Billerica is a town in Middlesex County,Massachusetts,United States. The population was 42,119 according to the 2020 census. It takes its name from the town of Billericay in Essex,England.
Guided by Voices (GBV) is an American indie rock band formed in 1983 in Dayton,Ohio. It has made frequent personnel changes but always maintained the presence of principal songwriter Robert Pollard. The most well-known lineup of the band consisted of Pollard,his brother Jim,Mitch Mitchell,Tobin Sprout,Kevin Fennell (drums),and bassist Greg Demos. Noted at first for its lo-fi aesthetic and Portastudio four-tracks-to-cassette production methods,Guided by Voices' music was influenced by early post–British Invasion garage rock,psychedelic rock,progressive rock,punk rock and post-punk. The band has had a prolific output,releasing 35+ full-length albums along with many other releases,and has garnered a dedicated cult following. Their songs are known for their frequent brevity and for ending abruptly or intertwining with homemade sound effects.
Andrew Hill Card Jr. is an American politician and academic administrator who was White House Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006,as well as head of Bush's White House Iraq Group. Card served as United States Secretary of Transportation under President George H. W. Bush from 1992 to 1993.
Sharon is a New England town in Norfolk County,Massachusetts,United States. The population was 18,575 at the 2020 census. Sharon is part of Greater Boston,about 17 miles (27 km) southwest of downtown Boston,and is connected to both Boston and Providence by the Providence/Stoughton Line.
Jonathan Jay Pollard is an American former intelligence analyst who was jailed for spying for Israel.
Keith Pollard is an American comic book artist. Originally from the Detroit area,Pollard is best known for his simultaneous work on the Marvel Comics titles The Amazing Spider-Man,Fantastic Four,and Thor in the late 1970s–early 1980s.
Massachusetts,officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Maine to its east,Connecticut and Rhode Island to its south,New Hampshire and Vermont to its north,and New York to its west. Massachusetts is the sixth-smallest state by land area. With over seven million residents as of 2020,it is the most populous state in New England,the 16th-most-populous in the country,and the third-most densely populated,after New Jersey and Rhode Island.
The Cape Wind Project was a proposed offshore wind energy project on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound off Cape Cod,Massachusetts. It was projected to generate 1,500 gigawatt hours of electricity a year at a first-dollar cost of $2.6 billion.
The 1990 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 6,1990. Incumbent Democratic Governor Michael Dukakis,his party's nominee for president in 1988,opted to not seek a fourth term. Republican Bill Weld won the open seat,beating Democrat John Silber to become the first Republican Governor of Massachusetts elected since 1970. This election was the first open-seat gubernatorial election in Massachusetts since 1960.
The Green-Rainbow Party (GRP) is the Massachusetts affiliate of the Green Party of the United States and a political designation in Massachusetts officially recognized by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Up until 2020,it was an officially recognized political party in Massachusetts,losing that status as the result of vote tallies in the November 2020 election.
The National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS),founded in 1904,is the oldest non-partisan professional organization of public officials in the United States,composed of the secretaries of state of U.S. states and territories. Currently,all secretaries of state,including Washington D.C.,Puerto Rico,the U.S. Virgin Islands,and Guam are members of NASS.
George Pratt Shultz was an American economist,businessman,diplomat and statesman. He served in various positions under two different Republican presidents and is one of the only two persons to have held four different Cabinet-level posts,the other being Elliot Richardson. Shultz played a major role in shaping the foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration,and conservative foreign policy thought thereafter.
William Richard Keating is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 9th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,he first entered Congress in 2011,representing Massachusetts's 10th congressional district until redistricting. Keating's district includes Cape Cod and most of the South Coast. He raised his profile advocating for criminal justice issues in both houses of the Massachusetts General Court from 1977 to 1999 before becoming district attorney of Norfolk County,where he served three terms before being elected to Congress.
Margaret Mary Heckler was an American politician and diplomat who represented Massachusetts's 10th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 until 1983. A member of the Republican Party,she also served as the 15th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services from 1983 to 1985,as well as United States ambassador to Ireland from 1986 to 1989.
Byron J. Matthews was an American politician who served as Mayor of Newburyport,Massachusetts from 1968 to 1978 and Massachusetts Secretary of Communities and Development from 1979 to 1983.
Barry Myles Locke was an American politician,who served as Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation from 1979 until he was indicted for corruption in 1981.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Norfolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Norfolk County. Democrat Paul McMurtry of Dedham has represented the district since 2007.
Barbara A. Hildt is an American politician who represented the 1st Essex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1983 to 1993.
