Gun Control Discussion Held in Northborough

The executive director of the Gun Owners Action League is the guest speaker.

Information submitted by the Northborough Tea Party The recent tragedy in Newtown, CT, has sparked a national controversy about the appropriate use of firearms in America. To make informed decisions, citizens must understand basic terminology, proposed solutions and the probable consequences. Jim Wallace, executive director of the Gun Owners Action League (GOAL) addresses those issues in his presentation “Gun Control Status Report: Federal & State,” Tuesday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m. at the Northborough Free Library. Sharing the platform is Wayne Cormier, a representative of Oathkeepers, a national non-partisan association of currently serving military, veterans, peace officers, and firefighters who are dedicated to defending the Constitution and…

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Movie 'The Agenda — Grinding America Down' Showing at Library

On Tuesday, the Northborough library shows the movie "The Agenda."

The Northborough Tea Party is sponsoring a showing of the movie The Agenda — Grinding America Down on Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. at the Northborough Free Library.  The movie is described as "a documentary film on why many Americans hate america and our country’s exceptionalism." According to the Northborough Tea Party's website, author Shelby Steele recently pointed out in the Wall Street Journal an opinion peice that post-'60s liberals "seek to make a virtue of decline. Why? They feel that America's exceptional status in the world follows from a bargain with the devil – an indulgence in militarism, racism, sexism, corporate greed, and environmental disregard.” The Agenda, says the Tea Party, asks and tries to answer what precipitated …

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Social Media Saturday

On Your Laptop

It's Social Media Saturday, folks. Celebrate by reading this.

Social media's a big deal to us here at Northborough Patch. We're online, and that means we're online. A lot. All day. We look around, and we hope you're looking at us, too.  Each week, we look at the interaction we've had with our readers as well as highlight questions, comments and thoughts you've posted on Facebook, Twitter and other media outlets throughout the week. You're out there and we're looking.  We'll also point you in the direction of some new, or interesting, or both, pages you may not have heard about. Highlights of the Week   Tweetley Dee Lots of local Tweeters post about and from Northborough, and we highlight them now in Look Who's Tweeting. This week, Northborough Patch also got numerous re-Tweets with our stories on the…

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