By Whitney Clearman
Milford Daily News

October 28, 2011 ... A supplemental budget that includes $1 million for repairs on crossings along the Grafton & Upton Railroad was signed into law yesterday, said Gov. Deval Patrick's office.

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October 21, 2011 ... Legislation sponsored by Rep. John Fernandes, D-Milford, and Sen. Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge, to create a statewide ban on products containing phosphorus received strong support from a coalition of business groups at a recent hearing by the Legislature's Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. Alarmed by cost estimates that would be imposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's storm water runoff regulations on businesses, homeowners, and towns, the town lawmakers filed the bill as a more reasonable solution to the pollution of rivers like the Charles River.

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By Michael Norton
State House News Service

October 20, 2011 ... Massachusetts has unseated California and taken the top slot in the nation in a scorecard ranking states on energy efficiency efforts released Thursday.

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Northbridge gets double Moores

By Bill Fortier 
Telegram & Gazette

October 20, 2011 ... These are times when constituents are complaining about getting fewer services, but if the recently proposed state senatorial redistricting maps become reality, this town of about 15,000 will be getting Moore and Moore.

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By Brian Benson
Milford Daily News

October 17, 2011 ... State lawmakers expect communities to receive thousands of dollars in additional local aid this fall, money town leaders say could help fund snow removal or be saved for unexpected expenses, among other uses.

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Moore casts "no" vote citing concerns over local authority

By Krista Kano
Milford Daily News

October 14, 2011 ... Despite the opposition of some local legislators, the state took one more step toward casino gambling when the Senate passed its version of the gambling bill in a 24-14 vote yesterday after six days of debate.

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October 13, 2011 ... Sen. Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge, has been named “Public Health Hero,” by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH). This award, believed to be the first official recognition of a legislator since the DPH was founded in 1867, was presented to the Senator at a recent meeting of the Massachusetts Public Health Council.

In presenting the award to Sen. Moore, DPH Commissioner John Auerbach called the Senator “a true champion of public health whose leadership has saved countless lives and improved the health of the people of Massachusetts.”

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By Deb Gauthier
The Daily Northbridge

October 12, 2011 ... During a short hike to Lookout Rock in Northbridge on Monday to highlight support for a Blackstone River National Park, state Sen. Richard T. Moore took the opportunity to mention another area of progress within the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor.

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October 12, 2011 ... Sen. Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge, joined Mendon Lions Club leaders at this year's Country Fair in recognizing the vision and leadership of two of the club's early presidents - Fred Kelley and Roger Lizotte. The two are credited with organizing community events that evolved into the popular Mendon Lions Country Fair, held this year on October 8th, which has been a community and regional tradition since 1975.

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October 12, 2011 ... Sen. Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge, joined Congressmen Richard E. Neal and James P. McGovern at Lookout Rock in Northbridge on Columbus Day to announce the filing of federal legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to establish the Blackstone River National Industrial Heritage Park.

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Areas to share additional $1,371,267

October 11, 2011 ... "Another promise kept," according to Sen. Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge, as he announced a supplemental distribution of local aid that will restore level funding to this vital program. The additional funding is the result of a vote cast by Sen. Moore and his colleagues in the Legislature last spring to share up to $65 million of any unspent FY '11 funds with the cities and towns after the state closed its books for the fiscal year.

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October 11, 2011 ... "It's time to pass the MORE Infrastructure Bill that will create construction jobs and promote economic growth throughout Massachusetts," Sen. Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge, told the Legislature's Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies at a public hearing this week. The bill, House Bill No. 1902, was filed by House Speaker Pro Tempore Patricia A. Haddad, D-Somerset.

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Sen. Moore says it's a top priority

October 7, 2011 ... Officials from the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) held a public meeting this week (Tuesday, October 04, 2011) at the Blackstone Public Library to unveil plans for design and construction of the long-discussed Blackstone River Greenway. Sen. Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge, who has long championed the Greenway\Bikeway project, attended along with DCR Commissioner Edward M. Lambert, Jr.

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October 6, 2011 ... Sen. Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge, presents Uxbridge Fire Chief Peter Ostroskey with notice of unclaimed property amounting to $443 through the State Treasurer's Unclaimed Property Division.  Sen. Moore received the good news recently from Treasurer Steven Grossman during the taping of an upcoming segment of the Senator's "Moore from the Hill" cable show.

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By Kyle Cheney
State House News Service

October 5, 2011 ... Acknowledging a botched beginning to the federal Secure Communities program, the nation’s top homeland security official on Wednesday contradicted claims made by detractors and called the effort “the single best tool at focusing our immigration enforcement resources on criminals and egregious immigration law violators.”

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By Sen. Richard T. Moore

October 3, 2011 ... As the Senator representing Sutton and South Central Massachusetts, I am pleased to join with Representative Fattman in welcoming you to this region of the Commonwealth. Let me also take this opportunity to commend the Republican Caucus of both the House and Senate for their interest in promoting jobs and economic development – an issue that, I believe, enjoys bipartisan support in the Legislature.

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October 3, 2011 ... 1st Lt. Michael Gagnon, USMC proudly displays his home state's flag from his base in Afghanistan. The flag was presented to him by Oxford's State Sen. Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge. Lt. Gagnon is serving his third deployment in Afghanistan, this time as a Detachment Officer-in-Charge (Det. OIC) at an outlying site.

The detachment's mission is to provide Aviation Ground Support (AGS); give the aircraft a safe place to land, refit, and resume. The AGS mission is on the polar opposite end of the Afghan advisory mission that he experienced during his last deployment, but challenging nonetheless. Michael is the son of Mrs. Patty Pupka of Oxford.

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