While individuals are making personal resolutions this time of year, managers are setting their organizational goals. If you are like me you have taken a snapshot of things and are deep in the process of setting up systems to achieve those goals. This year is a little trickier for me as I really like to jump in and be aggressive right out of the gate, but...


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During a visit to the Winn Brook School, Jennifer Santoro, communications coordinator for the Belmont Municipal Light Department (BMLD), talked to students about electrical safety as part of BMLD’s Public Power Week/Energy Awareness Month activities. She read to the first graders from the book Aunt Sarah and the Amazing Power.The students learned about electrical safety and how to stay safe inside and outside the home.

 

For the eighth consecutive year, the Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (WMGLD) is collecting new bedding for people in need through a partnership with Mission of Deeds, a Reading-based nonprofit organization that provides furniture and housewares without charge to individuals and families in northeastern Massachusetts.
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The Pascoag Utility District announced that its customers will receive a rate reduction in 2012. For a residential customer using 500 kilowatt hours, the change will result in a decrease of about $6.59 per month, an 8.8 percent reduction. The utility said the reduction was possible because the Pasoag Utility District, which provides power to about 5,000 customers in the Villages of Pascoag and Harrisville, secured a favorable supply arrangement that will be in place for the next three years.

 

Land has been cleared and construction has begun on NEPPA's new training center located in Littleton, Mass. It is expected that NEPPA can begin to use the classrooms and  training areas by early 2012.

 

Sept. 16-19, Sunday River Resort, Bethel, Maine

 

Eight apprentices from upper New York state graduated from MEUA’s lineworker's training program in late 2011. NEPPA trainer Bill Hesson taught the course at MEUA’s training facility in Fairport, N.Y.
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Don't let the recent weather lull you into complacency when driving. Winter weather will hit New England soon and here are some tips from Carl Potter, CSP, to stay safe.
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Effective Jan. 3, 2012, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has issued a final rule prohibiting hand-held cell phone use while operating commercial vehicles. The rule applies to drivers of Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMVs) who hold a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), except those who are employed by Federal, State or local governments.
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HOMETOWN CONNECTIONS
By Doug Westlund and Andrew Wright
A powerful but mysterious computer worm related in structure and sophistication to the Stuxnet worm has been detected on computer systems in Europe and may be an early phase of a planned new international cyber attack.
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