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The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA) is requesting community-based financial assistance to help cover the cost of medical assistance and daily care for the extraordinary number of horses being surrendered to the non-profit's Equine Center at Nevins Farm. This weekend the Nevins Farm facility will have 30 horses under its care, 43% more than in 2007. This is causing the MSPCA to seek temporary foster homes for some horses until acceptable, permanent homes are found for each horse.

"It is heart wrenching to witness the surrender of a horse that can no longer be cared for by its owner due to financial hardships," said Nevins Farm Barn Manager Melissa Ghareeb. "It is our responsibility to care for and champion these animals as we seek out their new homes."

     

Albania Deleon, 39, owner of Environmental Compliance Training of Methuen, sold training certificates to hundreds of undocumented workers who had not taken a mandatory training course from 2001 to 2006, prosecutors said. She then sent them out to remove asbestos, which can cause cancer, at job sites in New England, including Boston, Worcester, and the Fall River-New Bedford areas, and paid them under the table.

Source: Boston.com

Unless Boran Yi Armstrong can pay off her debt by next week, regulators plan to deny the Methuen woman a license required under the new laws. That will block the 34-year-old from selling loans to Bay State customers, decimating her income.

Source: Boston Herald

     

MHS Class of 1998 invites you to share drinks and appetizers with your classmates at our 10 year high school reunion!

When: November, 28, 2008, 7:00pm

Where: Salvatore's
354 Merrimack St, Lawrence, MA

Details: RSVP to by November 20th
$35.00 per person, cash bar
TICKETS may be purchased at the door!

SEE YOU THERE!!!

Jeanne Pappalardo, a first-term member of the Methuen City Council, decided to act after hearing McCann's plea. She put forth a resolution aptly named Veteran Preference for City Employment, a resolution that would make it easier for veterans to find work with the city of Methuen. Just last month, the Methuen City Council unanimously passed the resolution.

"[Veterans] can come into City Hall ... get an application, fill out the application for any type of a job that they feel as though they are qualified to do, and put their name on this list," Pappalardo told MTV News. "If something becomes available, they will be called upon first."

Although many cities and towns already give preference to veterans in their hiring practices, Methuen's measure took the additional step of codifying it in the city's laws and creating a signup list for unemployed veterans.