November Bates Bridge Update

Mother Nature brought us an early reminder of what winter can be--so it’s a good thing that the Groveland Bridge construction is going gang-busters! The project is a little better than 28% complete.

As you can see from either side of the bridge, most of the work in the Merrimack River is being done from barges--and lots of concrete is being poured. Unfortunately, utility relocation work along Main Street in Groveland is still on-going.

Formal Session

There is a formal House session occuring in the State House today. It began at 10:30 and will resume at 1:00 this afternoon. You can watch live at: http://www.malegislature.gov/Events/EventDetail?eventId=217&eventDataSource=Sessions

New Legislative Aide

Hello! My name is Anne Barrett and I'm the new Legislative Aide for Representative Harriett Stanley (Stephanie Cappucci recently moved to Washington, D.C. and Dan Mahoney won't be far behind!) I'm from New Hampshire and graduated from Northeastern University with a BA in Communications Studies.

Going forward, I will be the person to contact with questions and concerns regarding the Second Essex District. You can contact me directly at anne.barrett@mahouse.gov. I am excited to work with Representative Stanley to advocate for the District. Just bear with me as I learn the ropes!

Georgetown Knights of Columbus Blood Drive with Children's Hospital

From Ray McManus of the Georgetown Knights of Columbus:

The Knights of Columbus is happy to announce that the blood drive during the celebration of Georgetown Days is for one of our own. The blood drive with Children's Hospital will be in honor of McKinley Rose Nicholas whom is the daughter of Mike and Erica Nicholas. Mickey as her parents affectionately call her had Acute Myeloid Leukemia and is currently in remission after going through a bone marrow transplant.

Mickey is the youngest of four children and contacted the disease when she was just one year old. She has received treatment art children's hospital as well as the Dana Faber Cancer Center. You may be familiar with "Mickey" because of the Pan Mass Challenge where 'Team Mickey' riders sponsored her.

The bloodmobile from Children's hospital will be at 73 East Main Street on Sunday the 25th, which is the council home of the Knights of Columbus. We encourage you to long onto www.halfpints.childrenshospital.org and look for the sponsor code KOCGEORGE to register to donate.

Alternatively, you may call Ray Mc Manus at 978 352-3828 to arrange for an appointment with the bloodmobile, which will be at the Knights of Columbus building 73 East Main Street Georgetown. Donation hours are from 9:00am to 3:00pm.

Each donation can help up to four of our young patients!

Blood Drive in Groveland

The American Red Cross and The Friends of The Langley-Adams Library are holding a blood drive to support the community blood supply. The drive will be on Tuesday September 27, 2011: 2:00PM – 7:00PM at the Congregational Church UCC: 4 King Street, Groveland MA.

The Red Cross is urging the public to make an appointment to donate blood by calling 1-800-RedCross or visit http://www.redcrossblood.org/.

Individuals who are at least 17 years of age weigh at least 110 pounds and are in general good health may be eligible to donate blood. Please bring your Red Cross blood donor card or other form of positive ID when you come to donate.