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Comment on: Weymouth firefighters join the fight against opiate abuse - Weymouth - Boston.com
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Comment on: Running toward the fire - Metro - The Boston Globe
Why does everyone who has complaints about firefighters think it's because we want to be one? Most of us would not want a job where we are asked to do nothing or show up only to back-up another agency more »
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Comment on: Running toward the fire - Metro - The Boston Globe
It does seem like Kevin Cullen spends a great deal of his time hanging around firefighters. The fact that deaths from fires is down is due to the fact that fires are down. IN my town they are down 88% more »
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Comment on: Heroes on our shores - Metro - The Boston Globe
I appreciate Kevin Cullen's attempt to widen his reach and his view on the way events such as these are used by the anti-immigration folks. Many, like Mr. Cullen himself, seem to hyperfocus on certain more »
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Comment on: Valor, devotion brought Watertown drama to end - Metro - The Boston Globe
(I'm not jimfromnextdoor so I'm not sure why this popped up-lmacdo here) Anyways Kathy your "Irish Irish Americans" comment seems to be what drives Kevin Cullen's writing. It's funny how we are AMERIC more »
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Comment on: Valor, devotion brought Watertown drama to end - Metro - The Boston Globe
Boston after the Bomb. You have to listen for while to get to this story (covers the bombing and then the search including the happenings on Laurel http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/04/25/boston-after-the- more »
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Comment on: Valor, devotion brought Watertown drama to end - Metro - The Boston Globe
This is almost verbatim a first person accounting of this night, from an officer involved, that I heard on public radio (either npr or wbur) yesterday. Hmmmm..... I hope the Globe will start inquiring more »
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Comment on: Somerville looks to make Sean Collier a city cop posthumously - Somerville - Your Town - Boston.com
This is a nice honor for this young man who wanted to be a Somerville officer. If it was my town though I would wonder if the residents would be responsible for paying lifelong benefits to his famil more »
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When does helping become exploitation? It seems that despite the overwhelming help that came from the suburbs, the bombing suspect was found on or in (depending on source) the area searched extensivel more »
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Comment on: Boylston Street businesses still struggle in bombingâs aftermath - News - Boston.com
I think the city should step up compensation to the employees who lost pay due to the closure of these businesses. We seem to forget that the police will get millions in overtime for the week. I can't more »
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Comment on: The unfolding of a 5-day manhunt for bomb suspects - News - Boston.com
Did the police find the car the 19y/o drove away from the scene-alledgedly over his brother?
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Comment on: Kevin Cullen: Far from the madding crowd - Metro - The Boston Globe
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Comment on: Senate primary makes life awkward for stateâs congressional delegation - Politics - The Boston Globe
Lynch's problem for me is that he identifies too strongly with blue collar men as breadwinners. Anything that gives them work (such as the Keystone Pipeline) is okay with him. These blue collar profes more »
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It seems like Stephen Wood has found his calling in helping other veterans. Perhaps he should get a degree in counseling or public adminstration. Can we stop encouraging veterans with PTSD and mental more »
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Comment on: Real estate agent pitches move to Westwood as cure for Boston school angst - Metro - The Boston Globe
Is this really news? Real Estate agencies have always done this. Communities are rated according to their MCAS scores. "Good Schools" are often just a euphemism for affluent and predominately white. more »
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Comment on: Boston arrests for drunken-driving decline - Metro - The Boston Globe
topcop1---DUI arrest are down in my "city" of Weymouth as well. I can see what police officers in town are doing by looking at the police log and they are not running from call to call and many times more »
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Comment on: Youngsters learn to socialize in Skills for Living program in Norwell - South - The Boston Globe
What a great concept! I appreciate that the whole starting with the child's strengths and interests, too often the emphasis is on changing the child. Great idea Katy Shamitz-well worth the costs!
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Comment on: Cash-strapped cities and towns find local meals tax option too tempting to resist - South - The Boston Globe
I have no problem with the meals tax but Pat O'Connor's disengenuous comments make me want to vomit. Let's weed out the "waste, fraud and abuse" in Weymouth starting with jobs that have outlived their more »
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Comment on: At Old Colony, unions prove their worth - Opinion - The Boston Globe
I wish Mark Erlich and the rest of the people who believe in prevailing wages and PLAs would push for a Living Wage Bill so that those service orientated jobs would pay as well as construction. Take a more »
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Comment on: We owe veterans a place at front of line in civil service - Letters - The Boston Globe
Shouldn't having the best police force be the most important thing? I worry about having a police force that has traditionally worried more about their "brothers" than about their purpose. If you have more »
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Comment on: We owe veterans a place at front of line in civil service - Letters - The Boston Globe
I also wonder if the number of kids joining the military would sink even lower if this incentive wasn't in place. Is that what everyone is concerned about?
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Comment on: We owe veterans a place at front of line in civil service - Letters - The Boston Globe
people who go to college also have a plan and to imply that there are only two types of young men is pretty simplistick HIJT. NOt my son Mysticboater-I always told mine that I'd take him to Canada if more »
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Comment on: We owe veterans a place at front of line in civil service - Letters - The Boston Globe
Just yesterday a co-worker told me her son (a junior in high school) was not going to college but was going to join the marines in order to become a police officer. So much for the " men and women ris more »
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Comment on: Boston drivers to their cars: Shut up and drive - Lifestyle - The Boston Globe
...a chevy suburban...really??? Anyone who buys one of these gas guzzlers deserves to be annoyed!
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Comment on: Prospects get dimmer for minority police officers in Boston - - Boston.com
but is serving in the military perfect training for being a police officer? Where's the proof????
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I appreciate that the Weymouth firefighters for carry Narcan. However, Fallon ambulance EMTs also carry Narcan and they also show up at medical calls in Weymouth. Call me cynical, but if the true obje more »