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WHY SO FEWNEW JOBS?Stimulus spending was supposedto create new jobs, but insteadit’s gone to save existing ones

W E AT H E R I Z AT I O NPROJECTS

INSIDE..............� How much did yourtown get?PAGE 7� No one reallyknows how many gotjobs PAGE 8

ON THEWEB..............� Track every dollarof stimulus money inyour community att i n y u r l . c o m / l e d g e r-stimulus.

GREG DERR/THE PATRIOT LEDGER� M.T. McMahon & Sons Inc. has received stimulus contracts to makehouses and apartments more energy efficient. Tyler Parker of Wareham andJustin Steves of Plymouth have stimulus-funded jobs.

STIMULUS SPENDING It worked, but . . .

New jobs, more jobs. That was thepromise of politicians last year whenCongress voted to spend $787 bil-lion to fire up a flagging economy

with the federal stimulus program. A six-month review by The Patriot Ledger showsthat promise was largely unfulfilled. To getmoney into the economy quickly, most localstimulus dollars went to schools to shore upbudgets and keep teachers on the job.That worked for a year, but did nothing tohelp bricklayers and waiters, ironworkers andaccountants. Many couldn’t find work, andstill can’t. The stimulus money that did endup with private companies was seldomenough to justify new hires. There were nomegaprojects from the $14 billion that Mass-achusetts got, and little building of anythingwith the $211 million being spent in 41 localcities and towns.DETAILS, LEDGERLAND | PAGE 7

Charges over teen drinking

Local Marineset free whilewar crimescase appealedBy Julie WatsonASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN DIEGO – A Plymouth Ma-rine convicted in a major Iraqi warcrimes case will remain free whilehis case is being reviewed after amilitary appealscourt ruled he hadan unfair trial.

Sgt. LawrenceHutchins III, 26,has served fouryears in prison forkilling a 52-year-old Iraqi man.

“I’m going to be the best Marine Ican be today,” an elated Hutchins saidafter being released Monday. “To d ayis really a surreal experience. I thinkwe had a good judge. ... It’s hard todescribe exactly what I’m feeling. I’mh a p py. ”

‘My body lookslike a battlefield’

LEDGER LINE

QDo you think the social host liability lawholds the right people accountable forunderage drinking? Go to

Patriot Ledger.com to vote. Or call 781-340-3157 to leave us a short message.

Look for the results online or tomorrow onour Editorial page.

By Jennifer MannTHE PATRIOT LEDGER

MARSHFIELD – A Marshfieldcouple say they didn’t know that anunderage drinking party with about30 guests was happening at theirhouse, even though they were homeat the time.

Marshfield police were called to

Jeffrey and Janet Bessemer’s houseat 122 Tilden Road about 11:45 p.m.Saturday after a neighbor com-plained of loud music. Officers sayboth doors of the garage were openand there were about 20 young peo-ple standing in the driveway and in-side the garage.

The young people were holding

beer bottles and a table had been setup with plastic cups on it, police say.Officers say they found a largeamount of alcohol, in both open andclosed containers.

Inside the house, police say, theyfound 10 people holding beer cans

GREG DERR/THE PATRIOT LEDGER� Trisha Swanson Bergeron in her Kingston home.

T R I S H A ’ S C H O I C E

Three weeks afterdouble mastectomy,the recovery begins

Editor’s note: This is one in aseries of occasional stories,photographs and exclusive on-line features about Trisha Swan-son Bergeron, a breast cancersurvivor who had both breastspreventatively removed becauseof a family history of the dis-e a s e.

By Jennifer MannTHE PATRIOT LEDGER

KINGSTON – Tr i s h a ’sbruising at this point has mostlydisappeared, but her body stillbears two dark, puckered scarsthat run horizontally across herhips and her new breasts.

These new breasts, shaped bya plastic surgeon at the same

time doctors performed a dou-ble mastectomy, feel hard, likemuscle. Trisha is comforted,though, to feel them start to takeon a more natural suppleness.

It has been more than threeweeks sinceTrisha Swan-son Bergeronhad the radicalsurgery to re-duce thechances of herbreast cancerrecur ring.

While the5 3 - ye a r- o l dKingstonwoman sharedher choice –

and the days leading up to hersurgery – with thousands ofreaders, she has found it moredifficult to talk about the experi-

Marshfield parents at home but said they didn’t know about alcohol

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ON THEWEB.........� See otherphotos andstories on theSwansonsisters atPatriotL e d g e r. c o m .

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SUMMER READINGANOTHER HOT TITLE FROM CLAIRE COOKWOMYNZONE 23

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The latest news fromthe South Shore and the world

NATION / WORLD

DOCUMENTS: BP CUTCORNERS ON OIL RIG� BP made a series ofmoney-saving shortcuts andblunders that dramaticallyincreased the danger of adestructive oil spill, accordingto documents PAGE 5

‘BLOODY SUNDAY’FAMILIES GET ANSWERS� An epic 12-year probeinto Northern Ireland’sbiggest mass killing by Britishsoldiers reaches a bittersweetclimax today. PAGE 14

S TAT E

COPS HAVE APP FORCATCHING CRIMINALS� Brockton police are usingiPhone technology thatallows officers to identifysuspects through facialrecognition. PAGE 3

LOCAL

D.A.’S OFFICE WON’TINVESTIGATE PRIEST� The Norfolk Countydistrict attorney’s office willnot investigate a Quincypriest accused of sexuallyabusing children about 50years ago. PAGE 9

CITY COUNCIL APPROVESBUDGET FULL OF LAYOFFS� The city council approvesQuincy Mayor ThomasKoch’s $229.8 millionbudget for the fiscal yearbeginning July 1. PAGE 10

BUSINESS

S P O RT S

COMINGTOMORROW

TEDESCHI UPDATINGMANY OF ITS STORES� Tedeschi Food Shops is inthe midst of a massive storerenovation effort that willinvolve changes in at least 30stores across the chain’sfootprint. PAGE 21

D U X B U RY ’S QUINZANIAWARDED FOR DEBUT� Max Quinzani, a DuxburyHigh School graduateplaying for the BostonCannons, is named MajorLeague Lacrosse’s Rookie ofthe Week, the first winnerof the award for thisseason. PAGE 16

MASTERS OF THE GRILL� With Father’s Daycookouts on the horizon,more dads are trying theirhand at new grillingtechniques, and they’restretching beyond thetraditional burgers, steaksand brats.

W E AT H E RTo n i g h t :

Partly cloudy,Low of 57ºTo m o r r o w :

A few afternoon showers,High of 70º

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