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style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-no-proof: yes'><img border=0 width=176 height=123 id="_x0000_i1030" src="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/6f8f47e1cce37cd4bd62e8ccf4d9dfae/image/jpeg" alt="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/6f8f47e1cce37cd4bd62e8ccf4d9dfae/image/jpeg"></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>Craig Poirier, a firefighter and paramedic in Buzzards Bay, has been selected to receive the Annual Firefighter of the Year Award.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New 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font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Email:</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: center;word-wrap:break-word'><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:therese.murray@masenate.gov?subject=Comment%20from%20Monthly%20Newsletter" style='color:#0000FF!important'>Therese.Murray@masenate.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: center;word-wrap:break-word'><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: center;word-wrap:break-word'><strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>District Office:</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: center;word-wrap:break-word'><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>10 Cordage Park Circle, Room 229<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: center;word-wrap:break-word'><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Plymouth, MA 02360<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: center;word-wrap:break-word'><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>P: (508) 746-9332<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: center;word-wrap:break-word'><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>F: (508) 746-4910<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: center;word-wrap:break-word'><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: center;word-wrap:break-word'><strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Boston Office:</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: center;word-wrap:break-word'><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>State House, Room 332<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: center;word-wrap:break-word'><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Boston, MA 02133<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: center;word-wrap:break-word'><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>P: (617) 722-1500<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: center;word-wrap:break-word'><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>F: (617) 722-1072<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="67%" valign=top style='width:67.0%;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right: none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; border-color:transparent'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in' height="100%"> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in;word-wrap:break-word'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#004585'>Dear Friends,</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>This year the Legislature was tasked with redrawing district boundaries for towns across the Commonwealth to create fair and equal representation in each voting district. The maps outlining the new Senate districts were released in October and approved by the Senate on November 1st. </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_2" o:spid="_x0000_s1043" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/a70aff5e791b14cd06e30e559bf9783a/image/jpeg" style='position:absolute;margin-left:71pt;margin-top:0;width:111pt; height:183.75pt;z-index:1;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square; mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/a70aff5e791b14cd06e30e559bf9783a/image/jpeg"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=148 height=245 src="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/a70aff5e791b14cd06e30e559bf9783a/image/jpeg" align=right alt="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/a70aff5e791b14cd06e30e559bf9783a/image/jpeg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>As a result of an increase in population in the towns of Plymouth and Pembroke, the town of <span class=SpellE>Plympton</span> and my three precincts in Barnstable will move to neighboring districts. I am happy that the majority of my district was preserved and I applaud Senator Stanley Rosenberg, Representative Michael Moran and the Joint Committee on Redistricting for carrying out a transparent and successful redistricting process. I have formed strong and lasting relationships with the <span class=SpellE>Plympton</span> and Barnstable communities and I look forward to working with them through the end of 2012. </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>This Friday marks the fifth anniversary of Nicole's Law and I will be in Plymouth and Falmouth handing out 100 free carbon monoxide alarms at each location. Nicole's Law, named after 7-year-old Nicole <span class=SpellE>Garofalo</span> of <span class=SpellE>Manomet</span> who lost her life to carbon monoxide poisoning, was passed by the Legislature and signed into law on November 4, 2005.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Joined by State Fire Marshal Stephen <span class=SpellE>Coan</span>, local fire chiefs and state and town officials, I will be at the Cedarville Fire Station at 12:30 p.m. and the Falmouth Senior Center at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, November 4th. Please spread the word to your families and friends and I hope to see you there.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Read this edition of my monthly newsletter to find out what's happening around the Plymouth and Barnstable District. Up-to-date information can always be found on my <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=41062593&amp;msgid=496554&amp;act=BHO0&amp;c=660731&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSenatePresidentMurray" style='color:#0000FF!important'><span class=SpellE>Facebook</span></a> and <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=41062593&amp;msgid=496554&amp;act=BHO0&amp;c=660731&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitter.com%2FThereseMurrayMA" style='color:#0000FF!important'>Twitter</a> pages, and on my <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=41062593&amp;msgid=496554&amp;act=BHO0&amp;c=660731&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theresemurray.com" style='color:#0000FF!important'>website</a>.&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#004585'>Sincerely,</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black; mso-no-proof:yes'><img border=0 width=138 height=47 id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/5648bdea59630073c96cd4d6a3b450ce/image/jpeg" alt="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/5648bdea59630073c96cd4d6a3b450ce/image/jpeg"></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#004585'>Terry Murray</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt: solid #999999 .75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a name=MassinMotion></a><strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#004585'>Plymouth and Barnstable Identified as &quot;Mass in Motion&quot; Communities</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_3" o:spid="_x0000_s1042" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/5cda28a7503c2efebffc4da827bf41cc/image/jpeg" style='position:absolute;margin-left:34.25pt;margin-top:0;width:74.25pt; height:113.25pt;z-index:2;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square; mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/5cda28a7503c2efebffc4da827bf41cc/image/jpeg"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=99 height=151 src="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/5cda28a7503c2efebffc4da827bf41cc/image/jpeg" align=right alt="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/5cda28a7503c2efebffc4da827bf41cc/image/jpeg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>I'm happy that Plymouth and Barnstable will receive funding that will benefit all residents and promote a healthier, more productive lifestyle in both communities. A total of $3 million in federal grants will be directed toward programs in 43 cities and towns to promote health and wellness initiatives and active lifestyles. </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>I want to thank the Department of Public Health for securing this money for the entire Commonwealth and especially the towns in my district for working hard to promote that their communities are the best candidates for these funds. </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=41062593&amp;msgid=496554&amp;act=BHO0&amp;c=660731&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mass.gov%2F%3FpageID%3Deohhs2pressrelease%26L%3D1%26L0%3DHome%26sid%3DEeohhs2%26b%3Dpressrelease%26f%3D111027_grants_43_cities_towns%2B%26csid%3DEeohhs2" style='color:#0000FF!important'><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Read more. </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;display:none; mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in;word-wrap:break-word'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> </table> </div> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #999999 1.0pt;border-right:none;mso-border-top-alt: solid #999999 .75pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #999999 .75pt; padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a name=Track></a><b><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#004585'>Sandwich High School Celebrates New Track</span></b><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_4" o:spid="_x0000_s1041" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/3b0b823125c88e005765d21bfc55fd09/image/jpeg" style='position:absolute;margin-left:81.5pt;margin-top:0;width:121.5pt; height:89.25pt;z-index:3;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square; mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/3b0b823125c88e005765d21bfc55fd09/image/jpeg"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=162 height=119 src="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/3b0b823125c88e005765d21bfc55fd09/image/jpeg" align=right alt="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/3b0b823125c88e005765d21bfc55fd09/image/jpeg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4"><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Two weeks ago, I spoke at the Sandwich High School ribbon-cutting event for the new track and dedicated the track in memory of Captain Gerald <span class=SpellE>DeConto</span>, who lost his life on 9/11. It was an honor to share that moment with the <span class=SpellE>DeConto</span> family and to feel the overwhelming support of the public for this project. </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Captain <span class=SpellE>DeConto</span> had a love for sports and was an outstanding athlete during his time at Sandwich High School and it is only fitting that the new stadium will serve as a way for our community to remember Jerry. &nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=41062593&amp;msgid=496554&amp;act=BHO0&amp;c=660731&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wickedlocal.com%2Fsandwich%2Ffeatures%2Fx2063885817%2FPHOTO-GALLERY-On-a-new-track-in-Sandwich%23axzz1cMsHQd5d" style='color:#0000FF!important'>Read more about the event in the Sandwich <span class=SpellE>Broadsider</span>. </a></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;display:none; mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in;word-wrap:break-word'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #999999 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #999999 .75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a name=education style='color:#0000FF!important'></a><strong><span style='font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#004585'>Senate Files Bill to Ensure Oversight of State Education <span class=SpellE>Collaboratives</span></span></strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>In October, Senator Chang-Diaz, Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Education, filed legislation in response to investigations into instances of financial mismanagement at education <span class=SpellE>collaboratives</span> around the state. </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>I continue to be deeply disturbed by the financial abuses in some of our education <span class=SpellE>collaboratives</span> in Massachusetts and the findings demand action now. I applaud Senator Chang-Diaz for taking an important step forward to ensure oversight and accountability of these organizations and the Joint Committee on Education will continue to have my full support on this legislation. </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=41062593&amp;msgid=496554&amp;act=BHO0&amp;c=660731&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2F959watd.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F10%2Fmassachusetts-senate-president-supports-bill-to-tackle-abuses-in-educational-collaboratives%2F%23.TrBrhexgjpU" style='color:#0000FF!important'>Read more in my interview with WATD 95.9 FM. </a></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=41062593&amp;msgid=496554&amp;act=BHO0&amp;c=660731&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fsenatorchangdiaz.com%2Fpressreleases%2Fchang-d-az-files-bill-tighten-financial-accountability-state-s-network-educational-col" style='color:#0000FF!important'><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Read more about the bill. </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #999999 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #999999 .75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a name=TownWharf></a><strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#004585'>Plymouth Receives $38,000 for Town Wharf Improvements</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_5" o:spid="_x0000_s1040" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/740a1ca0f0198513b8f53963f1b13e39/image/jpeg" style='position:absolute;margin-left:80pt;margin-top:0;width:120pt; height:79.5pt;z-index:4;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square; mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/740a1ca0f0198513b8f53963f1b13e39/image/jpeg"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=160 height=106 src="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/740a1ca0f0198513b8f53963f1b13e39/image/jpeg" align=right alt="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/740a1ca0f0198513b8f53963f1b13e39/image/jpeg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_5"><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Due to the current condition of the Town Wharf in Plymouth, all traffic, commercial or excursion boats have been moved to one pier creating numerous safety hazards with the current docking conditions. This funding will provide much-needed infrastructure to the Town Wharf and it will go a long way in ensuring that all Plymouth has to offer can be enjoyed for years to come. </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>The funding will support the Town Wharf Inspection and Improvements and Accessible Float and Gangway Improvements.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap:break-word'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap:break-word'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=41062593&amp;msgid=496554&amp;act=BHO0&amp;c=660731&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fplymouth.patch.com%2Farticles%2Fstate-approves-38k-for-town-wharf-improvements" style='color:#0000FF!important'>Read more in the Plymouth Patch. </a></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap:break-word'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;display:none; mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in;word-wrap:break-word'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #999999 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #999999 .75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a name=Art style='color:#0000FF!important'></a><strong><span style='font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#004585'>Cape Cod Art on Display at the State House</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_6" o:spid="_x0000_s1039" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/4bf4bc7e75e7929887ea1c3b48d1493a/image/jpeg" style='position:absolute;margin-left:83pt;margin-top:0;width:123pt; height:92.25pt;z-index:5;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square; mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/4bf4bc7e75e7929887ea1c3b48d1493a/image/jpeg"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=164 height=123 src="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/4bf4bc7e75e7929887ea1c3b48d1493a/image/jpeg" align=right alt="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/4bf4bc7e75e7929887ea1c3b48d1493a/image/jpeg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_6"><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Cape Cod is home to many extremely talented artists and exquisite works of art and when I was first elected Senate President in 2007, I saw an opportunity to promote their work not only to my colleagues, but to the people who visit the State House from across the Commonwealth and around the world. </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Thank you to Elizabeth Ives Hunter, Executive Director of the Cape Cod Museum of Art, for volunteering to curate four to six new exhibitions annually in the Senate Lobby. The most recent exhibition will be on display through December 7, 2011. </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=41062593&amp;msgid=496554&amp;act=BHO0&amp;c=660731&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.capecodonline.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D%2F20111022%2FLIFE%2F110220303%2F-1%2Fnews" style='color:#0000FF!important'>Read more about the gallery in the Cape Cod Times. </a></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap:break-word'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #999999 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #999999 .75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a name=History></a><strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#004585'>New Display Boards Illustrate History of the Senate</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_7" o:spid="_x0000_s1038" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/f57dcdf8928c0bca1f10352adf85512b/image/jpeg" style='position:absolute;margin-left:93.5pt;margin-top:0;width:133.5pt; height:100.5pt;z-index:6;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square; mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/f57dcdf8928c0bca1f10352adf85512b/image/jpeg"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=178 height=134 src="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/f57dcdf8928c0bca1f10352adf85512b/image/jpeg" align=right alt="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/f57dcdf8928c0bca1f10352adf85512b/image/jpeg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_7"><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>In an effort to educate visitors about the historical changes in the Massachusetts Senate, we recently added graphic display boards to the Senate Reading Room. The boards are now part of the daily State House tours.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>The addition of these panels will allow visitors to see what the Senate Chamber looked like when Charles Bulfinch originally designed it and how it changed through to present day.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>I hope you will visit the State House and especially the Senate Reading Room and Senate Chamber. To set up a tour, please call (617) 727-3676.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap:break-word'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap:break-word'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=41062593&amp;msgid=496554&amp;act=BHO0&amp;c=660731&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theresemurray.com%2Fnewsroom%2Fpress-releases%2Fnew-graphic-display-boards-illustrate-history-senate-chamber" style='color:#0000FF!important'>Read more. </a></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap:break-word'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;display:none; mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in;word-wrap:break-word'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; border-color:transparent transparent #999999'> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a name=Bourne style='color:#0000FF!important'></a><strong><span style='font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#004585'>Bourne to Receive Funding to Assist with Educating Children of Military Families</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <div> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_8" o:spid="_x0000_s1037" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/45e052c72970e1a72cafb99fedd86691/image/gif" style='position:absolute;margin-left:55.25pt;margin-top:0;width:95.25pt; height:95.25pt;z-index:7;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square; mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/45e052c72970e1a72cafb99fedd86691/image/gif"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=127 height=127 src="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/45e052c72970e1a72cafb99fedd86691/image/gif" align=right alt="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/45e052c72970e1a72cafb99fedd86691/image/gif" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_8"><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>I'm happy to announce the Town of Bourne will receive an additional education funding grant of $779,879 to aid the community in educating the children of military families. This year's funding is the largest Bourne will receive since I created the program to assist the Bourne school system in 2005. </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Bourne has been providing high quality education to children from families stationed at the Massachusetts Military Reservation for decades and they continue to not be fully reimbursed by the federal government. This is why, since 2005, it was my priority to work with the Commonwealth to assist the town with this unfunded obligation and we secured $2.52 million in grant funding for Bourne Public Schools.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>I am proud that this additional funding is being directed at such a deserving community. </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap:break-word'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap:break-word'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=41062593&amp;msgid=496554&amp;act=BHO0&amp;c=660731&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theresemurray.com%2Fnewsroom%2Fpress-releases%2Fsenator-murray-announces-funds-assist-bourne-educating-children-military-fam" style='color:#0000FF!important'>Read more. </a></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap:break-word'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #999999 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #999999 .75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a name=Catalonia></a><strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#004585'>Catalonia Joins the Northern Ireland Massachusetts Connection (NIMAC)</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <div> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>When we started NIMAC with our colleagues in Northern Ireland just over two years ago, we recognized that we were all working on the same issues and toward the same goals of cutting-edge research and economic growth. Last year, we were fortunate to have Finland join NIMAC and now the Catalonia region of Spain has joined our efforts. </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Representatives from Northern Ireland, Finland and Catalonia joined me in October for several meetings and panel discussions at the State House.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>In just a brief period of time, we have seen such encouraging collaborations through NIMAC. In June, researchers in Finland, Northern Ireland and at <span class=SpellE>Umass</span> Dartmouth signed a tissue engineering strategic alliance and the principals sat down this month to plan their next steps. All of this happened in about five months because we were able to provide people with the opportunity to connect. </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=41062593&amp;msgid=496554&amp;act=BHO0&amp;c=660731&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fblip.tv%2Fpactv%2Fpactv-presents-commonwealth-update-with-senate-president-therese-murray-5676675" style='color:#0000FF!important'><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Watch my PACTV interview on NIMAC and other issues.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;display:none; mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in;word-wrap:break-word'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #999999 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #999999 .75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a name=Gambling style='color:#0000FF!important'></a><strong><span style='font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#004585'>Senate Approves Expanded Gambling Bill</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_9" o:spid="_x0000_s1036" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/9cf220768c16b9d4a6c591e71ae8268f/image/png" style='position:absolute;margin-left:55.25pt;margin-top:0;width:95.25pt; height:95.25pt;z-index:8;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square; mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/9cf220768c16b9d4a6c591e71ae8268f/image/png"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=127 height=127 src="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/9cf220768c16b9d4a6c591e71ae8268f/image/png" align=right alt="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/9cf220768c16b9d4a6c591e71ae8268f/image/png" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_9"><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>After six days of session and more than 16 hours of public debate, the Senate voted 24-14 to approved expanded gambling legislation that authorizes three resort casinos in separate geographic locations of the state and one open-bid slot machine facility.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>The main focus with this bill is jobs and it provides immediate and long-term opportunities that pay a good salary. There are more than 250,000 people unemployed in our state and it is our responsibility to do all we can to help them get back to work. </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=41062593&amp;msgid=496554&amp;act=BHO0&amp;c=660731&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theresemurray.com%2Fnewsroom%2Fpress-releases%2Fsenate-approves-expanded-gambling-bill-focus-jobs-and-revenues" style='color:#0000FF!important'>Read more. </a></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a name=Fisheries></a><strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#004585'>U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Fisheries Hearing</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_10" o:spid="_x0000_s1035" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/898e9f80edee2ce568c7e42065b6a0f8/image/jpeg" style='position:absolute;margin-left:100.25pt;margin-top:0; width:140.25pt;height:78.75pt;z-index:9;visibility:visible; mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:0; mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0; mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:right; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/898e9f80edee2ce568c7e42065b6a0f8/image/jpeg"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=187 height=105 src="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/898e9f80edee2ce568c7e42065b6a0f8/image/jpeg" align=right alt="http://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/660731/898e9f80edee2ce568c7e42065b6a0f8/image/jpeg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_10"><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>In the beginning of October, I spoke before Senators Kerry and Brown, Congressmen Frank, Tierney and Keating and other Massachusetts elected officials about the state of the fishing industry in our Commonwealth.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>I emphasized the need for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to begin to work with our fisherman. In my district, the few <span class=GramE>fisherman</span> who are left are desperately trying to hold on to their boats, their houses and feed their families and we have consistently run into roadblock after roadblock.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=41062593&amp;msgid=496554&amp;act=BHO0&amp;c=660731&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theresemurray.com%2Fnewsroom%2Fpress-releases%2Fwelcome-remarks-us-senate-commerce-committee" style='color:#0000FF!important'>Read my remarks here.</a></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <div> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap:break-word'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> <td width="2%" style='width:2.0%;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof:yes'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/track.php?msgid=496554&amp;act=BHO0&amp;r=41062593&amp;c=660731" alt="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/track.php?msgid=496554&amp;act=BHO0&amp;r=41062593&amp;c=660731"></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </body> </html>