Globe Trotting - August 22nd Edition

Just some things I thought were share-worthy from yesterday's Sunday Globe...

-My favorite story in yesterday's paper was this piece on 70-year-old Reggie St. Paul's life as a Boston-area bartender. The guy must have a million stories. I loved the anecdotes about Lennie's jazz club in Peabody. Who knew that the likes of Miles Davis, Stan Getz & Buddy Rich were playing the North Shore back in the day?

http://articles.boston.com/2011-08-21/news/29912301_1_bottles-drinks-peabody


-I won't pretend to be terribly well-informed on the No Child Left Behind Act. I know the intended goal of the policy and I know some of the controversy and debate about it. That's about all. On a gut level, however, the stat in this article that projects how many Massachusetts schools are likely to be out of compliance by 2014 according to No Child standard seems pretty damning. Massachusetts isn't exactly in the backwaters for education after all.

http://articles.boston.com/2011-08-21/news/29912446_1_waiver-school-districts-high-schools


-On the heels of Warren Buffett's Op-Ed piece in the New York Times calling for higher taxes on the wealthy comes a roundup of reaction from some Boston locals. Most of the sentiments echo Buffett's take but the bonus here is the photo of Ernie Boch Jr.

http://articles.boston.com/2011-08-21/business/29912509_1_tax-revenue-higher-taxes-urban-brookings-tax-policy-center


-Yes, this story of a man faithfully visiting his sick friend every week is a little Tuesdays With Morrie-ish (except this time it was Thursdays) but I still enjoyed it. I'm easy that way.

http://articles.boston.com/2011-08-21/news/29912499_1_sal-nurses-work-and-family

-Finally, a little civic pride. Here's a quick article on how my current adopted hometown of Melrose is raising some revenue and serving the community with a new ambulance for the Fire Department. Between this and the new Thai place that just opened on Main Street things are looking up in the home of the Red Raiders.

http://articles.boston.com/2011-08-21/yourtown/29912412_1_new-ambulance-ambulance-fees-ambulance-model