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Who Says April Is the Cruelest Month?

5 April, 2010 (11:52) | Uncategorized

Early Spring has always brought an admixture of forces to bear both on the land and our expectations. This spring has been no different: for two weeks we were deluged by rains of Noah’s Ark proportions; the Charles River nearly overflowed into the basement office of our building. Now, there are sunny warm days that [...]

Is it me or does it feel like there is change in the air?

4 May, 2009 (08:36) | Uncategorized

Yes, the unemployment figures across the nation are still awful; hell, the second quarter GDP numbers were even worse. So one would not be wrong to say that we are all, economically speaking, in deep doo-doo. Yet, you can see the effects of the stimulus money reaching down into community projects; repairs to the infrastructure [...]

Random Reflections at the New Year

22 January, 2007 (10:57) | Uncategorized

IN THE SPIRIT OF THE NEW YEAR, we’re making a few changes to the MPN Newsletter, not the least of which is a change in type font to Verdana. Tired of the old, bring in the new! We’ve also updated the MPN website as you can see, so you might poke around and see what’s [...]