It my not reflect the national outlook, but it seems like every Democrat on every ballot in Massachusetts won Tuesday night. Governor Deval Patrick won a second term against Republican Charlie Baker and independent Tim Cahill and Green Rainbow Party candidate Jill Stein. Incumbent Democrats John Oliver, Richard Neal, Jim McGovern, Ed Markey, Niki Tsongas, [...]
Deval Patrick reelected, Democrats win all 10 Massachusetts House seats
Nov. 2, 2010 Leave a Comment
Emerson and Lesley College students got up early for Obama
Oct. 18, 2010 Leave a Comment
Before Barack Obama arrived in Boston last weekend to campaign for Deval Patrick, three Emerson College students and a fourth from Lesley College arrived at Hynes Convention Center around 6 a.m., more than six hours before doors would open. They were rewarded with third place in line behind two men, one from Cambridge and one [...]
Gallery: Barack Obama in Boston
Oct. 18, 2010 1 Comment
President Obama came to Hynes Convention Center on Saturday to support incumbent governor Deval Patrick and his running mate Tim Murray as they face a tough challenge from Republican Charlie Baker. Blast Magazine was there to capture the day in words and pictures. (Photos by John Stephen Dwyer for Blast Magazine)
Massachusetts to receive $45.4 million in stimulus funds to expand broadband
July 19, 2010 Leave a Comment
Welcome to this century, parts of Massachusetts that nobody gives a damn about!
Deval Patrick talks Cape Wind approval
April 28, 2010 Leave a Comment
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s statement on the approval of Cape Wind: Mr. Secretary, on behalf of the hundreds of men and women who will build this project, the thousands of Massachusetts citizens who will benefit from stable electric rates, and the millions of Americans whose security and prosperity depend on energy independence, thank you for [...]
Governor Patrick commemorates Yom HaShoah
April 11, 2010 Leave a Comment
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Sunday, Governor Deval Patrick released the following statement: “Today, on Yom HaShoah, we remember the millions lost during the Holocaust and the courage of those who persevered in the face of unthinkable adversity. Let us honor their memory by respecting the dignity of all people and never forgetting the sacrifice of [...]
Major police unions to protest Governor Patrick
Feb. 4, 2010 1 Comment
The police unions across the state have planned a major labor protest against state policies today at 2 p.m. in Plymouth during an AFL/CIO conference that Governor Deval Patrick is expected to attend. The Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, the Massachusetts Coalition of Police, the International Brotherhood of Police Officers, the Boston Police Detective’s Benevolent Society, [...]
Governor Deval Patrick’s surgery successful
Sept. 1, 2009 1 Comment
Governor Deval Patrick has successful hip replacement surgery Tuesday, his press office said. Dr. Harry Rubash, chief of orthopedic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, performed Patrick’s surgery and she he was “alert and resting comfortably.” “The procedure lasted approximately 2 1/2 hours without any complications,” Rubash said. “Gov. Patrick is expected to remain in the [...]
Pausing on local history
July 11, 2009 Leave a Comment
July 4 has come and gone, but one local expert urges our generation not to forget.
Gloucester Fisherman’s Memorial selected for next Mass. state quarter
March 5, 2009 Leave a Comment
Governor Deval Patrick announced Thursday that the Gloucester Fisherman’s Memorial received the most votes online and will be featured on a new Massachusetts quarter in the next round of state quarters released by the U.S. Mint in the coming years. According to Patrick’s press office, the governor made the announcement via his Twitter feed. The [...]
Full transcript of Governor Patrick’s State of the Commonwealth Address
Jan. 15, 2009 Leave a Comment
Mass. GOP fires broadside after governor’s speech
Aug. 26, 2008 Leave a Comment
The Massachusetts Republican Party released this statement seconds after Governor Deval Patrick walked off the podium at the Democratic National Convention. Boston, MA – The Massachusetts Republican Party issued the following statement today in response to Governor Patrick’s speech to the Democrat National Convention MassGOP Chairman Peter Torkildsen said, “Tonight, Deval Patrick spoke in Denver, [...]
