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4 The Recorder Greenfield Masa Thursday February 10 2005 LocalRegion Father of missing UMass student asks NH governor for help County Democrats to hold meetings to talk platform ideas Discussions set for Greenfield Orange Wants records of investigation so he can pursue leads himself 34 Main St in Orange For more information e-mail complete listing if the platform hearings is posted at wwwmassdemsorg under the platform convention link For more information call Democratic Party Headquarters at (617) 472-0637 Final adoption of the 2005 Massachusetts Democratic Party Platform will take place at the state convention on May 14 The 1 Franklin County Democratic League PAC is sponsoring two meetings to discuss ideas for the state committee platform These meetings will offer an opportunity to discuss and debate the platform issues in advance of a hearing of the Massachusetts Democratic Platform Committee on Feb 19 from 10 am to noon at Holyoke Community College The information gathered at these preliminary meetings will -be presented as testimony at the hewing The first meeting will take placeon Tuesday Fetx 15 at from 7 to 9 pm at the Elm Tterrace meeting room in Greenfield The second meeting will take place on Thursday Feb 17 fronf 7 to 9 ptm at the Literacy Project 269 Hiqh St 773-9639 9 COOPERATIVE EXoJaJ TLocally Owned Since 1918 Thousands of local regional and national products for the farm yard garden home and pets NOW Part of the Purina Family too! By ANNE SAUNDERS Associated Press CONCORD NH The father of a Massachusetts woman who disappeared a year ago met with Gov John Lynch on Wednesday to ask for his hefo in getting records of the investigation Fred Murray whose daughter Maura a nursing student at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst vanished after a minor car accident in Haverhill wants state police to release their records so he can pursue leads himself asked Ming that to have it declared a criminal investigation rather than a missing person investigation and if he want to do that I asked him to accept the offer of the FBI to come Murray said after the meeting with Lynch Lynch made no commitments on the SDecific reauests 1 told Mr Murray that I will look into the situation and I promised to get back to him as soon as I possibly can and how we left he said Maura was last semi on Fhh 9 2004 walking away from her car on Route 112 in HawrhilL Police said they have no evidence of foul play and have searched the area repeatedly thousand and thousands of hours have been invested in the search for Maura said state police Lt John Scarinza of Ttaoop which is handling the investigation Murray was highly critical of state police and said heard nothing from the investigators in six months am the investigation That's why I want the he said 'Scarinza said his troopers talk with Murray on a regular basis when new leads appear claim he heard from them in six months is he said Scarinza said the investigation continues work on it we talk about it every day as miscellaneous leads come Murray's family believes someone picked her 19 on the road They have searched the area many times and called in a psychic who said die believes Murray was murdered by a serial killer Murray said he and some supporters would return to the site of disappearance after leaving the Statehouse Your Pet Our Passion" -fc 15 AP photo Fred Murray leaves Gov John office in Concord NH Wednesday after asking the governor for help to find his missing daughter Maura Murray a University of Massachusetts student who vanished one year ago after a minor car accident in northern NH Murray asked the governor to upgrade the investigation from a missing person to a criminal case ti I am the investigation why I want the information Any Purina Bag Feed Product 1 wcoupon Through 022605 Locally owned by your neighbors in agriculture wwwgreenfieldfarmerscoopcom If you FEED it! 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