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Jane Wallis-Gumble, director of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development, reminded the crowd of the importance of providing housing to low-income families...
...Harvard Club of Boston was born in 1908, promptly establishing a still-extant educational scholarship program—last year, the club granted more than $260,000 to Harvard students. The main Clubhouse at 374 Commonwealth Avenue hosts events such as concerts, art exhibits, and dinners in honor of Harvard athletic teams. Membership is open to Harvard graduates and faculty...
...decades, Massachusetts has enjoyed a peculiar double reputation for political affiliations. The Commonwealth is both the Puritan colony of John Winthrop and the most liberal state in the Union; it was the only state to give its electoral votes to George McGovern in 1972 and is the outdated land that only recently took its Blue liquor laws off the books. The last 200 years were, in a sense, a lengthy experiment in banishing the 17th century from Massachusetts—leaving its reactionary history behind and defining the Bay State as a haven for the progressive principles of tolerance...
Fields has thrived versus the Crimson, winning all four contests and looking exceptional while doing so. He stands 4-0 lifetime against Harvard, including victories in the 2003 Beanpot and the 2003 NCAA Tournament. Grumet-Morris stands 0-4 against his Commonwealth Ave. counterpart, and has suffered his worst loss ever in a Harvard jersey—an 8-0 drubbing in November of his freshman year—opposite Fields...
...headline a major act at the former House of Blues. Here at the License Commission, we believe that events such as these, along with other alternatives to drinking, are one way to teach and prevent binge drinking and to educate the students about what is legally permissible within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...