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Friday, November 2, 2012

Letter to Editor: ‘Marijuana is Not Medicine’

In this Letter to the Editor, Wellesley’s Chief of Police Terrence Cunningham writes to vote no on Question No. 3, which would make it legal for medical marijuana dispensaries to open in Wellesley.

The following is a Letter to the Editor submitted on Oct. 22 by Wellesley Chief of Police Terrence Cunningham: On November 6, Massachusetts voters will be asked to decide whether or not to permit the growing, sale and possession of “medical marijuana” (Question 3).  If the initiative passes, 35 marijuana dispensaries will open across the commonwealth and people who claim financial and transportation challenges will be permitted to grow their own marijuana.    The Town of Wellesley, through the Board of Selectmen and the voters, has moved methodically and strategically regarding alcohol licensing regulations, the current regulations don’t allow liquor stores or bars to operate.  Ironically, should this ballot initiative pass a marijuana …

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Letter to the Editor: Thanks, Mass., for Requiring Medical Emergency Response Plans

A letter to the editor from Wellesley resident and cardiologist Gary J. Balady.

Dear Editor, We see it in the news far too often, a student is at practice, or playing in a game or just walking to class when they suddenly collapse and die from sudden cardiac arrest. When a tragedy like this happens, people often think there’s nothing they can do, but there is. Immediate treatment with CPR and an automated external defibrillator, before paramedics arrive, gives the victim the best chance for survival. As a practicing cardiologist at Boston Medical Center and an advocate for the American Heart Association, I am writing to thank the legislature, especially Representative Alice Peisch, for ensuring that our schools will be prepared this fall with the requirement of Medical Emergency Response Plans. Medical Emergency …

Monday, June 13, 2011

Rep. Peisch Encourages Attendance at Meeting to Discuss Redrawing of District Lines

The meeting is June 18.

Rep. Alice H. Peisch, Democrat of Wellesley, sent the following letter to the editor to Wellesley Patch this morning encouraging attendance at an upcoming meeting to discuss the redrawing of state district lines. Dear Wellesley Residents: I would like to inform Wellesley residents of a public hearing being held by The Special Joint Committee on Redistricting on Saturday, June 18th at 10AM in the Forum Room of the McCarthy Center at Framingham State University.  The hearing is one of several being conducted across the Commonwealth to receive public input on the redrawing of Congressional, state legislative and Governor’s Council districts required as a result of the 2010 US Census. While much attention has been paid to the fact that the …

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