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Councilor trying to pass Green Line resolution

City Councilor Robert Maiocco is still asking colleagues to pass a resolution urging the city to take legal action if necessary to bar the state from taking residential lots for the Green Line Extension, two years after he first brought the motion to the floor. Boston Globe, 12/1/09
Belson eats with students after boycott threat (Medford Public Schools)Superintendent Roy Belson, second from right, at lunch on Monday with students.

Belson eats with students after boycott threat

Superintendent Roy Belson and other school officials dined with students in the Medford High cafeteria on Monday, after nearly 500 students threatened to boycott the school lunch menu last week on Facebook, calling the food unhealthy. Belson ate two school lunches on Monday, according to a statement posted on the Medford Public Schools website. Boston Globe, 12/1/09
We're bloggers - we get stuff for free (Dina Rudick/Globe Staff)Christine Koh, who blogs at bostonmamas.com, works in Medford.

We're bloggers - we get stuff for free

Regular visitors to agirlmustshop.com may or may not have noticed that something has changed on Megan Capone’s breezy shopping blog. It’s a tiny thing, really - a few words written in undersize italics at the bottom of a post praising Perricone MD skin products. But the Federal Trade Commission expects this little sentence to have big implications for consumer protection in the Internet age: Blogger Disclosure: A Girl Must Shop received free product from Perricone MD.

Holiday bash set Wednesday

Talk about a midweek boost. The city's 21st Annual Holiday Celebration is scheduled for Wednesday evening, featuring Wally the Green Monster, a glimpse of the Celtics 2008 NBA championship trophy, and an on-site ice sculptor, among other attractions. Boston Globe, 11/30/09

New England sending a crowd to climate talks

New England sending a crowd to climate talks (Lisa Poole for The Boston Globe)Tufts student Odette Mucha raised $300 for her Copenhagen trip by selling cookies. The two-week summit starts Dec. 7.
Last spring, when many were only dimly aware of the world climate summit planned for Copenhagen, Josh Minney, a Northeastern senior, was writing a paper justifying why he should be allowed to go. This week he is one of thousands of students, scientists, professors, and nonprofit groups making the pilgrimage. Boston Globe, 11/25/09
Morning in Medford

Morning in Medford

A photo of MacDonald Park in Medford is one of the entries in the Globe's "Photo Challenge," where readers are sending in photos taken with their cellphones. Boston Globe, 11/30/09
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