Archive 2008 - 2019

Leah Robins

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House Passes Comprehensive Domestic Violence Legislation

by Leah Robins 4/14/2014

Will close loopholes in current law and provide new legal tools to end the cycle of domestic violence.    

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Valor Act Signed into Law

by Leah Robins 4/9/2014

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State House Update from Rep. Carolyn Dykema

by Leah Robins 3/17/2014

Dear Neighbor,     After a winter like this, it's great to finally "think spring"! On Monday, March 24, 7:30 - 8:30 am, I'll be at Coffee Haven, 76 Railroad Street.

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Town Dams get Repair Grant

by Leah Robins 1/15/2014

Holliston Awarded State Funds for Dam Repair

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Holliston Legislation to Assist with Long-term Fiscal Planning Signed into Law

by Leah Robins 1/3/2014

Tuesday evening, Governor Patrick signed into law legislation that enables Holliston to create its own Other Post -Employment Benefits (OPEB) trust fund to save for the retirement benefits of current and future municipal employees.

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Dykema and Colleagues Tour Constructed Wetland at Alewife Reservation

by Leah Robins 12/21/2013

Green infrastructure increasingly provides opportunities to find creative solutions for water management.  Monday Representative Carolyn Dykema and Senator Jamie Eldridge joined their colleagues in the legislature from across the Commonwealth for a tour of the Constructed Wetland in the City of Cambridge at the MA Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Alewife Reservation to see one of the largest green infrastructure projects in the US. 

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Representative Dykema Urges Congress to Amend Federal Flood Insurance Law

by Leah Robins 10/8/2013

BOSTON— Representative Carolyn Dykema and 50 state legislative colleagues are urging the Massachusetts Congressional delegation to advance HR2199, the Flood Insurance Implementation Reform Act.

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Representative Dykema at Pejamajo Cafe

by Leah Robins 9/6/2013

  Continuing a tradition that began when she was first elected, Representative Dykema will holding her quarterly office hours in each of the four towns of the 8th Middlesex District in September. 

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State House Update from Rep. Carolyn Dykema

by Leah Robins 8/31/2013

Dear Neighbor,  it has been a summer of extremes; hot weather punctuated by significant rain events.

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Holliston Awarded Recreational Trails Program Grant

by Leah Robins 6/6/2013

  Representative Carolyn Dykema joined Robert Weidknecht, Chair of the Holliston Trail Committee in Danvers on Friday to celebrate Holliston being awarded one of 26 Recreational Trails Program Grants at the Department of Conservation and Recreation’s (DCR) Recreational Trails Program Grant Awards Ceremony. Holliston was awarded a grant of $47,000 to support the Upper Charles Trail.

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Representative Dykema Participates in Lyme Disease Awareness Day

by Leah Robins 5/9/2013

Representative Carolyn Dykema joined with colleagues in the State House and Lyme disease advocates to recognize Lyme Disease Awareness Day at the State House last week.

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Dykema Supports Transportation Finance Legislation, Opposes Small Business Tax

by Leah Robins 4/9/2013

Dear Residents of the 8th Middlesex District, Last night, on behalf of our district, I voted to support transportation finance legislation that will increase funding to our towns for road repair and address concerns about state reliance on debt.

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Rep. Dykema: Strategies to Improve State’s Aging Water Infrastructure

by Leah Robins 3/21/2013

Representative Carolyn C. Dykema last week discussed the critical need for modernization and greater investments in water pipes and treatments systems across the state as the keynote speaker of the Massachusetts Water Pollution Control Association (MWPCA) Legislative Reception at the Omni Parker House in Boston.

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Rep Dykema Named to House Ways & Means Committee

by Leah Robins 2/8/2013

Representative Carolyn Dykema (D-Holliston) is proud to announce that she will be serving on four legislative committees for the upcoming two-year session including the House Ways and Means Committee.   She will also continue serving on the Joint Committee on the Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture, the Joint Committee on Veterans & Federal Affairs and the Joint Committee on Public Health.

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Rep. Dykema Supports New Program to Help Employ Veterans

by Leah Robins 1/14/2013

Massachusetts Medical Technology Veterans Program   Boston –Representative Carolyn Dykema (D-Holliston) encourages eligible veterans to apply for the Massachusetts Medical Technology Veterans Program (MassMVP) run by the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center and MassMEDIC in partnership with The International Center for Professional Development.  

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Representative Dykema’s Environmental Leadership Award

by Leah Robins 10/6/2012

Tree Planting in Recognition of Dykema’s Environmental Leadership Award. Rena Sumner, Executive Director of the MNLA. holds the honorary shovel with Carolyn, signed by previous winners of the Environmental Leadreship Award.

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An Update from Representative Dykema

by Leah Robins 8/18/2012

  Over the past few months the legislature has passed several new laws that will have real and direct benefits for the residents of our district.

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Transportation Bond Funds Authorized for Local Holliston Project

by Leah Robins 8/7/2012

Rep. Carolyn Dykema is pleased to announce that an amendment she filed to the Transportation Bond Bill for the town of Holliston was included in the final bill voted by the legislature this week.  

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Legislature Sends Storm Response Bill to Governor Patrick

by Leah Robins 8/1/2012

The Legislature today passed a bipartisan bill to increase the accountability of public utility companies here in Massachusetts in response to widespread power outages following Tropical Storm Irene in August and the snowstorm in October, State Representative Carolyn Dykema announced.

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Dykema Votes for Fiscal Management and Public Safety Legislation

by Leah Robins 7/19/2012

Wednesday night Rep. Carolyn Dykema (D- Holliston) joined her colleagues on both sides of the aisle in passing a bill to improve state fiscal management practices and make important changes to the Commonwealth's criminal statutes.

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