(August 27, 2009)– Edward M. Kennedy began his political legacy in 1962 when he was first elected to the United States Senate. But his career and impact nationally and on Cape Cod and the Islands would span decades.
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Read the observations of pool reporters covering the Kennedy motorcade as it travels to the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum outside of Boston where Sen. Edward Kennedy will lie in repose to allow the public to pay its respects.
2:40 p.m.
Motorists are pulled over into the breakdown lane and rest stops all along Route 3 to watch the motorcade bearing Sen. Edward M. Kennedy to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
Some spectators held American flags and others hold signs. By exit 14 in Rockland, a family sat on lawn chairs in the back of a pick-up truck.
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(August 27, 2009) – Tropical Storm Danny, currently near Puerto Rico, is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane possibly head toward the Carolinas and New England this weekend, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency staff are meeting throughout today to prepare for any possible effects from the storm which could strike or be near New England on Saturday.
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Nantucket Public Schools Athletic Director Chris Maury was stunned to read in one of the Martha's Vineyard newspapers that the Island Cup game was cancelled. More...
When you think about an artist's paintings, the thought of asphalt does not usually come to mind. As it happens, that same material used to pave driveways is an integral part of abstract artist Michael Wodynski's unique work. More...
Public safety officials acted wisely this past weekend in closing the beaches on the south shore. The undertow was strong and the waves were high. Anyone who had been swimming in the surf on Wednesday and Thursday could feel the power of the surf and Hurricane Bill was days away from us. More...
On Monday, Flint Ranney, who sends out more e-mails than anyone I know and more than most of the spammers I don't know, forwarded an article from the August 21 edition of the Vineyard Gazette which reported that the 2009 Nantucket-Martha's Vineyard football game had been cancelled. More...
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