NEPBA REP GARY SPRING

Caius Spring, the 8 year old grandson of NEPBA Business Agent/Representative Gary Spring was diagnosed on May 28, 2009 with Medulloblastoma, which is a malignant brain tumor.  Aggressive Chemo with Proton Radiation therapy began on June 25, 2009 at Mass General Hospital and Dana Farber in Boston, Massachusetts, and will continue for a minimum of 9 months.  Caius and his family are struggling emotionally and financially.  Friends and family have organized an Annual Bike Run which will take place on July 25, 2009 from Worcester, Massachusetts.   All proceeds will go to Caius Spring and his family.  Please consider entering this Bike Run or making a donation.

Minimum-Security Inmates Arrested In Fleeing Minivan

Concord, NH - Authorities arrested two minimum-security inmates at gunpoint who corrections authorities said Sunday tried to escape from the Transitional Work Center in Concord.

A witness called Concord police upon seeing two men wearing prison uniforms walking through a cemetery next to the Transitional Work Center at about 1:45 p.m., according to a statement released by the New Hampshire Department of Corrections.

 New Hampshire State Police also received a call to a report of two suspicious men getting into a minivan on Sewalls Falls Road in Concord.

BOSTON - The Massachusetts House and Senate have worked up a compromise bill on pension reform.  Numerous calls have come in inquiring about whether SB 2079 eliminated Quinn Bill payments from retirement calculations.  The Quinn Bill is and always has been considered part of your "regular compensation" in retirement calculations and will remain that way.  Areas being removed include salary enhancements such as unused vacation or sick time, car allowances, etc.  Please note that even these are protected until 2012 if they are presently under contract.  See Section 23 of SB 2079.