DSA Weekly: Will You Be Watching the Super Bowl Game?

I will not be watching the Super Bowl game.  I am not interested in football.  Football is not the type of sport I watch.  I prefer Basketball. I really do not understand the rules of football, although I do understand that teams try to get a touchdown without getting tackled.  I have nothing to say about the teams playing, nor do I care which team wins.  Therefore, I will not be watching the game.Shania S.      I am not a big fan of the teams, the Giants and the Patriots. who are playing in the Super Bowl this year. I don’t know much about the two teams but I did a little research Continue reading >>>

Attorney suspended for posing as physician

Feb 3 (Reuters) - An attorney who trained to be a morgue technician has been suspended from practice for misrepresenting herself as an Ivy-league-educated physician.Susan Friery, a former partner with New York-based plaintiffs law firm Kreindler Kreindler, repeatedly told clients, colleagues, and opposing counsel that she had a medical degree from Columbia University, according to a decision from the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County in Massachusetts ordering the suspension.The two-year suspension became effective on Feb. 2.According to the ruling, Friery had taken just four semesters Continue reading >>>

Natick pantry receives $4400 donation from Framingham REI to use for fresh food

A Place To Turn workers and REI employees pose with the large check for $4,405, which will be used to bolster fresh food spending at the Natick pantry. By Jaclyn Reiss, Town Correspondent A $4,405 donation to emergency food pantry A Place To Turn in Natick from outdoors sporting co-operative store REI in Framingham will stretch a long way in a post-holiday slump, said food pantry workers. Hilary Ginsberg, the pantry's community outreach coordinator, said REI's donation last week was more than double last year's contribution of about $1,700. "It really blew last year's total out of the water," Continue reading >>>

Super Bowl reignites New York-Boston rivalry

NEW YORK, Feb 2 — The rival camps have been infiltrating each other for centuries. New Yorkers head to Boston for an education. Bostonians follow their career paths right onto Wall Street. In the struggle for supremacy, curses are exchanged, aspersions cast. These two great American cities cannot avoid one another, and they are on a collision course once again in the Super Bowl. Sunday’s big game between the New York Giants (who really play in New Jersey) and the New England Patriots (home town: Foxborough, Massachusetts) is stirring passions across trading floors, bars Continue reading >>>

Nelson Benton: Dems at odds over college plan

Gov. Deval Patrick's call to create a centralized administrative structure for the state's community college system is having trouble gaining traction. North Shore Community College head honcho Wayne Burton, who this year heads the statewide council of community college presidents, has made clear his skepticism with the plan that his friend the governor unveiled in his recent state of the state address. Then this week, Senate President Therese Murray expressed serious reservations about the plan during a radio interview. On the other hand, Patrick's proposal has garnered support within the business Continue reading >>>

ELEGIAC MOMENTS

ELEGIAC MOMENTS       Dr. Eugene Narrett, Ph.D February 3, 2012 NewsWithViews.com “The dictatorship of party leaders supports itself upon that of the Press. The competitors strive to … bring the people en masse…under their own mind training.”[1] Among the most far-reaching proposals to emerge from the GOP primaries was the suggestion by Newt Gingrich about changing the debate format. He Continue reading >>>

‘Rare’ occasion as Guetta concert tickets haven’t sold out

On Feb. 8 two-time Grammy-winning artist, producer, and DJ David Guetta will be performing at the Whittemore Center as a part of NV Concepts Mass EDMC's "Winter White Tour." Although the event was announced in mid-December, tickets have not sold out yet. "It is not rare that this concert is not sold out at this point," said Carrie Barron, event coordinator for the Whittemore Center Arena. "This concert is part of the Winter White Tour [and] our ticket sales are very consistent with the other venues on the tour. We are continuing to sell tickets each day and expect to have a strong Continue reading >>>

Film festival explores the lives of disabled

Alan Rickman is known for his “Harry Potter” films and Sigourney Weaver for her “Alien” films, but the two are equally compelling in their performances in the new REELAbilities Boston Film Festival, which runs Thursday through Feb. 8 in Boston and other communities. In the film “Snow Cake,” Rickman, a lonely ex-con, and Weaver, an autistic woman whose daughter has just died in a car accident, develop an unusual, unlikely friendship. “At first, you think, ‘What is going on?” said Jaymie Saks, executive director of the Boston Jewish Film Festival. “And then you see something Continue reading >>>

Red Devil Boys Clinch Tourney Spot

The Chelsea High boys basketball team clinched a berth in the post season state tourney with a 73-44 romp over North Shore Tech Tuesday evening, marking the fifth consecutive season that Coach Jay Siegal’s Red Devils will be making a Journey to the Tourney. The outcome never was in doubt as Chelsea jumped out to a 19-6 lead after one period which the Red Devils enlarged to 34-11 by the half. Sean Quiroz led the CHS point parade with 22 points, followed by Sammy Mojica with 21, Eddie Rosales with 10, Kevin DeJesus with nine, Alex Ventura with five, Dennis Sanabria with four, and Ian Martin with Continue reading >>>