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Submitted by UnspokenIdeas on Feb 13 2010 - 2:01am ~~ Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act signed into law by President Obama on Feb.17, 2009 textbook and other course material expenses incurred in 2009 and 2010 that are not covered by scholarship or grant aid may be counted toward the newly created tax credit called the American Opportunity Tax Credit on that year’s tax return. So, save your course material receipts — you may be eligible for a tax credit up to $2,500. Originally... more University, Education

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Skip Gates Loves CCTV!
Submitted by Sean on Nov 13 2009 - 3:22pm
While recording Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s talk at Sanders Theater last night, the crew of Cambridge Community Television had a chance to meet him back stage where he professed his love for Cambridge Community Television. Cambridge Reads is a city wide book club in Cambridge that organizes the...
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This Week in NeighborMedia: October 23, 2009
Submitted by Colin on Oct 23 2009 - 12:39pm
This Week in NeighborMedia: a recap of the week's captivating Cambridge stories produced by NeighborMedia correspondents at Cambridge Community Television. Mark Jaquith presents the East Cambridge Planning Team's plan for the redevelopment of Lechmere Square. Mary Holbrow reviews the new Cambridge...
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Change, Above and Below Ground, Comes to Harvard Yard
Submitted by kmklinger on Oct 15 2009 - 1:50pm
By Karen Klinger While it is still mostly prohibited to pahk the cah in the Harvard Yard, some changes have come to the university’s signature piece of greenery this fall, as anyone who has walked through it recently could attest. At the instigation of Harvard President Drew Faust and a committee...
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New Director at On The Rise, Cambridge
Submitted by mholbrow on May 1 2009 - 1:41pm
Martha Sandler of Somerville has been named Executive Director of On The Rise, Inc., a day program for women who are homeless or in crisis. On The Rise is at 341 Broadway, Cambridge. Board President Carol Goss made the announcement on behalf of the program, which serves more than 300 women from...
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Science Festival Kicks Off Nine-Day Run with Carnival
Submitted by kmklinger on Apr 26 2009 - 4:06pm
By Karen Klinger When it started two years ago as the first event of its kind in the United States, not even its creators could have foreseen the mushrooming popularity of the Cambridge Science Festival, which kicked off its third year April 25 with an activity-packed “carnival” at MIT. The event...
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Protests Go On Over Harvard Layoffs
Submitted by kmklinger on Apr 22 2009 - 3:43pm
By Karen Klinger While the nation’s economic crisis has been tough even for the world’s wealthiest university, critics say layoffs of some of Harvard University’s lowest-paid workers in response to its staggering investment losses make as much sense as trying to bail out a listing ship with a...
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