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Chambers of Commerce Legislative Committees Government Education Elected Officials Election Reform Energy Environment Health Care Housing Senior Citizens Democratic Town Committees

Chambers of Commerce

• Middlesex West - Acton, Boxborough
• North Central - Harvard, Lancaster, Lunenburg, Shirley
• Nashoba Valley - Shirley, Devens, Harvard
• Wachusett - Harvard, Lancaster

Rep. Eldridge's Legislative Committees

• Community Development and Small Business
• Election Laws
• Steering, Policy and Scheduling

Government

• Massachusetts Legislative Homepage - Bill histories, bill text, and information on legislators
• Town Online - Links to local newspapers
• Mass.gov - Information and news on state issue
• Index of Federal Agencies - Alphabetical list of links to federal agencies
• Index of State Agencies - Alphabetical list of links to state agencies
• Lawmaking in Massachusetts - Information on the legislative process

Education

• Minuteman High School
• MA Association of School Committees
• MA Department of Education
• MA Coalition for Adult Education
• MA Teacher's Association

Elected Officials

• Senator Pam Resor - State Senator for Acton, Boxborough, Harvard, and Shirley
• Senator John Kerry - U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
• Senator Ted Kennedy - U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
• Representative Niki Tsongas - U.S. Representative for Acton, Boxborough, Harvard, Shirley, and Lancaster
• Representative John Olver - U.S. Representative for Lunenburg
• Governor Deval Patrick - Governor of Massachusetts
• Treasurer Tim Cahill
• Secretary of State William Galvin
• Auditor Joseph DeNucci
• Attorney General Martha Coakley
• Worcester County District Attorney
• Middlesex County District Attorney

Election Reform

• Mass Voters for Fair Elections - Information and news on fair elections
• Common Cause - Information on accountable and effective government
• League of Women Voters - Information and news on encouraging active participation in government
• MassVote - Non-partisan voting rights organization

Energy

• Energy Bucks - Fuel assistance
• Citizen's Energy - Fuel Assistance
• DOER - Massachusetts Division of Engergy Resources.

Environment

• National Rural Water Association - Organization to protect water resources in the United States
• Massachusetts Audubon Society - Organization developed to protect the nature of Massachusetts for people and wildlife
• Sierra Club - News and information on Massachusetts environmental issues
• Environmental League of Massachusetts - Organization protecting the environment
• Nashua River Watershed - Organization to preserve the Nashua River Watershed
• Oceanic and Atmospheric Research - Organization to better understand our environment
• SuAsCo Watershed Community Council - Alliance that promotes the sustainable economic and environmental well being of the Sudbury-Assabet-Concord River Watershed
• Organization for the Assabet River - Organization to protect, preserve, and enhance the natural and recreational features of the Assabet River, its tributaries and watershed
• Ducks Unlimited - Ducks Unlimited conserves, restores and manages wetlands and associated habitats for North America's waterfowl.
• Environment MA - Organization focued on protecting Massachusetts' air, water and open spaces.
• MassDEP - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Health Care

• Health Care for All - Resources pertaining to health care services
• Mass. College of Emergency Physicians - Organization for effective emergency care
• Prescription Advantage - Massachusetts prescription drug insurance plan
• MassHealth - Massachusetts state health insurance
• Commonwealth Connector - Resources pertainting to the MA healthcare reform law
• EOHHS - Executive Office of Health and Human Services 

Housing

• Citizens Housing and Planning Association - Affordable housing and community development
• Homes and Communities - US Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Homes for Families - Organization dedicated to ending homelessness
• MA Housing Partnership - State Agency dealing with affordable housing
• Housing Development - MA Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation - Provides access to legal information, advice and representation.

      Transportation

• MBTA - Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority
• MAPC - Metropolitan Area Planning Council
• MRPC - Montachusetts Regional Planning Commission
• Bruce Freeman Rail Trail - The Bruce Freeman Trail is a proposed rail trail following the 25-mile route of the old New Haven Railroad Framingham & Lowell line.
• Assabet River Rail Trail - Multi-use recreational rail trail that will pass through the communities of Marlborough, Hudson, Stow, Maynard and Acton.
• Nashua River Rail Trail -  The Nashua River Rail Trail is a former railroad right of way that travels 11 miles through the towns of Ayer, Groton, Pepperell and Dunstable.
• MPO - Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization

Legal Services

• Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation - MLAC provides access to legal information, advice and representation.
• Masschusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition - MIRA advocates for the rights and opportunities of immigrants and refugees.
• Merrimack Valley Legal Services - Program which provides free legal advice and representation in civil legal cases to low-income and elderly residents of parts of Essex and Middlesex counties.
• South Middlesex Legal Services - Provides free, civil legal representation
• MBA - Massachusetts Bar Association
• BBA - Boston Bar Association

     Senior Citizens

• Social Security Online - US Social Security Administration
• Public Employee Retirement - Oversight of the MA Public Pension Systems
• EOEA - Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs 

Democratic Town Committees

• Shirley -http://www.shirleydems.org/
• Acton - http://www.actondems.org/
• Harvard -http://www.massdems.org/towns/Harvard/index.htm
• Lunenburg - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LunenburgDTC/