Saturday, May 18, 2013
"In Case You Missed It," GoLocal's Saturday feature, puts the week's top stories in one easy place for you to review and read. Check out what dominated the news cycle this week in Central Massachusetts and get all the details with these easy links.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
UMass Memorial nurses and the hospital’s administration have agreed upon a two-year contract after hours of negotiating with a federal mediator.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Studies have shown that a child’s earliest years of development are the most critical. There’s a reason for all the emphasis on early childhood education in public policy. Data compiled by the Rauch Foundation found that 85 percent of the brain is developed by the time a person is five years old. However, only 14 percent of money for public education is put into these early years.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
When placed against the backdrop of a recent speech delivered by Barack Obama, the three current political scandals surrounding his administration help not only to lay bare the difference between the nation’s two major competing political ideologies, but also the superiority of the ideology of limited government.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Do you shudder at the thought of wiggling into pantyhose on the high heat index days ahead? Thankfully, the no hose look is still in style - even royal Kate Middleton eschews hosiery for bare legs. But if the thought of donning shorts or (gasp!) a swimsuit has you freaked, get gorgeous gams with this simple routine.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
I heard one of my mentors give this great analogy: if you lift weights or strength train with a weak core, it’s like firing a cannon from a canoe. Think about it! Or, I say, it’s like building a fortress on sandbags.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Local jazz artist Jeff Galindo is a highly sought after musician and not just in his current hometown of Worcester, but the world over
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Ninety-nine percent of all of Earth’s land ice is locked up in the massive Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. However, according to a new study led by Alex Gardner, assistant professor in the Clark University Graduate School of Geography, “the world’s other land ice stored in glaciers—humble repositories of the remaining 1 percent of land ice—contributed just as much to sea level rise as the two ice sheets combined over the period 2003 to 2009.”
Friday, May 17, 2013
With reports yesterday that the House Ethics Committee was meeting in secret regarding possible ethics charges brought against Representative Fresolo (with guards standing outside the meeting room), GoLocal takes a look at the allegations -- and how Massachusetts government has been ranking on transparency as a whole.
Friday, May 17, 2013
David P. Forsberg has been named the new Dean of the Anna Maria College School of Business in Paxton.
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