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...detail the obstacles a neophyte candidate faces in establishing himself, Massachusetts State Senator Robert Hall (R-Fitchburg) recently regaled the group with his tales of the vagaries of local politics and the steps necessary to prepare for an initial run for office. Hall told the students there is "no dividing line between getting prepared to run and running a campaign," directing them to waste no time in "building credibility" in their local community. "About the only thing you'll get out of college for succeeding in politics is that you'll be able to put in the paper, 'Went...
Politics in communities like Fitchburg is not all interviews on "Meet the Press" and frantically fighting off fervent supporters at mass rallies. Hall recalled phoning his campaign manager to ask him if he would attend to his fund-raising dinner. "He said, 'I don't know--I'm kind of busy tonight,'" Hall said with a laugh. Hall added that as a local candidate, he is forced to be his own campaign manager, press secretary, finance chairman and advance man. "As a Republican officeholder in Democratic Massachusetts, I'm something of a star," he said. The jovial exMarine believes...
Three possible Olympic contenders from the women's track team brought home impressive results from two invitational meets this weekend, following the squad's thorough 74-26 plucking of the Falcons from Fitchburg State Friday afternoon...
Newnham also made her mark in Friday's romp over Fitchburg State. In the 440-yd run, she crossed the line in 1:00.4, erasing the previous Harvard indoor record for that event. Another record dropped Friday, when senior Pat Gopaul raced to a 27.1 second win in the 220, beating the record she set last season by a half second...
...past year several thousand library staffers have been sent packing. In Hartford, Conn., funds are so short that since 1968 the nine-branch public library has not been able to count and check the half-million books that are supposed to be in its collection. In Fitchburg, Mass., library officials believe they could halt the loss of $8,000 worth of unreturned and stolen books each year by installing a $20,000 electronic detection system. The system would thus earn back its cost in fewer than three years, but the librarians have not been able to wangle the money from...