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Article: Meet the new board ; Farmer, doctor, student join lineup
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- Concord Monitor
- Article date:
- October 11, 2009
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A Hopkinton High School student. A former state Supreme Court
justice. A local doctor. A farmer.
These are among the new members of the Monitor's board of
contributors.
A few weeks back, we put out a call for new members of the board:
local writers who could contribute regular opinion pieces for the
newspaper's commentary pages. The response was overwhelming.
We received more than 50 applications from writers on a wide
variety of topics, and the judging was difficult. I whittled the
crowd down to 14, all of whom have agreed to write several pieces
over the next year.
In today's paper, you can get a sneak peek at their work. On the
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