Braintree

The Thayer Public Library is a public library located in the town of Braintree, Massachusetts with 102,000 books, 200 periodical subscriptions, and... 8,000 videos, DVDs, music CDs, and audiobooks. The library is a member of the Old Colony Library Network. The library is named for General Sylvanus Thayer, who helped found it through a $20,000 bequest in his will. The original building was dedicated June 4, 1874, and opened to the public in September of the same year. It operated as a library until 1953, when it was replaced by a larger building across the street. The 1874 building was occupied by the Braintree Water Department for many years, but is currently vacant. This building is included in the List of Registered Historic Places in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. In 1997 the 1953 library building was razed to and replaced by the current three-story brick postmodern building that opened in 1999.
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Richard Thomas Devin in Braintree, Massachusetts, USA is a successful American Musician and Recording Artist who has been performing acoustic based... folk/rock and americana music for over 25 years. Early bands with which Devin was a founding member include: The Three D's, Mountain Madness, The Greenbroke Band, and The Eagle River Band. His dedication to the preservation of Cowboy Music was seen in his first six albums, earning him seven nominations in the 2004 Academy of Western Artists Awards. Having been influenced by Folk rock music of the 1960s, Devin stated in a recent interview, "I've gone back to my musical roots with my two latest albums, which focus more toward the Folk rock hits of the 60s and 70s...
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Jack DeSena is an American screen and voice actor. He is best known for his work on the sketch comedy series All That, having joined the show's cast... at the start of its 7th season in 2001 - Leading Young Actor for All That. His family moved to Irvine, California in 1999 and he attended school there. He was a very active member of the international ComedySportz troupe . He also did voice work for the character of Sokka on the Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Recently DeSena has been working on the online mockumentary web series Dorm Life which is a 2008 Webby Honoree for Best Writing and Comedy: Individual Short or Episode. Jack also appeared on an episode of King of the Hill, "Luanne Gets Lucky". DeSena has also appeared in an episode of "Generator Rex, "Crash and Burn.
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Massachusetts , officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. Massachusetts is the 7th least extensive, but the 14th most populous and the 3rd most densely populated of the 50 United States. The... state features two separate metropolitan areas – the eastern Boston metropolitan area and the western Springfield metropolitan area. Approximately two thirds of the state's population lives in Greater Boston, most of which is either urban or suburban. Western Massachusetts features one urban area – the Knowledge Corridor along the Connecticut River – and a mix of college towns and rural areas. Massachusetts is the most populous of the six New England states and has the US's sixth highest GDP per capita. Massachusetts has played a significant historical, cultural, and commercial role in American history. Plymouth was the site of the colony founded in 1620 by the Pilgrims, passengers of the Mayflower.
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