Rowley Senior Center Lunch

On June 21st, Representative Stanley and her staff will be cooking lunch at the Rowley Senior Center located at the Town Hall Annex. Currently on the menu are Italian meatballs, potato salad, tossed salad and cake for dessert.

To find out more – as well as reserve a seat for the festivities – you can call COA Director Mary Ellen Mighill at 978-948-7637. We look forward to seeing you there!

June Office Hours

Rep. Stanley’s office will next be conducting office hours June 14th and 15th at the following locations and times:

June 14, 2010:
The Merrimac Public Library from 10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.
Groveland Town Hall from 1:00 P.M. – 2:30 P.M.
Georgetown Town Hall from 3:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M.

June 15, 2010:
West Newbury’s GAR Library from 10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.
Newbury’s Town Library from 1:00 P.M. – 2:30 P.M.
The Rowley Public Library from 3:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M.

As always, residents who cannot come to office hours are invited to call the office with their questions or concerns (617-722-2430), or may set up an appointment with the Representative’s staff director, Daniel Mahoney, by emailing him at daniel.t.mahoney@state.ma.us.

Around the District: Rowley COA Yard Sale

ROWLEY COA YARD SALE AND BAKED GOODS SALE. As advertised in The Town Common's April 14 - April 20th edition, the Friends of the Rowley Council On Aging (COA) will be sponsoring a "Yard Sale & Baked Goods Sale," on Saturday, May 15, 2010 to benefit the Rowley COA. Space rental is $15.00 per table. If you would like to rent space, please contact the Rowley COA at 978-948-2679 or 978-948-7637 for more information. Rep. Stanley will be donating a table for the event.

State House Column

The House Always Wins. It’s Day #2 of the Great Massachusetts Gambling Debate and the old adage that the House always wins has never been truer.

Formal session (the voting kind) started yesterday morning at 10 a.m. and finished up last night just before 9 p.m. Representatives are back at it today and, by sunset, the Commonwealth will have a bill that’s sort of similar to what was rejected just two years ago.

What a difference a Speaker – and a little TV time – can make. Legislators who twisted arms against the sins of a casino culture in 2008 went on television to praise it in 2010. Legislators who once locked-arms against gambling with Speaker DiMasi were delighting Speaker DeLeo yesterday by declaring that his legislation was really a jobs bill.

Wow.

The Tea Party on Boston Common. This was not a party for the faint of heart – or for those who enjoy watercress sandwiches without the crust. This was Sarah Palin’s day in Boston and she was greeted by a couple of thousand – supporters and detractors – and some interesting signs. One proclaimed that the holder could see November from his house!

Meanwhile, Under the Golden Dome… In the midst of the gambling debate, House Ways and Means released its proposed operating budget for FY-11. Things were pretty confusing, because the Committee had overall state spending up by 3.2% and local aid down by 4%. Since this seems to be the only time this has happened in 16 state budgets, a little midnight oil will be in order tonight.

Support the Georgetown 2010 Senior Class Trip

As reported in the Georgetown Record on Saturday, April 10, "Crosby's marketplace, in partnership with the GMHS Class of 2010 Senior Celebration Committee, presents 'Shop for our Schools.' Shop at Crosby's of Georgetown from April 11 to April 17 and Crosby's will donate 5% of the supporters' purchases to help defray the cost for the graduates for their overnight, chaperoned, substance & alcohol-free trip before graduation day."

For more details, go the article itself.

Rep. Stanley will be shopping at Crosby's this week!