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Items from Andrew Haswell Green's collection
Andrew Haswell Green, pictured, was a Worcester native and visionary public official whom Theodore Roosevelt once admiringly called The Father of Greater New York City.
Green died in 1903, at age 83, but his extraordinary collection, comprising more than 2,200 items and including handwritten correspondence to and from four US Presidents and a rare printed copy of George Washington's will, goes on the auction block at Worcester's DCU Center on Sept. 9.
Read the full story (Joseph Kahn, Boston Globe)
George Washington - DCU Center - Andrew Haswell Green - Theodore Roosevelt - Boston Globe |  |
Drinking story comes with a cautionary chaser
New talks haunted by old wounds
Boston area gets onto the rock festival map
The site is normally not much to look at — just 44 acres of open field and a placid pond, ringed by a dormant horse track and nestled behind an office complex. But Prowse Farm, with the Blue Hills Reservation looming in the distance, will soon be home to Greater Boston's first two-day rock music festival — one ...
Greater Boston - Blue Hills Reservation - United States - Music festival - Massachusetts |  |
Some economists see a US divided by pay scales
When companies step up hiring again, job seekers with specialized skills and education will have plenty of opportunities. Others will face a choice: Take a job with low pay, or none at all.
Employment - Education - Business - Job Search - Wage |  |
DioGuardi is latest judge out the door at 'American Idol'
A mother parts with lasting words
Stretched out on a sofa, Karyn Slomski was inches from an end table that held her favorite photo of her children. The faces of Brendan and Maggie, 7 and 4, were framed as they lay on their backs looking at the camera, ear to ear and smile to smile.
Shopping - Photography - Cameras and Camcorders - Business - Camera |  |
Pakistan in need
The devastating floods that have rolled through Pakistan for over a month now have left a disaster of massive scale in their wake. For a time, an area the size of England was submerged - one fifth of all the land in Pakistan. Although immediate loss of life remains relatively low (near 2,000 according to reports), damages from loss exceed $43 billion, almost one quarter of Pakistan's GDP. As the waters recede Nearly 9 million acres (3.6 million hectares) of existing crops are gone, 1.2 million livestock and 6 million poultry killed, and 17 million of Pakistan's 167 million people affected. It can be difficult to imagine individual stories of need when presented with such huge numbers, to see oneself in another's shoes when their overall predicament seems so vast and dire. Hopefully this collection of photographs from just the past week in Pakistan can help convey some of the stories behind the numbers. One way you can help is by texting "SWAT" to 50555 from your mobile phone to give $10 to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) - more ways to help linked below entry.
Pakistan - England - Flood - Asia - Government |  |
Design, political issues slow push for breath tests in cars
Almost every state, including Massachusetts, has a law requiring some convicted drunk drivers to install ignition locks in their vehicles. Drivers are forced to blow into a tube connected to a device that measures the blood-alcohol level. If a reading is too high, the engine won't start.
Blood alcohol content - Law - Automobile - Alcohol - Drunk Driving |  |
Papelbon outing may signal end
Worcester auction has historians and collectors abuzz
An extraordinary collection of items belonging to Worcester native Andrew Haswell Green — a visionary who helped remake New York City in the 19th century — will be sold this week in an unprecedented four-day auction at the DCU Center in Worcester. Among the thousands of documents, artworks, china, clothing, and toys being sold are handwritten correspondence to and from ...
DCU Center - Worcester Massachusetts - New York City - 19th century - Worcester |  |
Highest-paying jobs for recent college grads
Bachelor's degrees are not the fast-track to big paychecks they once were. But professionals in some fields have a significant head-start in the years immediately following graduation, said Elana Altman, a career editor and contributing writing at Her Campus, a Cambridge-based online magazine for collegiate women.
College - Cambridge - Online magazine - Bachelor's degree - Editing |  |
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