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  • Political dos and don'ts during campaign season

    With the 2010 elections coming up, television newscasts and newspaper articles are filled with the latest news about the candidates running for various offices. While exercising a right to vote is the duty of all Americans, federal employees, both military and civilian, should understand the laws

  • Airmen alerted to safety concerns of e-cigarettes

    The Air Force Surgeon General recently issued a memo alerting all Airmen about safety concerns regarding the electronic cigarette. The memo states that "due to the nature, appearance and safety concerns of electronic cigarettes, they are considered to be in the same category of tobacco products

  • ESC to begin testing ‘Venture Catalyst’ solutions

    Electronic Systems Center officials are now preparing to conduct seven demonstrations, each designed to test a specific technology solution they might have known little or nothing about just months earlier.The seven technology demos emerged from a 'Solutions Workshop' held here in late July, run in

  • Hanscom kids go back to school

    Hanscom Schools Information and Events:School Closures: Sept. 3Sept. 6, Labor Day Sept. 9, Rosh HashanahOct. 11, Columbus DayOct. 12, Parent ConferencesOpen House and Curriculum Nights:HMS: Sept. 14, 6:30 to 8 p.m.HPS: Sept. 15, 6:30 to 8 p.m.Lincoln Preschool (Hanscom and Lincoln): Parents will

  • Bedford High School students to resume classes on Sept. 7

    It's that time again: one of those rare occasions when parents are as excited as their teenagers. Hanscom students in grades 9 through 12 enrolled at Bedford High School will return to class on Tuesday, Sept. 7. The school day will begin at 7:20 a.m. and will dismiss at 2:01 p.m. The school has

  • New website created for legal assistance needs

    Recently, the United States Air Force's Judge Advocate General's Office created a website that assists customers with legal assistance needs. The site, which can be found at https://aflegalassistance.law.af.mil, assists with a variety of legal issues. Hanscom Air Force Base's Legal Office highly

  • Hanscom Green Stewardship seeking discussion topics

    Hanscom Air Force Base's Environmental Management System (EMS) program will implement three significant projects, or aspects, for 2010. One of the aspects involves asking the Hanscom community to contribute monthly discussion topics. Annually, the Hanscom EMS volunteer cross functional team

  • Net-centric conference to examine changing environments, apps

    The theme for the eighth annual Net-Centric Ops Conference, to be held Sept. 20 at the Wentworth-by-the-Sea Hotel and Resort in New Castle, NH, is: "Changing Environments - Changing Applications." Organizers of the conference, which also includes a golf tournament Sept. 21, say discussions will be