Finance

[Boston]

http://www.mass.gov/agr/facts/countymap.pdf

[lugnutz]

[Boston]

Worcester County Facts

As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 750,963 people, 283,927 households, and 192,502 families residing in the county.

The racial makeup of the county was 89.61% White, 2.73% Black or African American, 0.25% Native American, 2.62% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 2.93% from other races, and 1.82% from two or more races. 6.77% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 15.9% were of Irish, 12.3% Italian, 11.7% French, 8.0% French Canadian, 8.0% English, 5.6% Polish and 5.0% American ancestry according to Census 2000. 85.1% spoke English, 6.1% Spanish and 1.9% French as their first language.

The median income for a household in the county was $47,874, and the median income for a family was $58,394. Males had a median income of $42,261 versus $30,516 for females. The per capita income for the county was $22,983. About 6.80% of families and 9.20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.30% of those under age 18 and 9.50% of those age 65 or over.

[KW]

More stuff you really don't care about...Whitinsville used to have a well-funded Biddy Basketball program- home and road unis, warm-ups, cheerleaders, the whole nine yards.

If you've seen one movie about youth sports, you know those teams never win the title at the end.

[Boston]

Students from families with divorced or remarried parents pay twice the share of their college education as compared to their peers whose parents remain married to each other, according to recent research published online by the Journal of Family Issues.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/12/10/divorce

[BS1]

Can vouch for that.....and of course it doesn't help when my mother blew my college savings she had from a work accident on a 50k boat, LOL

I like stories

[tballa55]

Bernard Madoff’s son Mark was found dead in the living room of his SoHo apartment this morning — hanging from a black dog leash on the two-year anniversary of his father’s stunning downfall, officials said.

Officers were called to 158 Mercer St. at 7:28 a.m. after Mark’s father-in-law reported the grisly find — the 46-year-old Madoff hanging fully clothed from a pipe in the apartment ceiling, police said.


Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manh ... z17ponhBcT

[SeanT]

The show Damages called that a while back

[mcm]

anyone know where I can get Euros? Went to Bank of America...no luck.

[rearadmiral]

Europe. They got tons of 'em.

[mcm]

how about in America? Massachusetts preferably

[TeeDub]

Logan

[Boston]

AMEX place on State St.

http://www.amextravelresources.com/offices/45

[mcm]

ty

[midd]

Saugusbank in the old Krispy Kreme on Rte 1 always advertises having euros.