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Joseph Gillis Jr
Past written stories/notes. Date refers to when the piece was written.

2008

November 7, Upcoming Debate on Couter-Recruitment for November 12 at B-R High
November 4, Election Day results from Bridgewater
November 4, Presidential Election Day analysis Bridgewater
November 4, Election Day today & other news
October 28, RI Governor Garceri proposes elimination of Income Tax in RI
October 17, Anonymous on-line survey about Bridgewater Public Library [survey link]
October 17, Upcoming Open House at B-R High School -- Tuesday October 21st at 6:30
October 16, Bridgewater-Raynham High School off probation [links]
October 9, This is National Fire Prevention Week [site links]
October 8, Will Municipal Unions be the reason for the success of Question 1?
October 7, Boston Herald -- Thugs on Patrol
October 6, Upcoming Question 1 - repeal of State Income Tax
September 20, More email scams involving local banks
September 15, Attorney General Coakley to host four Regional Energy Roundtables
September 14, Reform & Change - everyone says they want it, until it touches their special issue [story link]
September 10, Update on required toilet facilities for the B-R High School
September 4, Upcoming ‘Meet & Greet’ on Sept. 10th with B-R Supt.-elect Dr. Jacqueline Forbes
August 25, Bridgewater Town Meeting tonight
August 5, Discussion of Counter-Recruitment by B-R SubCommittee [links]
July 30, Upcoming fundraiser for Friends of Bridgewater Public Library
July 22, The new B-R Schools Superintendent [two links]
July 15, Run for the Twins [special webiste link]
July 7, Passing of George Luciano (father of Gordon Luciano, B-R School Comm.) [2 obituary links]
June 29, Bridgewater-Raynham Schools and Bridgewater
June 14, Results of Bridgewater over-ride ballot
June 14, Around town and country (Bridgewater over-ride ballot, Flag Day, passing of Tim Russert
June 10, Over-ride question on ballot for Saturday in Bridgewater at Bridgewater Middle (old High School)
June 5, Refreshing our memory on the past years for Bridgewater, Raynham and B-R Schools

May 28, Update on Bridgewater Middle School (former B-R High School) [2 documents]
May 22, Questions about B-R Budgets, E&D Accounts....

May 21, Superintendent's Letter (of May 14) to students/familes regarding facilities

May 13, Providence Journal coverage of selection of new B-R Superintendent
May 12, School Committee Meeting tonight on Bridgewater-Raynham Superintendent Search
May 1, Update on Bridgewater-Raynham Superintendent Search
April 26, Bridgewater & Raynham Elections results
April 25, Bridgewater-Raynham Search narrows down to three finalists for Superintendent [press release link]
April 17, Bridgewater-Raynham School Committee Forum on FY2009 Budget [PowerPoint link]
April 14, Bridgewater consenus (Selectmen & Advisory Board) on FY2009 Budget [rpt link & website]
April 3, Fox-25 has a Presidential Candidate Matchmaker program; tie-in Bridgewater Selectmen [link]
April 3, Why is there always a fascination with whether people change their opinion?

April 2, Bridgewater Selectmen still have not had FY2009 budget discussions
March 31, Don DeLutis passed away yesterday
March 26, Bridgewater-Raynham School Committee votes on FY2009 school budget
[PowerPoint link]
March 19, More information on the B-R High Library Gift Book Program [program link]
March 18, Bridgewater Board of Selectmen - Mark Oliari's financial plans and proposal

March 13, Election Season will have a few contested races

March 12, Efforts to assist Bridgewater's 4th of July Celebrations [contest link, July 4th Comm link]
February 28, Pondering the Bridgewater Town Elections coming up in 57 days
February 27, Bridgewater-Raynham Budget Release Draft #1 by B-R Administrations
[2-page recap]
February 25, Annual analysis of MA Dept of Education statistics on various school system costs [2 rpt links]
February 21, B-R Superintendent Search Public Forums
February 20, MA House Speaker Sal Dimasi releases 'guidelines' for Balalanced Budget [link to guide]
February 19, Budgets for Bridgewater-Raynham
February 14, Valentine's Day and Gem Diamond or Diamond Jewelry
[link to file claim]
February 14, Community Preservation Committee forum on Municipal Buildings
February 13, Comments on turnover within the Bridgewater-Raynham School Board
February 13, Office of Educational Quality and Accountability [report link]
February 7, Bridgewater-Raynham rates of student retention from Grade 8 to Grade 9 [spreadsheet & graph]
February 7, Thoughts from last night's Bridgewater de-Regionalization Study Committee

February 6, A note from Bridgewater Selectmen candidate Marilee Kenney Hunt
February 6, A look at local voting in yesterday's Presidential Primaries

January 24, Couple of new/updated websites for information [2 website links]
January 23, MA Governor opens FY09 budget process with detailed release of estimates [2 links]
January 23, Open House on Monday (1/28/08) at Bridgewater-Raynham High School
January 18, Newton North and sky-rocketing construction costs
January 17, Bridgewater-Raynham Schools Food Services Survey [survey link]
January 17, MA Dept of Education determines incoming Commissioner
January 17, Bridgewater Town Elections in April - a couple of Selectmen candidates
January 15, Bridgewater Board of Selectmen Appoint Group to Study de-Regionalization of B-R
January 10, Governor Patrick proposes to give tuition break for illegals
January 9, Bridgewater Selectmen express concern about a B-R Regional Agreement Study
January 4, Bridgewater Library close to losing State Certification
January 2, Top Stories of the year 2007

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