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DAILY STATE HOUSE SCHEDULE - FRIDAY, FEB. 10, 2012
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7:30.....Treasurer Steven Grossman plans to address the Haverhill Chamber of Commerce breakfast.....Renaissance Golf Club, 377 Kenoza St., Haverhill

 

8:00.....House Speaker Robert DeLeo plans to join Sen. Anthony Petruccelli and Sal DiDomenico and Reps. Eugene O’Flaherty and Kathi-Anne Reinstein Friday at the Harbor Community Health Alliance breakfast.   Organizers say hundreds of people will be on hand to talk about ways to improve the health status of Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop.....Jack Satter House, 420 Revere Beach Blvd., Revere

 

8:00.....The Massachusetts School Building Authority’s director of capital planning, Mary Pichetti, discusses the agency’s plans and programs.....888 Worcester St., Wellesley

 

9:00.....The Jobs Creation Commission continues its regional tour.....Saints Medical Center, One Hospital Drive, Lowell

 

9:00.....The Supreme Judicial Court hears four murder appeal cases in oral argument.....John Adams Courthouse, Courtroom One, Second Floor, Pemberton Square, Boston

 

11:00.....House Speaker Robert DeLeo, Senate President Therese Murray and Treasurer Steven Grossman are among those who will speak at the annual AFL-CIO State of the Union Conference. Murray is scheduled to speak at 10:15 a.m......180 Water St., Plymouth

 

1:00.....Department of Conservation and Recreation holds a Stewardship Council Meeting.....180 Beaman Street, West Boylston

 
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