Here are five things you need to know today in Woburn:
1) Event spotlight
Have you heard of the Woburn Weight Loss Challenge? It starts today at Shape Up Woburn on Main Street. You can register today and get started on your way to losing weight and getting in shape. A free zumba class is going to be held for members of the challenge every Thursday at 10 a.m. Click here for more info!
2) New face at Joyce
When kids walk into the Joyce Middle School today, they'll meet their new assistant principal—Taylor Wrye. The last name is pronounced "rye" (like the bread!)
3) Lose the rain, keep the heat
According to the National Weather Service, we'll see some fog this morning, but it should be a clear day for the most part. The NWS is forecasting a partly sunny day with temperatures in the 80s. We'll even get a nice, calm breeze in the afternoon.
4) In case you missed it
The Beacon Grille restaurant announced what charities would benefit from the eatery's proceeds. Many of the charities are right here in Woburn. Read all about it here.
5) Thoreau leaves the woods
On this day in 1847, Henry David Thoreau leaves the woods and moves in with the Emersons in Concord. Thoreau is most known for his series of essays called Walden (or Life in the Woods), which he wrote while living in a shack in the woods for two years. In addition to Walden, Thoreau wrote several transcendentalist essays, as well as Civil Disobedience, a piece based on his time in jail for refusing to pay taxes. Thoreau died in 1862.
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Addivinola for Congress Press Office
7:15 am on Thursday, September 6, 2012
Also, today is statewide primary election.
Frank Addivinola is running for U.S. Representative in Massachusetts 5th Congressional District, the seat being currently occupied by Ed Markey. He was born and raised in Malden, MA and graduated from Williams College. He earned his ALM (Master of Liberal Arts) from the Harvard Extension School, MBA & MS from the University of Maryland and MS in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University. For six years, Frank worked and taught in biomedical research as a doctoral candidate and fellow in Molecular and Cell Biology with dissertation advisor Nobel laureate Marshall Nirenberg at the National Institutes of Health. He graduated from Suffolk University Law School where he received his JD and then Master of Laws in Biomedicine and Health Law. Since graduating from Williams, and continuously during his career, Frank owned and operated several businesses. Frank teaches intro to law and life sciences at local colleges and manages a real estate investment fund. To learn more visit http://www.FrankAddivinola.com