{"id":2483,"date":"2015-06-29T19:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T23:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=2483"},"modified":"2015-06-29T19:00:17","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T23:00:17","slug":"sad-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=2483","title":{"rendered":"Sad news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear fellow Hanoverians:<\/p>\n<p>It is with a heavy heart that I share the following news from the office of<br \/>\nState Senator Thomas P. Kennedy and his family:<\/p>\n<p>State Senator Thomas P. Kennedy, Democrat from Brockton, passed away on<br \/>\nJune 28, 2015 surrounded by family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Kennedy proudly represented the 2nd Plymouth and Bristol District<br \/>\nin the Massachusetts State Senate since 2009. Prior to joining the Senate,<br \/>\nTom served as a State Representative for his beloved City of Brockton since<br \/>\n1983. Senator Kennedy also served the City of a Brockton as a City<br \/>\nCouncilor and as the City&#8217;s first Ombudsman.<\/p>\n<p>He will be deeply missed by all who knew him.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral arrangements by Russell &amp; Pica Funeral Home<br \/>\nwww.russellpicafuneralhome.com to be announced.<\/p>\n<p>I for one will miss this dear man, and I am sure many of you share my<br \/>\nsentiments.  He was one of the good guys, and we were lucky to have him in<br \/>\nour midst.<\/p>\n<p>For &#8220;Around Town on the Web&#8221;,<br \/>\nCathy H-B<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\n&#8220;Around Town on the Web&#8221; (&#8220;ATOTW&#8221;) has been a valued push notification<br \/>\nsince the spring of 2004 &#8211; long before there were push notifications!<\/p>\n<p>For submission guidelines and answers to frequently asked questions<br \/>\nabout &#8220;ATOTW&#8221;, please go to http:\/\/www.atotw.com.<br \/>\nTo search for archived &#8220;ATOTW&#8221; news, view the archive<\/p>\n<p>.<br \/>\nIf you would like to be added to this distribution list, click here<\/p>\n<p>.<br \/>\nPlease follow the link in the response e-mail to validate your<br \/>\naccount. You will not receive &#8220;ATOTW&#8221; e-mails until you complete this<br \/>\nstep.<br \/>\nIf you would like to be removed from this distribution list, click<br \/>\nhere<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; powered by phpList, www.phplist.com &#8212;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear fellow Hanoverians: It is with a heavy heart that I share the following news from the office of State Senator Thomas P. Kennedy and his family: State Senator Thomas P. Kennedy, Democrat from Brockton, passed away on June 28, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=2483\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atotw_archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}