Sunday, April 28, 2013
In case you missed some of them, here are the most-read stories out of Marblehead Patch this week.
In case you missed some of them, here are the most-read stories out of Marblehead Patch this week. 1. Police Log: We publish calls from the Marblehead Police three times a week. Those posts are often among the most-read on Marblehead Patch, including this one, which featured a troubled son and a huge bong. 2. Candy Store Expands: Business news always seems to draw a strong readership here on Marblehead Patch, and our update on additions to the wares at Candy Pop Sweet Shoppe was no exception. 3. Recent Home Sales: Real estate news items are often among the most popular. That was the case this week for our list of recent home sales. 4. A Promotion at the MPD: The comments section had congratulations for Lt. Matthew Freeman, whose promotion …
Sunday, April 7, 2013
The ongoing saga of tumult in the town's school district, restaurant reviews and kids finding a lost Purple Heart were among the most-read stories this week.
In case you missed some of them, here are the most-read stories out of Marblehead Patch this week. 1. Aftermath of Serious Crash: Town residents continue to send their best thoughts to Cameron Sylvester, a young man who was among those injured in a terrible wreck Friday before last. Updates from this week included the arrest of the 19-year-old who was behind the wheel on charges of drunken driving and word Thursday that Sylvester's condition was listed as "fair." 2. Town's Top Restaurants As Seen By Yelp: On a lighter note, residents seemed to enjoy our review of which local eateries get the highest ratings on Yelp, an anonymous, crowd-sourced restaurant review site. 3. School System in Crisis: This week the head of the School Committee …
Sunday, March 17, 2013
A review of the top stories in Marblehead this week.
Here's a look at the top five stories on Marblehead Patch this week:
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
President Obama defeated Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.
President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden were re-elected Tuesday night, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney and his vice-presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan. NBC News called the presidential election for Obama around 11:15 EST. The president sent a message on Twitter at 10:14 saying simply, "This happened because of you. Thank you." The Obama campaign won the most expensive presidential race ever, with both parties raising about $2.6 billion. The race was filled with negative campaigning on both sides, from President Obama attacking Romney’s business experience with Bain Capital to Romney lambasting Obama’s handling of the economy. The race tightened during the final months of the campaign, with gaffes and surges …
Democrat Elizabeth Warren beat incumbent candidate Scott Brown in the Massachusetts U.S. Senate race.
Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren has beaten incumbent Republican candidate Scott Brown for a seat on the U.S. Senate, according to the Associated Press. Warren is won by a margin of eight percentage points, 54 percent to 46 percent, making her the first female senator elected in Massachusetts. An estatic Warren addressed a crowd of hundreds of excited supporters at the Copley Fairmont Plaza hotel in Boston on Tuesday night. "We did what everyone thought was impossible," she said. "We taught a scrappy, first-time candidate how to win." "You took on the powerful Wall Street banks and let them know that you want a Senator out there fighting for the middle class all of the time," she said. "And despite the odds, you elected the first …
How might the U.S. Senate race between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren affect the presidential race—and vice-versa? Find out what local politicos think, and check here late for election results. Connect with us on Twitter at #PatchElections.
Check back at your local Patch all day for live election updates. While Massachusetts is expected to go to Barack Obama over Mitt Romney in the race for President of the United States, influential Massachusetts political insiders have varying opinions on how the U.S. Senate race between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren will affect the presidential race, and vice versa. According to results from the Blue Commonwealth and Red Commonwealth surveys sent out last week and compiled today, Monday, 60 percent of the 23 local Republicans who responded think that the Brown-Warren race will result a modest increase in votes for Romney, while 40 percent of the 20 local Democrats who responded think the U.S. Senate race will increase Obama's total of …
Jim Smith
9:16 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012
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