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YWW Lawrence website No Longer Available
Posted on 20. Jan, 2012 by ywwlawrence.
This site will no longer be available. Please visit the Lawrence CommunityWorks website for more information and ways to continue to stay engaged and involved www.lcworks.org . Thank You.
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Green-Rainbow-Nat Fortune
Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by ywwlawrence.
Nat Fortune received a bachelor’s degree in Physics from Swarthmore College in 1983 and went on to get his Ph.D. in Physics from Boston University in 1989. After that, he worked for Electrotechnical Laboratory in Tsukuba, Japan for five years until 1994 when he entered Smith College’s Department of Physics, where he is now an [...]
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City of Lawrence FY 2011 Budget
Posted on 15. Jun, 2010 by ywwlawrence.
As many of you already know Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua has presented the proposed FY 2011 municipal budget to the City Council on June 1st. Due to the city’s $24 million dollar defecit this budget includes many cuts and reductions of services and positions in the city. This budget is very important for the city and [...]
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What’s going on in Lawrence?
Posted on 10. Feb, 2010 by ywwlawrence.
Recently there has been a lot of conversation in and around our fair city of Lawrence. Many of us have struggled to find clear answers as to,”What is going on?” Here is a clip from the PBS show Greater Boston, hosted by Emily Rooney. It features interviews with Mayor Lantigua, Representative Torissi and Senator Tucker. The [...]
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State Legislation allowing Lawrence to deficit borrow to balance the 2010 and 2011 city budgets to be decided on by the state legislature.
Posted on 03. Feb, 2010 by ywwlawrence.
In order to meet a 24.5 million dollar budget shortfall in the City of Lawrence the State Legislature will soon be debating and voting on a bill, written by Governor Deval Patrick, which (as stated in the bills introduction): Allows the city to borrow into deficit to balance its fiscal year 2010 and 2011 budgets, thus allowing it [...]
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Lawrence witnesses historic elections with 38% voter turnout!
Posted on 09. Nov, 2009 by ywwlawrence.
On Tuesday November 3rd 13,282 Lawrence voters came out to exercise their democratic right and choose new leadership! Anyone who has been paying attention to the 2009 Election Season in Lawrence knows that this has been an interesting, exciting, and historic year. From a record breaking 10 mayoral candidates to the first elected Latino mayor [...]
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Lawrence Preliminary Elections witnesses 31% voter turnout!
Posted on 24. Sep, 2009 by ywwlawrence.
Well all of our hard work has paid off during the Preliminary Elections on Tuesday September 22nd. The City of Lawrence saw a voter turnout of 31%! During this election season we have seen a big increase in participation and awareness of the issues and the candidates. However, the work is really just beginning! So here are the Preliminary Election Results:
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