA record for 300 games in a season is eight while the record for 299 games in a season is four.

Johnson has four 300 games and four 299 games this season. But for a 4-pin - make that four 4-pins - Johnson would have eight perfectos.

Jeff Lee and Alex Young share the record for 300s in a season. Lee did it three times, in 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08, while Young did it in 2010-11.

With his four 299s, the 33-year-old Johnson shares the mark with Tim Thyes (1994-95), Young (2003-04), who got all of four in a three-week span, and Lee, who did it in 2005-06 and 2007-08.

Getting 299s - or 300s - is nothing new for Johnson.

The four 299s this season give him a career total of nine, not even close to Mike LaFave's career mark of 22. Johnson's four 300s give him a career total of 17, again not close to career leader LaFave, who has 82 (including three this season).

In recalling this year's 299s, Johnson said, "I believe on the first one I came up heavy (on the head pin) and the other three I came up light. The ball slides a little bit, but they were all good (pocket) shots."

Three of the 299 games came in Riv's Rowdies, an every-other-week couples league at Riviera Lanes, on Nov. 24, Dec. 22 and Feb. 16. The last one was in the Riviera Golden Guys on Feb. 27.

Three of his 300s came in the Golden Guys on Oct. 17, Nov. 28 and March 13 and the other was on Jan. 5 in the Rowdies.

The 300 on March 13 was especially pleasing to Johnson.

"I wanted to have just as many 300s as I have had 299s, and getting that one tied it up," he said.

Johnson doesn't believe nervousness on the 12th ball was the reason for his 299 games.

"Even after you have had a 300, you are still a little nervous," he said, "but I have had quite a few (USBC) honor counts (800s, 300, 299, 298), so I don't think I was that nervous. But it never comes easy."

In addition to his 300 and 299 honor counts, Johnson has two 800 series this season, an 805 on Nov. 17 in the Golden Guys and an 815 in the Rowdies on Nov. 24, and nine for his career.

Johnson is averaging 238 in the Golden Guys and 242 in Riv's Rowdies.

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Xbowling, a free app that allows bowlers using smart phones or other devices to compete with each other remotely, has created a special Tournament Edition of the app for the USBC championships.

The Tournament Edition will include real-time tournament scores, a player stats package, competitive side-games and leader board challenges.

The new technology will allow fans to track games frame-by-frame along with tournament standings and other statistics, all of which will be available through the Xbowling app or online at www.xbowling.com.

Xbowling is the bowling industry's first mobile-based sports challenge platform that offers ways to connect and compete regardless of skill level and from any location. Xbowling ties directly into the scoring systems of technologically enabled bowling centers and allows bowlers to connect with other players around the world. The app is available free from the Apple Store and Google play.

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Holiday Hazards for Pets

The Martha Stewart Show, November 2007

The holidays are the busiest time of year for 24-hour emergency veterinary hospitals, and one of the main reasons is that there are new pet owners who received their pet as a gift and don't know how to handle certain situations. Also, many people find themselves stranded if their pet gets sick at holiday time since their own vet may not be in the office or can't be reached. So, it's good to know the possible risks you may encounter beforehand.

The problem is two-fold: The ornament could fall, the glass shatter, and the animal step on it or swallow it. So the symptom could be bleeding paws or blood near the mouth. If your cat or dog steps on or swallows a shard, take the animal to the vet or mold cotton balls soaked in water into the shape of a pill and push it to the back of the pet's throat to induce swallowing. Feed the pet high-fiber bread, and for the next three to four days keep a vigilant watch.

Tinsel is very attractive to cats since they love shiny objects. If tinsel falls on the floor, or the cat reaches for it and swallows it, the animal will have difficulty breathing and may start gagging. If your pet swallows tinsel, feed it white bread soaked in half and half or heavy cream to surround the foreign bodies, which should enable the animal to pass it in its stool. Of course, see a vet if you suspect a bigger problem.

Outlets and Wires
Open outlets are always a problem, and you should have covers on them to protect children and pets. But the additional element with pets is that they may chew on the electrical wires and get shocked.Tape the cords to the floor with duct tape, or run them through PVC pipes. Make sure to unplug the Christmas lights on your way out, and cover open outlets with a guard.

If your dog is choking, do not induce vomiting. Just watch your pet for signs of distress and take him to a vet. It's important not to induce vomiting because it would do more damage coming up then if it just comes out on its own.

Colorful foil can cut the pet's mouth or pose a choking hazard. Chocolate is bad for dogs; it could cause gastrointestinal issues. Be sure to keep your candy in candy dishes that are not accessible to your climbing cats. Cats and ferrets love chewing on Styrofoam, another choking hazard. Like with the tinsel, try feeding your pet white bread soaked in half and half, and hopefully he'll pass it in his stool. If your pets eat these items, call your vet.

Christmas Tree
Chemicals in the tree water can pose a threat. If the tree stand looks like a pet's water dish, cats and dogs will be attracted to it. No pet will die from drinking the water but they most likely will vomit. It's better to be proactive rather than reactive. Keep your tree apron secure around the bottom of the tree so your pet cannot get to the water.

If you allow your birds to fly freely around your home, open flames are an issue. Make sure they're not flying around while candles are lit. Also, if you have active animals, make sure they can't tip over your candles.

If you encounter an animal emergency, you can call 911 or the ASPCA's Animal Poison Control hotline at 888-426-4435. Remember: When in doubt, call the proper authorities.

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Lemon-Pistachio Wreaths

  • Yield: Makes about 4 dozen
Lemon-Pistachio Wreaths

Source: Martha Stewart Living, December 2006

  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface
  • 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • 2 large egg yolks, room temperature
  • 5 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest, plus 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 3/4 cups confectioners’ sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups shelled unsalted pistachios, toasted and coarsely chopped

  1. Whisk flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Put butter and granulated sugar into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy. Mix in yolks, lemon zest, and vanilla. Reduce speed to low, and gradually mix in flour mixture. Shape into a disk; wrap in plastic. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.

  2. Preheat oven to 350. Transfer dough to a lightly floured work surface. Roll out to a generous 1/8 inch thick. Using a 2 1/2-inch round fluted cutter, cut out wreaths. Reroll scraps, and cut out. Cut out centers of wreaths using a 7/8-inch round cutter. Space 2 inches apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Refrigerate until firm, about 15 minutes. Bake until just golden, about 12 minutes. Let cool completely on wire racks.

  3. Stir together confectioners' sugar and lemon juice in a small bowl. Dip surface of each cookie in icing, and sprinkle with pistachios. Let set on wire racks.

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Cookies can be stored in airtight containers at room temperature up to 1 week.

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Marygrove program takes aim at societal inequality

Forget about irrelevant classes, students who never use their degrees and faculty who sit isolated in their ivory towers. A five-year-old master's program in social justice at Detroit's Marygrove College is more like guerrilla academics. "The program encourages each student to get out there and do
something. One of the primary objectives is to promote action, not just study and research but to promote action," says Elaine Semanik, 64, who will graduate in May.

Four years ago, the West Bloomfield woman retired as a project manager in the legal department at Chrysler Corp., where she'd worked for 23 years. She decided she wanted to do something about problems in the United States — and specifically Detroit — rather than "sit around and talking about things, whether it was the war or poverty or different social injustices."

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Maryland Program Approval of College/University-Based Preparation Programs

Conducts program approval and national accreditation reviews of more than 300 professional educator certification programs at 23 colleges and universities in Maryland through Redesign Performance Criteria which determine the level of implementation of the state policy known as the Redesign of Teacher Education.

  • Maryland Approved Programs for Professionally Approved Certified Personnel (April 2015)
  • Maryland Institutional Performance Criteria (based on the Redesign of Teacher Education) (revised September 2014)
  • 1995 Task Force report (known as The Redesign of Teacher Education)
  • Teacher Preparation Approval and Accreditation Advisory Committee Final Report
  • Proposal Guidelines for New/Modified Educator Preparation Programs (Revised Spring 2014)
  • 2011 Maryland Teacher Preparation Improvement Plan (TPIP) Template
  • Ad Hoc Middle Level Work Group Report Final Report, December 2009

    Institutions of Higher Education with 2000 or more full-time equivalent students are required through Maryland statute §11-208 to receive and maintain national accreditation through NCATE in conjunction with state program approval. The state has a partnership agreement with the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) for the required national accreditation.

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    410-767-0412 OR Toll Free: 1-866-772-8922

    Dr. Maggie Madden and Ms. Michelle Dunkle
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Region 9 - Lower Shore Office

(Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester Counties)

201 Baptist Street, Suite 32
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  (410) 713-3430
Office e-mail:         occ9wic@msde.state.md.us
Office fax:                 (410) 713-3439

Suzanne Ruark
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Delphine Morris
Ursula Hastings
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Jacqueline Maull Licensing Specialist 410-713-3430
Michelle Robbins Licensing Specialist 410-713-3430

IMPORTANT NOTICE!  Effective April 15, 2012, the FBI will move to an all-electronic criminal background check (CBC) application process and will no longer accept hard-copy fingerprint cards.  Because the Maryland Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) follows FBI guidelines, the use of hard-copy CBC applications at the State level will start to be phased out as of that date.  Instead, all CBC applicants will be encouraged to submit their applications electronically.  However, hard-copy applications will still be accepted by CJIS if electronic submission is not possible.  Click here for a list of State-approved private electronic fingerprinting services and State-operated electronic fingerprinting locations.  Electronic applications may also be submitted through many State and local police agencies.  Child care programs that have their own State-certified electronic fingerprinting equipment and operators may continue to submit CBC applications.

Visit the Office of Child Care's online child care licensing inspection results site – www.CheckCCMD.org!  The site offers detailed compliance findings from child care licensing inspections conducted since January 2011.  The site may also be used to find licensed child care programs and providers, and to link to a wide variety of information about early care and education in Maryland.

The Family Child Care Provider Grant Program
The Family Child Care Provider Grant Program (FCCPGP) exists to help registered family child care providers offset some of the costs of opening their child care programs.  For information about the FCCPGP, click here.

PROVIDER TRAINING (Pre-Service and Continuing):
Please visit www.mdchildcare.org to find MSDE-approved training courses, trainers, and training organizations.

Maryland's Child Passenger Safety Law was changed effective October 1, 2012.  Under this change, every child under 8 years old must ride in an appropriate child restraint unless the child is 4 feet, 9 inches or taller.  Every child from 8 to 16 years old who is not secured in a child restraint must be secured in a vehicle seat belt.  If you would like to learn more about this law, or would like information on selecting or using child restraints, please call Maryland Kids in Safety Seats (Maryland KISS) at 410-767-6016 or go to www.mdkiss.org.

REGION 9 -- Upcoming Events

Family child care orientations will be held on the Second Floor Conference Room (Room #2136) of the Multi-Service Center. The Region 9 schedule of orientation sessions for the year is as follows:

Tuesday, January 6, 9:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.
Tuesday, February 3, 9:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.
Tuesday, April 7, 9:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.
Tuesday, May 5, 9:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.
Tuesday, July 7, 9:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.
Tuesday, September 8, 9:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.
Tuesday, October 6, 9:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.
Wednesday, November 3, 9:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.

Center Orientation Sessions will be offered on an as-needed basis. Please contact the Office at (410) 713-3430 to speak with a Licensing Specialist.

Nick Morris, Instructor, offers First Aid/CPR Sessions through the American Heart Association. His sessions will be held in the First Floor Conference Room (Room #1149) of the Multi-Service Center. Please contact Mr. Morris at (410) 430-2923 for cost and to register for these sessions. His schedule is as follows:

Wednesday, January 14, 8:45 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Wednesday, February 11, 8:45 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Wednesday, March 11, 8:45 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Wednesday, April 1, 8:45 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Wednesday, May 13, 8:45 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Wednesday, June 17, 8:45 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Wednesday, July 8, 8:45 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Wednesday, August 12, 8:45 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Wednesday, September 9, 8:45 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Wednesday, October 14, 8:45 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Wednesday, November 18, 8:45 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.

  • Lower Shore Child Care Resource Center
    LOCATE Line – 1-877 261-0060
    Monday – Friday, 9:30 A.M. to 3:30 P.M.
    Office Line - 410-543-6650

  • State Fire Marshal (Somerset & Wicomico Counties):

  • Worcester County Fire Marshal: 410-632-5666

  • Health Department (Environmental Health Unit) :
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    Wicomico - 410-546-4446
    Worcester - 410-632-1220

  • Permits, Planning, and Zoning:
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  • Nick Morris – 410-430-2923 – First Aid/CPR – American Heart Association

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School Readiness

The links below provide information, guidelines, and other documents describing initiatives to assess and promote the school readiness of Maryland's preschoolers and kindergarten students.

NEW!  2013-2014 School Readiness Report.  Each year, MSDE publishes the report "Children Entering School Ready to Learn," which provides information about the school readiness skills of Maryland kindergarteners during the current year.  School Readiness Reports from previous years can also be accessed through this link.

Achieving School Readiness: A 5-Year Action Agenda.  This October 2002 report to the Subcabinet for Children, Youth, and Families by Maryland’s Leadership in Action Program details the goals, strategies and action steps identified as most critical for ensuring that all Maryland children are fully ready for school.

Maryland Model for School Readiness (MMSR Online) - Kindergarten Assessment Users Guide - A manual for the administration of the MMSR assessment tool and the interpretation of assessment results.  Click here for the Teachers' Version of the Users Guide.  Click here for an MMSR School Readiness PowerPoint presentation. (PDF of PowerPoint)

Healthy Beginnings:  Supporting Development and Learning from Birth through Three Years of Age is a set of developmental and learning guidelines that was developed to ensure that those who live with or care for infants and young children have the knowledge and resources to support and encourage children during the ongoing process of growth and learning.

Early Childhood Curriculum Project – Guidance for child care and other nonpublic early childhood programs about curricular resources for three, four, and five year-olds.  These resources are MSDE-recommended because they are aligned with the State’s prekindergarten and kindergarten curricular frameworks, also known as the Maryland Model for School Readiness (MMSR)/Maryland State Curriculum.

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Countdown to Kindergarten (CTK) - The statewide campaign to increase public awareness about the importance of a child's early experience as the basis for school readiness.

Contact Information
Rolf Grafwallner, Ph.D., Assistant State Superintendent
Division of Early Childhood Development
Maryland State Department of Education
200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
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The Division of Student, Family, and School Support is responsible for administering and supervising federal and State programs to improve the teaching and learning of students who are at risk of academic failure an to help to facilitate the emotional, mental, and physical health needs of all students.

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The Division administers programs through the following Branches:

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The Youth Development Branch provides leadership, direction, coordination, supervision, and support for the Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers program, Maryland Student Service Alliance (MSSA), Character Education Office, Maryland Association of Student Councils, and the Maryland Chess program.

Program Improvement and Family Support Branch
The Program Improvement and Family Support Branch helps support local school systems and schools that have high concentrations of children from low-income families.  This support includes planning, operating, and evaluating, programs for educationally disadvantaged students.  The Branch is responsible for the federal Title I program - Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged.  Under Title I, specialists oversee the Maryland Parent Advisory Council (M-PAC), Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), Family Reading Plan, Take 15 for the Family, as well as the Even Start Family Literacy Program.  In addition, migrant students are provided summer learning opportunities, neglected and delinquent students are being served in State institutions, middle school teachers are being served through the Increasing Proficiency for All Students (I-PAS)/Challenge Initiative, and homeless children receive support through the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program.

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The Student Services and Strategic Planning Branch (SSSP) is responsible for providing leadership and technical assistance to local school systems with the implementation of programs and initiatives to facilitate the emotional, mental, social, and physical health of all students. These programs and initiatives include guidance and career development, school psychology, pupil personnel, school social work, school health services, safe and supportive schools, dropout prevention and alternative programs, home instruction, and initiatives to reduce disruption and violence, address at-risk behaviors, and facilitate achievement. The branch works collaboratively with other agencies, community organizations, and stakeholder groups around these initiatives.

In addition, this branch is responsible for programs and initiatives to improve teaching and learning for at-risk students and low-performing schools. These programs include the Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools program, the Ed-Flex Demonstration Program, the Rural and Low-Income Schools Program, and the State-funded Nonpublic Textbook Program. Under the Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Program, each school system is required to submit to MSDE a comprehensive Master Plan, to be updated annually, designed to improve achievement for all students and eliminate achievement gaps among groups of students.

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The Office of School Innovations (OSI) is responsible for providing leadership, support and accountability to new educational initiatives in Maryland Public Schools through the effective design, development and implementation of creative and innovative programs. These innovative programs support the mission of MSDE by providing innovative products and services to enhance academic achievement for students across the state.  This includes providing leadership for the development and implementation of the Maryland Public Charter School Program. Public Charter Schools are one of the Federal and State sanctioned restructuring designs for schools in restructuring status pursuant to No Child Left Behind.

OSI Works directly with local boards of education and superintendents to provide guidance and technical assistance on best authorizing practices as well as assistance in implementing the public charter school law; offers guidance and delivers technical assistance to perspective charter school operators and charter school leadership; provides management, accountability and oversight of the federal grant program as well as all personnel assigned to the management of this grant; and provides leadership, support, and assistance to an innovative Statewide school -the Maryland Public Residential Boarding Education Program operated and managed by the SEED Foundation.

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The Student Services and Stratigic Planning Branch (SSSP) is responsible for providing leadership and technical assistance to local school systems with the implementation of programs and initiatives to facilitate the emotional, mental, social, and physical health of all students. These programs and initiatives include school counseling and career development, school psychology, pupil personnel, school social work, school health services, safe and drug-free schools, dropout prevention and alternative programs, home instruction, and initiatives to reduce disruption and violence, address at-risk behaviors, and facilitate achievement. The branch works collaboratively with other agencies, community organizations, and stakeholder groups around these initiatives.

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On this webpage you will find links to Maryland’s 24 local school systems; security clearance information; and publications and materials that are topic specific or that provide a snapshot of Maryland’s education excellence. In addition, you will find information related to Teacher Certification and transfer; STEM education; the Gifted and Talented program; Minority Achievement; Environmental programs; Autism; Child Care; and Career Technology Education. If you are looking for information specific to a Maryland public school system or school, please visit www.mdreportcard.org which offers assessment and demographic information accountability.

In Maryland we remain focused on making our education system the best in the country – and we’re succeeding.

You can find brochures detailing news about Maryland on this website under publications. I can assure you that MSDE will continue to work with all school systems to ensure our State remains at the top – especially as those affected by military transfers begin to call Maryland their home.

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JROTC members earn honors | SLIDESHOW

MARYSVILLE — The Marysville-Pilchuck High School Naval Junior ROTC seemed to be feeling a bit of a home field advantage at the Olympic Division Northwest Drill and Rifle Competition at the M-PHS campus on Feb. 23.

The M-PHS NJROTC walked away with sixth place in the physical fitness evaluations for male JROTC cadets, as well as fourth place in Color Guard 1, the unarmed drill down, the dual armed exhibition drill and the physical fitness evaluations for female JROTC cadets, while also taking third place in the armed drill down. Marysville scored even higher in the unarmed and armed drills prior to the drill downs, taking second place for their armed drill team, and first place not only for their armed drill team commander, but also their unarmed drill team and commander.

As a result, the M-PHS NJROTC will be represented in the regional competition later this year, in the categories of Color Guard 1, physical fitness evaluations, armed drills and unarmed drills, with Marysville earning the distinction of division champions in the latter category on Feb. 23.

Perhaps not surprisingly, many of the M-PHS NJROTC cadets were initially drawn to the organization due to their own families’ histories of military service, although some simply found that the program struck their fancy. However, all the cadets who were interviewed agreed that the military aspect of JROTC is only one component of a group whose activities in Marysville have seen them volunteering in avenues ranging from taking up paintbrushes to clean up graffiti in the city’s neighborhoods, to escorting clients of the Marysville Community Food Bank through their shopping lines during especially high-traffic times of the year.

“JROTC opens up gateways,” said Cadet Lt. j.g. Dylan Ahola, a senior in his fourth year with the team. “It instills in you a sense of servitude to your community, citizenship and loyalty.”

Ahola’s father just recently retired from the United States Navy, while Ahola himself would like to become a Naval aviator, but he emphasized that “JROTC helps you out even if you don’t go into the Navy, because whether you go into another branch of service, or into college or technical school, the lessons you learn here will serve you well for life.”

Cadet Lt. j.g. Joshua Buchanan, the current acting executive officer of the M-PHS NJROTC, echoed Ahola in touting the group’s benefits to the broader community. Aside from an uncle who served in the Army, he had no real prior connection to the service, aside from finding the military interesting when he was a kid, but like Cadet Lt. Cmdr. Angenica Corpuz, the current acting commanding officer of the M-PHS NJROTC, he’s found a kinship and a camaraderie within the ranks of his fellow cadets.

“My dad was in the Navy, so I grew up with it even before my sister joined the JROTC here,” said Corpuz, a junior in her second year with the program. “Being part of the JROTC requires a lot of commitment, but it’s like an extended family. Our classroom has become a second home for us, to the point that we don’t want to leave,” she laughed.

Retired Navy Cmdr. Randy Brasfield thanked not only the judges of the competition — including Army and Navy recruiters, the Marines of Whidbey Island, and the midshipmen of the University of Washington Naval ROTC — but also the parents of the JROTC cadets, whom he estimated devote at least as many hours to the organization as their kids.

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Dear Ann,
PHEW! That was almost a DISASTER.
So I got my Buckingham Palace guard disguise all set–the Obamas were due to meet the Queen this afternoon, so I’m right there in the mix with all the guys with the hats and the rifles and such, and I’m doing my turn at the little station house thing, laying on the best accent I can muster. All “la-ti-da” and “Bob’s yer uncle” and “bits and bobs.” The Obamas were scheduled to drive right past me, at which point I was going to march right in and hang out with them and stuff.
And THEN. These three girls come up to me and are all, “Aren’t you KAY GARDINER?” One of them was all “You ARE! Remember? We stood around in the freezing damn cold drinking ice-cold BEER at that Ravelry party at Rhinebeck! You stole my goody bag, right?” And I’m all thinking, DON’T TALK. YOU’RE A PALACE GUARD. DON’T EVEN BLINK. And one of them says, “I hate dishrags. Why would anybody knit a dishrag?” which of course are FIGHTING WORDS in my book, and I just about blew my beaver hat when THANK Elizabeth Zimmerman the motorcade comes blasting up, and the girls all turn and start making googly eyes at the President, and I’m off the hook.
More later. Glad this rifle wasn’t loaded; that girl has no idea how close she came.

  1. Oh my gawd Kay, way to make me spit my Coca-Cola out at work!

  2. Young little Pups don’t even know what they are talking about. You are one Lucky Girl to be in the midst of this proud moment we send our new president and lovely wife off to represent us. I couldn’t be more proud if they were my own children. Have a ball! It looks like you already are….

  3. Too good. And just think of the interesting people who will google search “blew my beaver” and learn about knitting dishrags and such. oh Happy April Fools to us all!!!

  4. You are hilarious. Happy April Fools to you too. My mother was born on April Fools day and in 1923 it was EAster Sunday.

  5. You crack me up.

  6. “blew my beaver” !!!!
    Notice how I am restraining myself here….

  7. Kay, I am so glad you are keeping an eye on the free world. I heard Mr. Obama gave the queen an ipod, wouldn’t a dish rag have been more appropriate? Perhaps you should have a word with someone, maybe the secret service?

  8. Those girls don’t look old enough to use a dishrag, anyway!

  9. thank you its great to be bonkers

  10. Incomparable. As always.
    Happy travels!

  11. While you are there, check out prickyourfinger.com and if you are in Bethnal Green (perhaps not too likely), visit their shop. There’s not much for sale actually, but their web site blog is all British-art-school-girls adorable and so are they.

  12. Fancy coming all the way here and not stopping by at the palace for tea!!!!
    From Her Majesty

  13. Fancy coming all the way here and not stopping by at the palace for tea!!!!
    From Her Majesty

  14. This is an amazing photog!
    I had no idea you are so tall 😉

  15. How IS that dishrag book coming along, by the way?

  16. At last, evidence that the free world is finally safe! (Kooky, but safe).
    Thanks for the laughs–Happy April Fool’s Day!

  17. Perhaps if they were called “wash cloths” instead of “dish rags” they wouldn’t sound so lowly…


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MassDOT to Motorists: New Lane Configuration for Braintree Split Southbound

Changes to improve safety, clearly define lanes in place for morning commute

BOSTON – Wednesday, October 23, 2013— During the overnight hours, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation installed a new lane configuration on I-93 Southbound in Braintree at the split with Route 3 Southbound. On Wednesday morning drivers found two dedicated lanes to I-93 Southbound and two dedicated lanes to Route 3 Southbound. In its prior condition, there were five lanes in this area with three lanes exiting to Route 3 and two continue on I-93 South.  The third lane onto Route 3 was an exit-only lane that ended soon after the split at Exit 19. The removal of this lane now accommodates two wider travel lanes to carry traffic onto Route 3 Southbound.

As motorists encountered the new configuration for the first time, MassDOT anticipated that there will be confusion until drivers become familiar with the new lane configuration. The intent is to better define the lanes and avoid last minute, unsafe lane changes.

The goals of this new configuration are to:

  • Reduce driver confusion at the complicated interchange -- simplifying lanes so two lanes exit to Route 3 and two lanes stay on I-93 South
  • Increase available weaving distance for drivers exiting HOV ("zipper") lane heading to I-93 South
  • Increase driver awareness of upcoming lane split by using high-visibility pavement markings to identify which lanes exit and which lanes stay on I-93 South

In addition to the high-visibility pavement markings, new overhead signage will be installed shortly to communicate the new configuration. MassDOT consulted with its partners at the Massachusetts State Police and incorporated their suggestions into this plan.

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As you know I have many tractors with the Bosch U4 on them, I have to say I have not had much problems with them at all. I have bought many of these mags at swap meets or on ebay and some are dead as a door nail but here is my secret for bringing them back to life.

If you have a dead one on the tractor take a magic marker and mark the coupler with two dots before you take it off the tractor so when you go to putting it back together just line up the dots.
Take the magneto off the tractor and set it on the bench or wheel or wherever you can find a place in your shop big enough to set it then chuck up a 3/4 inch socket into your drill and put a wire in one of the plug wire holes and loop it arround til it is about 1/8th of an inch from any metal part on the magneto.
Back the magneto up about 1/8th of a turn then pull the trigger on the drill quickly and let her rip fast enough so as to not let the magneto trip coggs catch. once it is rolling keep it going all the way wide open on the drill gradually holding the wire next to the magneto once it starts to spark pull it slightly farther away from the magneto.

The farther away you pull the wire the more the coil has to work and the hotter the spark will be, if the magneto is working like it should it should jump a spark up to 3/4 of an inch.
I have taken magnetos that were compleatly dead and brought them back to life by keeping the drill running for 2-5 minutes don't know how it works but I would swear somehow it recharges the magnets by doing this.

Now I know this will not work on all of them as some have bad coils in them but I would say it works about 9 out of 10 times expecially if you are working with a magneto that you know was good a year or two ago.

Just planted corn here last Monday May 14th and it is up two inches today!! The weather here has been awesome!!


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Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 26 May 1794

My dearest Friend

I shall inclose with this, some Letters between Randolph and Hammond which will shew you how quarelsome they are. Poor Fellows! They both desire Peace, but think themselves obliged to wrangle for their Countries.

It is fashionable to charge Wars upon things; but I think Le Peuple Souvereign is as inflamable, and as proud and at the Same time less systematick, uniform and united; so that it is not so easy for them to avoid Wars. We have laboured very hard to preserve our Tranquility; but the Peuple Souvereign is continually committing some Intemperance or Indiscretion or other tendency to defeat all our Precautions. If We are involved in a War, my head, heart, and hands shall be guiltless of the Crime of provoking it. But it will be my Duty to Submit to the Legal Voice and Decree of my Country.

We have fine Rains here, for three days past, and I hope you enjoy a similar Blessing.

I shall take Leave on Saturday 31 of May! but cannot hope to get home before the 10 or 12th of June. The Journey lies before me, like a Mountain. I am too old and too feeble for these long Journeys, dry sessions and uncomfortable Scenes. I am at an Age when I ought to be at home with my Family.

I Sent 600 dollars to John last Week, which is our whole Allowance till September.

I wish you an agreable Election. Who will be Lieutenant Governor Gill or Gerry?

I wrote to Dr. Willard, sometime ago a Resignation of the Chair of the Academy of Arts and Sciences. It would be a farce for me to hold it any longer.

My Duty to my Mother. Tell my Brother that I suppose he was for War to make himself popular; but I am very sorry to find that warlike sentiments are popular in Quincy. I am glad he is chosen however and hope he will get our Town back to the County of Suffolk.

Adieu -- My dearest Friend, Adieu,

Mrs. A.

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Date: 1786-06-20

Bridge obtained leave of absence till Commencement. He intends to pass the Summer Vacation here, and supposes he shall be able to Study with much more advantage, when he is not continually called away by the College exercises, than he can now: and I think he is quite right.
Cite web page as: Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2015.


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The Rogue City, Part One, Chapter II: Softie and Blondie

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David Serrano, a former regional officer for the Latin Kings, now serves on the board of directors for the New North Citizens' Council.

Through the 1980s and 1990s, from the Mobile station on Dover Street to the Getty Mart along Main Street, members of the Latin Kings occasionally made an organized effort to clean up litter. They were also involved in the North End's drug trade. Years ago, the Latin Kings controlled drug sales along Main Street, from Sheldon Street to Harrison Avenue. On Main Street, between Church and Morgan Streets, where there's currently a grass lot, there used to be a large building. The Latin Kings held meetings there at night -- next door to the New North Citizens' Council.

Springfield's Latino gangs were much more organized in the 90s, with connections to bigger cities, and the New North Citizens' Council was in the thick of the North End's gang violence. Sometimes, New North would have more information -- and more community trust -- than the police did. Barbara Rivera, New North's late Executive Director, always knew which kid had a warrant, and she had a way of reaching kids where their parents couldn't.

"This used to be her office, where we are now," said Jose Claudio, New North's Director of Community Development and Public Relations, during an interview in May in a closet-sized room containing a patchwork of wall placards with a picture of Rivera at the center. "It was an open policy. Whatever happens out there, they could come in and talk to her. And that's how we ended up really working one-on-one with a lot of the kids on the street."

Claudio, 54, has been involved with New North Citizens' Council since he was eight years old. At 2 or 3 a.m., he said, he and Rivera would walk the North End's streets looking for kids hanging out. "We'd go and talk to them at the pizza shop, or at the corner of the street, and say, 'This is not a place for you to be at at this time at night.' [...] We got $40 million-dollar schools, but they're only open for 6 hours."

Barbara Rivera also knew Nardy. Arnaldo "Nardy" Esteras-Perez was 16 years old in 1992, when members of the Latin Kings ordered his execution for making fun of one member's beads. Eric Maldonado, New North's Youth Program Coordinator, was Nardy's cousin. "My cousin was one of the first people killed by the Latin Kings," Maldonado said. "And I just came in for a meeting, and [Rivera] was the one who helped me. She got me involved coming to meetings more and more, and she offered me a job."

"It was like one of her kids died," Claudio said of Nardy's death. "And she became really involved not only with the people but the leaders of the gangs [...] She was 60 years old, telling these kids, 'You need to stop this.' And she became more like a mother, [a] grandmother. And they respected her because her word means everything. If she tells you, I'm going to get you into a program, she'll get them in that program. And I think her word was like gold for them."

Like the New North Citizens' Council Building, the Grey House Food Pantry on Sheldon Street was one property that was off-limits for gang violence -- a property that got some respect from some of the gang population. Still, the drug trade was competitive. Members of La Familia, who once hung out in the building on Main and Huntington containing the Botanica Caridad & Gift Shop, carried scanners and walkie-talkies. When the Latin Kings held meetings at the basketball courts behind the Gerena Magnet School, someone was assigned as a secretary to take notes; others were assigned lookout duties. If the gangs that hung out on the blocks north of Sheldon wanted to sell between Sheldon and Harrison, a man named David Serrano, a former member and regional officer of the Latin Kings, might have gotten a percentage.

"[David] was a suspect that we would constantly come in contact with," said Sgt. John Delaney, aide to Commissioner Fichet, who told the Republican in April that Serrano had since turned his life around. "He was the real deal."

Serrano is friendly, bald, with wire-rimmed glasses and a straight-brimmed Yankees hat. There's gray stubble on his chin but leftover adolescence in his face, and a comedian's exaggeration to his hand gestures and facial expressions. Currently, Serrano is a gang and violence consultant who speaks at schools and youth programs to educate kids about gang involvement. Over the last year, he's worked to seal portions of his criminal record so that he'll be allowed to volunteer in schools. He's one of two former gang members recently voted to the board of directors at the New North Citizens' Council.

"David had been out for a while," said Youmans, who once arrested David but now speaks with him during presentations. "But then I started hearing through other people that we knew that David was out speaking, doing positive things. You need somebody who's been in the mix, who understands the streets. You need somebody who can tell other kids, say what you want to say, but [...] I've carried guns, I've made money, I've bought women, I've drove cars, I've spent money."

Serrano completed one year of college, majoring in Criminal Law. He'd wanted to be an auxiliary cop then, but he could make $4,000 a day selling on the corner. "But I don't got none of that left," he said during an interview in April. "I thank God I don't have AIDS. Because I always had money, but I had the girls too. And that came to another kid and that came to another kid and that came to another kid."

Serrano is 40 now, living for eleven kids total -- there are children's car seats in the back of his Lincoln Navigator. When he drives through the North End, everyone on Main or Plainfield seems to wave or honk. Today, some of those people ask him where they can find jobs. If Darryl Moss engages the community on a formal level, Serrano's network is a little looser, but just as directly connected to the people the City is trying to reach.

Serrano navigates Springfield with a lazy, cushy authority -- cabbie-like but without the suspense -- easing his way into an intersection to cut off traffic, foregoing the occasional turn signal and making the occasional impromptu u-turn to show us around the North End. The neighborhood, as AWAKE founder Chelan Brown suggested, isn't so big. A few blocks up from the Gerena Magnet School on Plainfield, where Serrano's daughter attended summer school this year, there's a bulky, three-floor, boarded-up pastel-green house. Serrano had heard the house was valued at $20,000, but back when it had a faster tenancy turnound, Serrano hung out there and smoked weed. One afternoon in June, he led us to a parking lot behind a boarded-up, mossed-over brick building on Sheldon Street. A kid standing on the sidewalk, in the process of getting high, looked nervous when Serrano pulled up with us. But Serrano knew the kid, said something in Spanish, and made a gesture that looked like he was holding an imaginary pen over his palm. The parking lot behind the building was immediately louder than the street -- voices of kids and parents on fire escapes echoed off the buildings enclosing the lot.

"It's OK," Serrano said to a woman on a balcony. He pointed to a recessed area at the base of a boarded-up building, about three feet wide and a little under a foot deep, where a stairway once zig-zagged its way up the side of the building. He used to hide his drugs there. Serrano lived in the building next door when he moved to Springfield from New York at the age of 18. The landlord was too scared to charge him rent.

Gang involvement, back then, was just as much about family as it was about poverty, rap music, or insecurity. Growing up in Brooklyn, Serrano's parents were in a gang called the Apaches. Serrano's aunt and uncle were also Latin Kings, and Serrano arrived in Massachusetts via his uncle, who often traveled to Lawrence to get away from his wife. "He always used to leave, 'Oh, I'm gonna get some bread.' Never came back for 4 or 5 days," Serrano said. "So my grandmother one day was like, 'Why don't we just move to Massachusetts?'"

"A lot of kids, their uncles, their aunts, have been involved with things like this, and it's hard for the kids to get by it," Youmans said. "You know, to see their family member and look at how their family member lives, because they've reaped the rewards and benefits from drug activity, from gang activity, and so they become idolized figures." Serrano's uncle contracted AIDS and died in 1992 -- during a visit to his home in July, Serrano checked a tattoo on his right arm to verify the year.

The payout of even a single day's worth of selling drugs can make difficult competition for Shannon-funded community organizations. New North, which received $61,453 from the Shannon CSI this year, uses the money to provide job readiness and workforce training. Around three quarters of the Shannon money New North receives, Claudio said, goes into giving youth a paycheck for work training and community service -- tasks like cleaning parks and washing away graffiti. While the kids are earning legitimate money, the pay isn't much: up to $600 for the year.

By comparison, Earl Harrington, Springfield's Shannon Grant Coordinator, said that per year, Massachusetts Career Development Institute's Shannon-funded programs put 100 kids through GED programs or pre-employment or vocational training programs. Usually, the work involves factory or hospital jobs such as welding and nursing. MCDI's programs pay at-risk youth around $25 a week; more involved work pays $8 an hour. Nonetheless, Eric Maldonado has been aggressive about bringing in as many youth as possible. New North's recruitment goal is 65 kids, ages 14 to 20. But they've taken referrals from the South End Community Center and the Puerto Rican Cultural Center. By May, New North had taken in 87 Shannon kids, from ages 12-24. Maldonado expected to add on an additional 35 over the summer.

"We've been giving them $100 every two months," Maldonado said. "The first thing we tell them is that it's not a lot of money. You can get up to $150 if you do everything you gotta do. Which is $75 a month and if you break it down, it's even less than that by the day."

Springfield Police Sgt. John Delaney worked in the Street Crime Unit and the Narcotics Division for 28 years, and when the Serrano family moved to Springfield, they quickly became familiar with him. "They called me Blondie," Delaney said of the Serrano family. "[David] still calls me that to this day. Because of the hair color. Not that I resembled the singer -- what's her name, Deborah Harry." Serrano's grandmother gave Delaney the nickname. Whenever Delaney brought a sibling home, Serrano recalled his grandmother saying: "'Somebody's in trouble, Blondie's here!'"

Before the members ended up dead or in jail, there was a lot of fighting on Sheldon Street between gangs. During an interview in April, Serrano rolled up his right pantleg to show us the bullet wounds in his calf and above his knee.

"There were times where I almost got killed -- maybe four times, I almost lost my life," Serrano said. "The guy hit me, I hit him, and one of his boys kicked me and was just like 'pop pop!'" he recalled of an encounter with La Familia on the corner of Sheldon St., in which a rival gang member stood three feet from him and opened fire. "I heard that bullet and it was like a whistle."

We asked Serrano what the fight was about. "Drugs," he said.

Today, Serrano said, there's no infrastructure in gangs, and no authenticity. Therefore, there's much less reward. "I had it organized right," Serrano reminisced of his days as a regional officer. "We had money in the bank. It was always drug dealers. You always had drug dealers. Everybody's drug dealers, you know? But you had money in the bank, and if something happens to you, we'd be taking care of you."

When Serrano was still in the Latin Kings, his nickname was Softie. Often, he said, he was the one organizing gang members to clean up the street, or to help a kid with his homework, or to help a kid graduate high school. "I sold my drugs, I did my drugs," he said, "but I always liked to do something good."

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Celeste Benoit of Longmeadow pleads guilty, gets probation in assault on Agawam Mayor Susan Dawson

Stephanie Barry | By Stephanie Barry | The Republican
on November 30, 2009 at 10:16 PM, updated December 01, 2009 at 12:00 AM
CBenoit1130.jpgCeleste Benoit, seen here during a court appearance in Springfield District Court in October, was sentenced to 18 months probation Monday for assaulting Agawam Mayor Susan Dawson in April.
This is an updated version of a story first posted Monday at 5:42 p.m.

SPRINGFIELD - Agawam Mayor Susan R. Dawson’s unapologetic attacker will be on probation for 18 months after pleading guilty to assault charges on Monday.

Celeste Benoit, 62, admitted she battered the mayor in April in a crowded downtown restaurant, a year after Benoit’s husband left her for Dawson.

A retired schoolteacher from Longmeadow, Benoit said she felt the judge’s sentence was fair. But Benoit shifted the blame to Dawson.

“I think she’s got a lot of gall to come down here and say the things she said when she knows from the get-go that she started this by having an affair with my husband while we were still married and living together,” Benoit said.

While she refused to comment after the sentencing, Dawson told Springfield District Court Judge Robert Gordon that she suffers from a litany of medical problems as

SRDawson109.jpgSusan R. Dawson
a result of the attack including anxiety, depression, sleeplessness, high blood pressure, a damaged eye, a brain bleed and vertigo.

She said she believed the last condition, which impedes balance, lends to a persistent misconception that she is a reveler.

“I guess that’s where the public gets the impression of me being drunk all the time,” Dawson told the judge.

Dawson told Gordon she considered taking antidepressants, but feared it would hinder her performance as mayor - a position she will not hold for much longer after she was beaten in the primary election.

Dawson and Celeste Benoit got in a second altercation after the election when Benoit spotted her estranged husband and the mayor at Pazzo’s. Celeste Benoit “congratulated” Dawson on her loss, she said. The mayor reportedly responded by throwing a drink in her face. The police were called and television news footage showed a dripping wet Benoit standing outside the restaurant. No charges were issued.

Dawson said in a previous interview that her romance with Benoit’s husband, Mark Benoit, did not begin until after the couple had split.

However, Celeste Benoit’s lawyer, Daniel D. Kelly, told the judge the fracas at Max’s had been brewing since his client found her husband and Dawson locked in an embrace in a downtown parking lot a year earlier.

“She woke up in her home in Longmeadow one morning ... thinking her life with her husband was set,” Kelly said. “By dinnertime that evening, that life view had been shattered.”

Mark Benoit never came home again, his wife said.

Of the attack at Max’s, Kelly said Celeste Benoit was having dinner there with a friend when Mark Benoit and Dawson walked in together. He greeted his estranged wife in “a jovial, cavalier” manner, according to the defense lawyer.

“Your honor, she lost it,” he told Gordon.

Assistant District Attorney Linda Pisano argued the attack was unwarranted, no matter the history between the three. The prosecutor also offered snippets of witness accounts.

“The first thing (one witness) heard was this horrible screaming ... She was screaming: ‘You whore! You whore!’ ... with both hands in (Dawson’s) hair ... and then slammed her head into a wall,” Pisano said.

She added that Celeste Benoit choked a busboy who tried to intervene.

“I saw blind rage in her eyes,” the busboy said of Benoit, according to Pisano.

Dawson called 911 from her cell phone, court records show, and was taken to the hospital in an ambulance.

During a previous court hearing, Dawson said she regretted calling authorities because of the firestorm of publicity that followed.

During an interview Monday, Celeste Benoit argued the mayor colored her version of the events.

“She gave so many interviews to the media, always smiling, always happy, but she couldn’t keep her stories consistent,” she said.

She said she and her husband had renewed their wedding vows just a few months before she happened upon him and Dawson in the parking lot, where he eventually left her alone and in tears.

Mark Benoit did not attend the hearing.

Gordon said the charges will be dismissed in 18 months if Benoit abides by the conditions of her probation, including staying 100 yards from Dawson and attending anger management classes.

She also was ordered to pay $791 in restitution for Dawson’s ambulance ride and other medical costs.

When asked if she had any other thoughts about the saga that led her to the Springfield courthouse, Celeste Benoit responded: “I think the voters of Agawam said it all.”


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BOSTON – A spokesman for House Speaker Robert DeLeo says the House will eliminate a provision in its municipal relief bill that critics say could raise property taxes as much as $500 million. Seth Gitell said Monday eliminating the provision will be one of the body’s first actions on Monday. He said the Speaker has said all along he did not support any weakening of Proposition 2½, which limits property tax hikes, or any new taxes. Gov. Deval L. Patrick has said he will not sign the bill if the measure was included. Prop 2½ limits forbids raising property taxes more than 2.5 percent a year without voter approval. The proposal would let cities and towns raise property taxes above that limit to pay property tax abatements when owners appeal their tax bills. More details coming in The Republican.


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on October 01, 2009 at 9:23 PM, updated October 01, 2009 at 10:04 PM

Chris Miele fired a 2-under-par 34 as South Hadley rolled to a 221-278 win over visiting Chicopee at Ledges Golf Course on Thursday . . . Eric Croci and James Christensen each shot 40 to help host East Longmeadow to a 245-246 win over Belchertown at Elmcrest Country Club . . . Sean Dziedzic (42) came in with the deciding score to enable Southwick to post a 260-261 win over Central at Veterans GC in Springfield . . . Tyler Sleeper and Jeremy Peterson each posted 38s for Minnechaug Regional during 241-252 win over Ludlow at CC of Wilbraham . . . Nick Behrens and Tim Bond carded 39s for Northampton, which defeated West Springfield 257-285 at Springfield CC . . . Dan Sullivan’s par 36 helped Hopkins Academy to a 19-5 win over Mahar at Hickory Ridge CC . . . Troy Miller of Franklin Tech birdied three holes, including two of the last three, to card a 3-over-38 during a 13½-10½ win over Frontier Regional at Thomas Memorial G&CC. Austin Ahmed matched par for Frontier . . . Aaron Dowd shot a team-low 43 for Smith Academy, a 20½-3½ winner over Pathfinder at Westover GC . . . Cam Duchin of Mohawk Trail posted a 40 at No. 1, but sweeps by Jeff Jackman, Lee Doiron and Nick Stennes led Pioneer to a 17-7 win at Edgehill GC . . . Mike Frydryk of Palmer fired a 1-under-par 34 to help the Panthers to an 18½-5½ victory at Quaboag CC . . . Cody LaPlante’s 37 paced Hampshire to a 22-2 win over Easthampton at Pine Grove GC . . . Tantasqua used a 38 from Nick Champeau for an 8-1 win over Northbridge.


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Looking for a ghost hunter, paranormal experience for Halloween?

Laura Merwin | By Laura Merwin |
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ghost-hunter-halloween-roundup.jpgLooking to get in on a spooky Halloween event? Check out this roundup.

Well, by now you all know the difficulties I’ve had getting a straight answer out of the Ghost Hunters TAPS team about exactly what their Halloween 2009 Live special will entail. Here is a recap of what I know about them and then a roundup of other ghostly paranormal happenings around the television and the web for your Halloween entertainment.

Ghost Hunters

There will be an all-day marathon of “The Best of Ghost Hunters” selected by you, the fans, unless they’ve just thrown out the form that was on their website for people to select their favorite episodes. After 5 different versions, the latest on the Live special, is that it will be hosted by Josh Gates, include an investigation of Essex County Hospital, and an intro to the Ghost Hunters Academy recruits. From Twitter, Grant Wilson has said that they (Grant Wilson and Jason Hawes) will not be participating in the live show, instead, they will be home with their kids and that their part of the show will be taped. The marathon of oldies begins at 9:00 AM on Halloween and the Live Event begins at 7:00 PM on the Syfy channel.

Ghost Adventures

Zak Baggans and his team will go into lockdown at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, West Virginia. The televised live event kicks off on October 30th on the Travel Channel.

Paranormal State

Although there is no televised event, if you happen to be in Estes Park, Colorado you can join Ryan for a field trip to the Stanley Hotel October 23 – 25. There’s more info on his PRS website.

Most Haunted

The screaming Englishmen are apparently taking Halloween off as I was unable to find any reference to the holiday on their web site at all.

Ghost Lab

Those swearin’ Texans, the Klinge brothers are also apparently slacking off on Halloween.

Ghost Hunters International

The GHI team is going cyber for Halloween. For $6.95 you can join in all-day chats with various members of the team – Robb Demarest, Brandy Green, Dustin Pari, Ashley Goodwin, Joe ‘Barcalounger’ Chin and Paul Bradford. Chats take place on Halloween from 2pm – 12:00 AM and there is a bonus investigation at 12:15 AM with SJV Paranormal. The website is and includes this stellar bit of grammar and spelling:
** Bonus investigation is a freed added bonus to any ticket buyer. For enterianment purposes only.

Brian Harnois and Chip Coffey

Yes, Brian has teamed up with ‘Psychic Kids’ psychic Chip Coffey. They will be investigating the Iron Island Museum in Buffalo, New York on October 30th from 4:00 PM to 2:30 AM.

Ghost Hunters International’s Dustin Pari

Dustin will be investigating the Houghton Mansion in North Adams, Mass on October 30th. For $125 you can join him. Tickets are available at IdealEvent

If you know of any others, please feel free to add them into the comments section below!

I'll be back with your recap of tonite's Ghost Hunters' episode on the Congress Theater, as usual!

**Now you can follow me! Get yourself a profile page and then click follow me on my profile page! Or, if you tweet, so do I, I'm @lmerwin.

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Offensive line coach Ron Hudson leaving UMass football program

Harry Plumer By Harry Plumer The Republican
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on January 15, 2013 at 3:24 PM, updated January 15, 2013 at 6:39 PM
RonHudson.jpg Offensive line coach Ron Hudson has left UMass.

University of Massachusetts offensive line coach Ron Hudson is leaving the football program to take the same position at Nevada under new coach Brian Polian, a source confirmed Tuesday afternoon.

Nevada's offensive coordinator is Nick Rolovich, who was originally set to be UMass' offensive coordinator under Charley Molnar before he was offered the Nevada job shortly thereafter.

Hudson, who joined Molnar in Amherst after spending one year at New Mexico, is the second member of the staff to leave in the past three weeks. Offensive coordinator Mike Kruczek left to be closer to his family, accepting a coaching job at Trinity Prep in Winter Park, Fla.

Hudson and Kruczek shared an apartment in Sunderland during the season.

Molnar has yet to hire any replacements, according to the source.


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After I asked the question I got online and own the Rock Harbor website it says Blue Moon coming soon. Also noticed that commodore yacht club sells fuel to public. I didn't know that. I have always just gotten fuel from Rock Harbor. I'm glad to here the restaurant will reopen the wife and I had said that we would like to cruise up and eat dinner.
As far as the trip to downtown. I'm at river marker 155, commodore yacht club is at 172, Rock Harbor is at 175 and downtown is at 191. 36 miles one way (I would presume that is nautical miles) which would really mean 41 miles. I would definately stop going and coming and top off the fuel. I had planned to carry 10 gal extra just in case.
If we decide to venture up sometime next summer I will try and get in touch. Maybe we could cruise over to Rock Harbor and have a couple cold ones.
I forgot to mention getting fuel at Commodore. Better service, octane is 93 instead of 87 and ethonal free too.
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Camping , Coffee and conversation , Cooking , Dining out , Hobbies and crafts , Movies/Videos , Museums and art , Music and concerts , Exploring new areas , Nightclubs/Dancing , Playing cards , Playing sports , Political interests , Shopping/Antiques , Travel/Sightseeing , Watching sports , Wine tasting

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Aerobics, Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Cycling, Dancing, Football, Other types of exercise, Running, Soccer, Swimming, Walking / Hiking, Weights / Machines, Yoga

I exercise 5 or more times per week.

I like Cats, Dogs, Fish

Political views

Favorite hot spots

San Diego, Madrid, a kitchen filled with my favorite people, NYC, Kauai, my bed, Chicago, Jack's Shack-Grand Turk, Buffalo Exchange

Favorite things

laughter, sunday brunches, trader joe's, sunshine, greek food, hip hop music (all music, for that matter), margaritas oh, and DISLIKES: airplane turbulence, red bull, bad drivers (even though I have been called one), cheesiness, weak handshakes

For fun

exploring new places, music, hiking, people watching, thrift store shopping, yoga, breaking into hotel swimming pools, cooking, dorky arts and craft projects, dancing, planning my halloween costume, watching the food network, working out

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Height: 5'10" (177cms) 6'1" (185cms) to 6'8" (203cms)
Body type: Athletic and toned No preference
Eyes: Blue No preference
Hair: Dark brown No preference
Smoke: No Way No Way
Drink: Social Drinker Social Drinker, Regularly, Moderately
Occupation: Sales / Marketing No preference
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Relationship: Never Married No preference
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Wants kids: Someday No preference
Ethnicity: White / Caucasian No preference
White girl...mainly irish
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Languages: English No preference
Education: Bachelors degree No preference
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