Massachusetts News
Wicked Local (blog)
Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:53:13 -0800
Cerberus made its debut with much fanfare Tuesday as part of a protest staged by the Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United in Manhattan, in front of the Park Avenue offices of the private equity firm that owns the fast-growing Steward ...
The Boston Globe
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:02:29 -0800
By Scott Kirsner Online retail giant Amazon.com will open its first office in Massachusetts next year, and eventually could hire as many as 150 people to staff a Cambridge outpost that is likely to develop software to deliver books, music, and videos. ...
Boston.com
Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:02:31 -0800
By Natalie Feulner, Town Correspondent Milton Attorney Philip Murphy was recently chosen as the 2012 president of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Murphy specializes in estate planning and elder and special ...
Boston.com
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:33:10 -0800
Jesse Morgan scored 14 points to lead a balanced scoring attack in Massachusetts ' 73-65 victory over Davidson Thursday night. Morgan led five Minutemen in double figures as UMass (10-3) overcame a 35-29 halftime deficit with sizzling second-half ...
Boston.com
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:28:23 -0800
Peter Blute has been named deputy chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party. Blute says he will work in the unpaid post to recruit GOP candidates for state and federal offices. He will serve under new state party chairman Bob Maginn. ...
Boston.com
Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:48:48 -0800
Boston is kind of the mecca of Massachusetts , and Suffolk Downs is definitely something that could use a revival. I think a casino would be great there,'' he said. But Chelsea's city manager, Jay Ash, who was an outspoken supporter of the casino bill, ...
Fox News
Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:29:33 -0800
Just last month, after a bitter political battle, state leaders legalized casino gambling in Massachusetts . Gov. Deval Patrick signed legislation allowing up to three casinos and one slots parlor, marking the biggest expansion in gambling since the ...
Huffington Post
Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:33:11 -0800
A Massachusetts newspaper's parody version of a holiday carol poking fun at Chaz Bono's gender reassignment surgery and the state's new transgender protections law has been met with a frosty response from human rights activists and other organizations. ...
The Patriot Ledger
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:00:43 -0800
By David Rileyz The federal government has released an additional $21 million for Massachusetts winter fuel assistance programs, but the extra money may not go far. One advocate described the increase as a drop in the bucket, considering high heating ...
Boston.com
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:24:57 -0800
Authorities say three men have been arrested in Massachusetts after police found nearly 25 pounds of cocaine in their Peabody hotel room. The drugs had an estimated street value of about $1.1 million. Police say 38-year-old Jason Grilli of Laval, ...
Boston.com (blog)
Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:09:26 -0800
By Chelsea Conaboy, Globe Staff Massachusetts is set once again to become a testing ground for a major federal effort to overhaul the health care industry. Five of the 32 hospital systems and physician groups that will become pioneers in a program to ...
New York Times
Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:16:21 -0800
Harvard University said it would reopen Harvard Yard to the public on Thursday, six weeks after Occupy protesters set up tents there. Citing security, the university closed the yard to everyone but students and employees after an encampment went up ...
Fox News
Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:12:30 -0800
Two Massachusetts State employees are to be charged in connection with the June death of woman whose body went unnoticed at the bottom of a public pool for more than 48 hours. Bristol County, Mass., District Attorney's office said Wednesday that former ...
Boston magazine's Boston Daily (blog)
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:40:56 -0800
You don't want America to turn into Massachusetts ? No? What part of the Bay State don't you like? Is it that we're in the top 10 for wealthiest states? Or that we're one of the most educated states, with more than 60 percent of residents having ...
Fall River Herald News
Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:16:48 -0800
By Michael Norton The comparatively slow population growth that cost Massachusetts one of its 10 US House seats after the last decennial population has continued, new figures show. Statistics released Wednesday by the US Census Bureau indicate that ...
Bloomberg
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:06:10 -0800
(JPM) and Bank of America Merrill Lynch to be the top underwriter of municipal bonds offered by auction helped Massachusetts save $88000 on a $400 million borrowing. JPMorgan won the bid Dec. 20 for the general-obligation debt maturing from 2015 to ...
Business Week
Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:03:43 -0800
Massachusetts drivers have received an early Christmas gift with gas prices plunging for the fifth consecutive week just in time for holiday travel. AAA Southern New England reports Monday that self-serve, regular gasoline dropped six cents in the past ...
Washington Times
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:26:52 -0800
By Seth Mc Laughlin Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican presidential candidate, gets up on his soapbox to deliver a stump speech during a campaign stop at a feed store in Lancaster, NH, on Thursday. (Associated Press) lancaster ...
Hartford Business
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:29:28 -0800
Motions filed in Connecticut and Massachusetts have sought to stop the merger between Hartford-based Northeast Utilities and Boston-based NStar, citing the inadequacies of the companies power restoration efforts following Tropical Irene in August and ...
Sentinel and Enterprise
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:39:56 -0800
Knit & Crochet: Fitchburg Public Library, 1 to 3 pm It is open to anyone interested in learning to knit or crochet (supplies are available for teaching) or to anyone who wants to participate with a very friendly group while doing their work. ...
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( / ˌ m æ s ə ˈ tʃ uː s ɨ t s /) is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010 Census, the population of Massachusetts was 6,547,629. The state features two separate metropolitan areas - the eastern Boston metropolitan area and the western Springfield metropolitan area. Approximately two thirds of the state's population lives in Greater Boston, most of which is either urban or suburban. Western Massachusetts features one urban area - the Knowledge Corridor along the Connecticut River - and a mix of college towns and rural areas. Massachusetts is the most populous of the six New England states, the third most densely populated state in the United States, and also has the U.S.'s sixth highest from: Wikipedia: massachusetts,
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Proper noun
Massachusetts- A state of the United States of America. Capital: Boston.
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