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More than 100 people descended upon Salem's Riley Plaza to offer one another support and in solidarity less than 24 hours after a lone shooter armed with an AR-15-style assault rifle and a handgun killed 50 and wounded 53 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., early Sunday morning.
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Critics say the United States and its allies risk repeating the mistakes of the past.
“I’ve asked commanders what is our political strategy in Iraq, and they don’t seem to know,” said Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), who served in Iraq as a Marine officer in 2004 and 2005, and later returned when President George W. Bush sent in 20,000 additional troops for what was known as the “surge.”
The Essex County Community celebrated local leaders at its third annual Community Leadership Breakfast. Funds raised from the Community Leadership Breakfast will help support ECCF’s critical work, including Impact Essex County, a vitally important, data-driven community leadership project. Impact Essex County, launched in early 2016, has already garnered fervent support from local community, business and political leaders, including Rep. Seth Moulton, who praised ECCF’s use of regional planning to make countywide improvements.
U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton piled on Tuesday and joined the Lynn delegation in criticizing the Baker administration’s failure to fund the Lynn ferry that serves the North Shore.
Starting in mid-July, students will have the chance to submit their coolest app designs to members of Congress for the third annual Congressional App Challenge, a competition lawmakers are hoping will boost interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
By: Stephanie Ebbert\
He has likened the rise of Donald Trump to the rise of Adolf Hitler. He has caustically chided Republican Governor Charlie Baker for confusing Syrian “refugees and those from whom they need refuge.”
He has taken jabs at members of his own party, publicly criticizing President Obama’s military strategy in the Middle East just weeks after he joined the president’s history-making trip to Cuba.
The relocation of Memorial Day services to Abbot Hall Monday marked a first in Dave Rodgers’ 17-years as Marblehead veterans agent.
“It’s the first rainy day for Memorial Day that I can remember,” said Joe Whipple as he climbed up Abbot Hall’s grand staircase into the auditorium just before the 10 a.m. service.
“Thank you for coming. I know we prefer to be outside, but this is a great turnout,” said Rodgers to the sea of ‘Headers gathered for the annual event.
By: Ray Lamont, Staff Writer
U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, the first-term 6th District congressman who a veteran of four tours in the war on terror, hailed not only the center, but the commitment by the Bedford VA center and the VA in general. “I am a patient of the VA. I trust the VA to my health care,” he told the gathered veterans, “and I’m confident in doing that especially with a facility like the one we have based in Bedford.”
U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, a war veteran, will be among the speakers Wednesday at a ceremonial ribbon cutting signaling the debut of Gloucester's new Veterans Administration health care clinic at 199 Main St. The ceremony, set for 1 p.m., will include remarks by Gloucester Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken and by Bedford VA Director Christine Croteau.
Moulton, the first-term representative whose 6th Massachusetts congressional district includes all of Cape Ann, served four tours in the Iraq War as a Marine Corps infantry officer.
“The future’s in the air\
I can feel it everywhere\
-The Scorpions, 1991\
It may seem trite to quote a heavy metal rock song from the 1990s, when opening a discussion about the future of Lynn, but the fact is that the ‘Winds of Change’ have started blowing pretty steadily here and it seems with the recent sale of the former Beacon Chevrolet site on the Lynnway those winds are now picking up as well.