January 1, 2017 By Lily Barrett

And so the political year begins – The Barrett Report, January 2017

Senator Mike Barrett

2 hours ago

Before an audience of senior-living advocates, politicians and residents of Concord Park, a spirited unveiling of the expanded facility marked a new era for assisted living in West Concord.

Barrett cited the commitment to sustainability at the complex with the installation of heat pumps.

“Residential buildings are the keys toward meeting our goals and getting us off fossil fuels,” said Barrett. “You are leading the way.”

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Concord Park cuts ribbon on renovated, expanded facility - Concord Bridge

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Before an audience of senior-living advocates, politicians and residents of Concord Park, a spirited...

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Senator Mike Barrett

3 days ago

Barrett, who spearheaded the legislation for the special commission, recalled his college years in the 1960s, when a mentorship program brought him to Fernald to play with a 6-year-old boy. Barrett struggled to understand why the boy, who appeared to have no cognitive defects, was at the school, surrounded mostly by older adults.

“His story and the story of everyone with whom he lived hasn’t been told. We don’t know, even to this day, much about the lives that were lived,” Barrett said, drawing an analogy to The New York Times’ 1619 project that reminded “all of us that we don’t really know our own history as a country, or as a state, or as a community.”

“The truth here has eluded us,” Barrett said of Fernald.

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‘Bowels of hell’: Commission to investigate history of Mass. state institutions

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A commission will investigate the history of institutions for people with developmental or intellect...

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Senator Mike Barrett

Mike Barrett

State Senator | Democrat | 3rd Middlesex District MA