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PaulK - Thu, May 8, 2008, 11:05 P

Benefits/National Priorities
Come on, Jeff, obviously I wasn’t suggesting that if the war ended immediately that we’d all the sudden see $3.4 million popping up in town coffers. Please give me more credit than that. ... (More...)

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Local & US Politics: Montague Politics

MikeNaughton - Thu, May 8, 2008, 10:43 P

Town Meeting Does the Right Thing
Mik wrote, "Special thanks to Mike Naughton for standing up in front of everyone on Saturday and taking the heat and offering guidance on an issue many people didn’t feel they could stand up for ... (More...)

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Montague-Palooza: General Discussion

Denise - Thu, May 8, 2008, 5:00 P

Eagle
Never mind. I see them both in the picture. Yeah!

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Local & US Politics: Montague Politics

lithium - Thu, May 8, 2008, 4:31 P

Benefits/National Priorities
Ha! I’m sure "very thorough" isn’t an understatement.

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Local & US Politics: Montague Politics

lithium - Thu, May 8, 2008, 4:27 P

Town elections
They did from the end of February when the nominaton papers were available and all the way up to the end of March when they were due. The Montague Town Hall is open Monday thru Friday 8:30am to 4:3... (More...)

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Montague-Palooza: General Discussion

Denise - Thu, May 8, 2008, 2:22 P

Eagle
Does anyone know if the one baby Eagle now has only one parent. I overheard someone say that one parent had died. I hope not :( DM

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Local & US Politics: Montague Politics

Mark1 - Thu, May 8, 2008, 1:43 P

Town Meeting Does the Right Thing
As I lay on the couch last night watching bits and pieces of the TM I was impressed with their continued work toward a better solution than the same old, same old which doesn’t work anymore. I w... (More...)

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Local & US Politics: Montague Politics

MontagueReporter - Thu, May 8, 2008, 12:45 P

Benefits/National Priorities
Hardymum: Joanna Frankel has a very thorough rundown on the course of events at Saturday’s town meeting in the Montageu Reporter, and there is also a follow-up on Wednesday’s second round.... (More...)

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Local & US Politics: Montague Politics

MontagueReporter - Thu, May 8, 2008, 12:40 P

Town elections
karen: what precinct do you live in?

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Local & US Politics: Montague Politics

MikeNaughton - Thu, May 8, 2008, 11:58 A

Town elections
The town clerk can tell you the answer, but I believe historically there have been fewer candidates than there have been open seats in most precincts (I think Precinct 1 has been an exception). If you... (More...)

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Local & US Politics: Montague Politics

surfmanet - Thu, May 8, 2008, 11:32 A

Confronting the State re: education
Jeff, Would you please post the text of the letter you read at town meeting? I for one would be willing to sign it and send it off. I’d encourage others to do the same. Doug Stephens

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Local & US Politics: Montague Politics

KarenS - Thu, May 8, 2008, 11:06 A

Town elections
Does anyone know if there are open town meeting seats that don’t have people running for them? Are all the open slots sought after by candidates?

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Local & US Politics: Montague Politics

JeffSingleton - Thu, May 8, 2008, 11:02 A

Benefits/National Priorities
I am a little hesitant to answer the question about town employees contributions to their health plans etc because town employees in fact took a pretty big hit at town meeting. I was one of the lead... (More...)

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Local & US Politics: Montague Politics

hardymum - Thu, May 8, 2008, 11:01 A

Benefits/National Priorities
Jeff, I’m not asking you or any other person "in the know" to pile it on town employees or to add insult to injuries. It’s simply that those of us who are not members of town... (More...)

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Local & US Politics: Montague Politics

mik - Thu, May 8, 2008, 10:14 A

Town Meeting Does the Right Thing
Jeff, your point is exactly what I was alluding to. For once Town Meeting took charge and didn’t just rubber-stamp a budget they didn’t feel comfortable with. What a wacky concept. I don&r... (More...)

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Local & US Politics: Montague Politics

JeffSingleton - Thu, May 8, 2008, 9:41 A

Town Meeting Does the Right Thing
I really don’t understand at all the "town meeting goes beserk" title. Wth all due respect I think it is a case of pressing the internet button too fast when you are tired and burnt ou... (More...)

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Local & US Politics: Montague Politics

hardymum - Thu, May 8, 2008, 12:25 A

Town Meeting goes berserk
It is very rare to find an employer that still pays 90% of health insurance premiums. Is that for family coverage, individual coverage, or either? I’d be very interested to know what the whol... (More...)

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Local & US Politics: Montague Politics

PaulK - Wed, May 7, 2008, 11:45 P

Town Meeting goes berserk
Mik, I have to agree that I found the ninety-minute debate over Dr. Ross’ and Mr. Abbondazio’s proposal to undo all the work we did on Saturday and replace it with a motion that did the ... (More...)

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Local & US Politics: Montague Politics

junkman - Wed, May 7, 2008, 11:33 P

Town Meeting goes berserk
MIK How very true that it all leads to one thing. It is what it is. November is coming but I think the worse has yet to come. I also might add that It is most likely going to take a very long time ... (More...)

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Local & US Politics: Montague Politics

mik - Wed, May 7, 2008, 11:08 P

Town Meeting goes berserk
I know we’re all quite emotional about what happened on Saturday, and the ramifications to families and friends and coworkers and livelihoods... but NINETY MINUTES of discussion about what happe... (More...)

Montague-Palooza: General Discussion

YourStoryMatters - Wed, May 7, 2008, 4:22 P

GREEN DRINKS gathering - Rendezvous today 5-7pm
The Rendezvous is excited about hosting our drop-in green conversation gathering again. All our welcome! They’re planning an encore of special menu items that are local or organic. Last time,... (More...)

Farmers Market: Default Subject

clegg - Wed, May 7, 2008, 3:31 P

Opening Day
The Great Falls Farmers Market is now open and in full swing. Right now we have six vendors set up and selling plants. maple products, and bakery goods. Stop by today until 6:00 pm and us check out .

Buy / Sell / Jobs: Buy, Sell, Trade, Tag Sales

PLipke - Wed, May 7, 2008, 3:09 P

need to borrow drywall taping tools
Can anyone loan or barter with me for a couple of drywall joint compound tools, specifically I need a 8-12 inch taping "knife" (for applying the joint compound) and a palette or paddle to wo... (More...)

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Montague-Palooza: General Discussion

lithium - Wed, May 7, 2008, 1:57 P

Town Meeting Gets Radical!!
"Nope, not a dig." Ok. I must have just taken it wrong. The tone of your rant and the use of Montagonist.com’s title felt like a dig.

Montague-Palooza: General Discussion

gabrielleslavin - Wed, May 7, 2008, 11:57 A

Hummingbird Summer Day Camp for Children ages 3-6 Montague Center!
Hummingbird Preschool Program, a licensed family daycare located in Montague Center offers a unique summer day camp experience for children ages 3 to 6 years old. Camp runs Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesda... (More...)

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Montague-Palooza: General Discussion

hardymum - Wed, May 7, 2008, 10:47 A

Town Meeting Gets Radical!!
I work in employee benefits and have dealt with these issues in several different environments. I’m curious - what is their current benefit package? What health plans, what share of the prem... (More...)

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Montague-Palooza: General Discussion

JeffSingleton - Wed, May 7, 2008, 10:15 A

Town Meeting Gets Radical!!
I hope Mik, Paul K and others will come to town meeting to continue on the road we started. We are sending a clear message and to back off now would be a huge mistake. TM can not force the selectb... (More...)

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Gill Montague School: School Talk

mamag - Wed, May 7, 2008, 8:19 A

Open Hourses
I know Sheffield Open House is on 5/8/08 from 5:30 to 7 p.m People will be able to have tours of the building and hear about Razzle Dazzle Summer Reading Program, Montague Rec. Dept, 21st Century (af... (More...)

MCTV: Public Access

MCTV - Tue, May 6, 2008, 7:32 P

MCTV Program Schedule 5/9/08 thru 5/15/08
Montague Community Television Program Schedule May 9 Thru May 15, 2008 Eagle Cam: Friday 1P-6P Sunday 1P-6P Saturday 130P-6P Sunday 230P-6P Monday 1P-6P Tuesday 230P-6P Wednesday 1P-6P ... (More...)

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Montague-Palooza: General Discussion

PCD - Tue, May 6, 2008, 5:59 P

Town Meeting Gets Radical!!
Nope, not a dig.

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Montague-Palooza: General Discussion

lithium - Tue, May 6, 2008, 4:28 P

Town Meeting Gets Radical!!
"Or maybe the Town could pay into the maintenance and development of this lovely site, which IS the true ’Un-Authorized and Un-Official Town of Montague WebSite’. " That feels... (More...)

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Montague-Palooza: General Discussion

BillBry - Tue, May 6, 2008, 1:58 P

Town Meeting Gets Radical!!
Montague Webworks ROCKS!! http://www.montaguewebworks.com/ Thank you.

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Montague-Palooza: General Discussion

PCD - Tue, May 6, 2008, 11:59 A

Town Meeting Gets Radical!!
3200 a year for website maintenance! We happen to have a very busy, growing web design and technologies firm here in Good Old Montague that would love to re-design or take over the maintenance of t... (More...)

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Montague-Palooza: General Discussion

mik - Tue, May 6, 2008, 11:45 A

Town Meeting Gets Radical!!
Yep, and that is a particular thorn in my side. The town is clearly not getting their money’s worth, either from the initial development, nor from the on-going maintenance. The whole thing was q... (More...)

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Montague-Palooza: General Discussion

lithium - Tue, May 6, 2008, 11:14 A

Town Meeting Gets Radical!!
I missed the amount and details on website maintenance. If I heard right, was it $3200?

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Gill Montague School: School Talk

hardymum - Tue, May 6, 2008, 10:25 A

Open Hourses
I believeI saw open houses at Gill and Sheffield advertised in the Montague Reporter recently. Does anyone know the time? I tihnk they were to be Wed and Thurs of this week. Nothing on the GMRSD we... (More...)

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Montague-Palooza: General Discussion

PaulK - Tue, May 6, 2008, 12:10 A

Town Meeting Gets Radical!!
I was pretty impressed with the way TM members worked together on saturday, and also with the way the moderator allowed discussion to go on pretty open-ended and sometimes outside the scope of the ite... (More...)

Local & US Politics: US & World Politics

jonathan - Mon, May 5, 2008, 6:38 P

False Flag Threat * 9/11 Bikers * AIDS+Ebola
Flyby News Notes - Editor - Jonathan Mark - www.FlybyNews.com May 5, 2008 - False Flag Threat * 9/11 Bikers * AIDS+Ebola "More than six years after 9/11, we still have not had a thorough ... (More...)

Montague Churches: Default Subject

annfisk - Mon, May 5, 2008, 1:42 P

BEAN AUCTION and ICE CRAM SUNDAES
FREE FAMILY FUN Friday, May 9 7 - 8:30 Montague Congregational Church Come join in the festivities. Each person will receive an equal amount of beans which are used for bidding on ... (More...)

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Montague-Palooza: General Discussion

JeffSingleton - Mon, May 5, 2008, 1:28 P

Town Meeting Gets Radical!!
You mention the Finance Committee and the school district budget. Well the Fin Com actually voted to cut last year’s assessment somewhat, I believe because we took so much from reserves last yea... (More...)

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Montague-Palooza: General Discussion

JeffSingleton - Mon, May 5, 2008, 1:19 P

Annual Town Meeting
Thanks Mike and as you know I and a number of others strongly supported where you were going. As you know we are going to try to get some good numbers re where we are at right now and a few options as... (More...)

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Buy / Sell / Jobs: Buy, Sell, Trade, Tag Sales

Tomwoz - Mon, May 5, 2008, 9:05 A

Deck power-washing and sealing work needed
I would be gald to talk with you about what you need to have done. See my new msg posted today. I have a broad range of experience taking care or my and other landlord properties for many years. I... (More...)

Buy / Sell / Jobs: Buy, Sell, Trade, Tag Sales

Tomwoz - Mon, May 5, 2008, 8:30 A

Power Washing
Spring is here and so are weddings, grad parties, etc. Getting ready to paint/stain, or just want to clean your dirty decks, driveways, or your home! Very reasonable rates. No job to small or if you... (More...)

Buy / Sell / Jobs: Buy, Sell, Trade, Tag Sales

Tomwoz - Mon, May 5, 2008, 7:56 A

Roto Tilling
Roto Tilling Have you thought about your garden yet? Reasonable rates. Over 25 years of tilling experience. Schedule to have your garden tilled today. Call Tom 413-768-8898

Montague Grange: Events & Stuff

mik - Mon, May 5, 2008, 12:52 A

Grange Meeting changed
Montague Grange’s May meeting has been moved back one week to Wednesday, May 14th, at 6:30pm, due to the extended Town Meeting. There will be a presentation of the history of the Grange hall, t... (More...)

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Montague-Palooza: General Discussion

MikeNaughton - Sun, May 4, 2008, 10:54 P

Annual Town Meeting
I would like to say to all the town meeting members out there that I appreciate your patient willingness to go through the budget items line by line at the pace we did on Saturday. Not that you did it... (More...)

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countryfarmer - Sun, May 4, 2008, 4:32 P

Garden Tiller
Hi, We are interested in purchasing a garden tiller. A good size heavy duty one such as troy built pony or horse would be ideal. It doesn’t need to be new but does have to work. Please c... (More...)

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KatherineM - Sun, May 4, 2008, 11:09 A

Attn. crafters: Free latex foam for projects.
Great for crafters! Latex foam mattress. Full size, 6” thick, very clean. Not so good for sleeping, but latex foam is great for crafts, or a cushion for window seat, etc. Free if you pick up.

Montague-Palooza: Around Montague

maryandmike - Sun, May 4, 2008, 12:13 A

M&M Removal Service!
We are M&M Removal Service. Located out of Montague, MA. We will come and haul away your trash or ’stuff’ to the transfer station. We are environmentally wise and recycle what we can.Cleaning up for S... (More...)

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Clean Energ Campaign: Sun Fair Talk

cmason - Sat, May 3, 2008, 10:13 P

Montague Earth Wind and Sun Fair
Yes, save the date - June 14 - and join us at the Discovery Center for a fun day of activities at the first Montague Earth, Wind & Sun Fair. We need a few more folks to help with the loads of fun k... (More...)

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