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RECENT MASONIC NEWS: Masons rebuilding ranks Pueblo Chieftain – CO, USA – Jan 23rd http://www.chieftain.com/articles/2010/01/23/business/local/doc4b5a92555f863131027635.txt Palestine Masonic Lodge presents award to Tedder Palestine Herald Press – TX, USA – Jan 24th http://www.palestineherald.com/local/local_story_024000150.html Group offers local men a unique social network Orillia Packet & Times – ON, Canada – Jan 25th http://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2275820 River Falls installs officers [...]

Sheffield University – “Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism” Website: www.freemasonry.dept.shef.ac.uk/ 1) First issue of the Journal for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism now officially launched http://www.equinoxjournals.com/ojs/index.php/JRFF/issue/current Hard copies will be available within a week or so. For subscriptions to the journal, see http://www.equinoxjournals.com/ojs/index.php/JRFF/about/subscriptions The establishment of an academic journal is a vital step forward in [...]

RECENT MASONIC NEWS: Masons and Live Nation Win Board of Appeals Support for Nob Hill Masonic Center Benzinga – San Francisco, CA, USA – Jan 15th http://www.benzinga.com/press-releases/b89317/masons-and-live-nation-win%C2%A0board-of-appeals-support-for-nob-hill-masonic-cente Freemasons reach out to public in new ways Dekalb Daily Chronicle – IL, USA – Jan 15th http://www.daily-chronicle.com/articles/2010/01/15/00983527/index.xml Book says Old Main designed with Freemasonry architectural symbols Galesburg [...]

RECENT MASONIC NEWS: Treasurer for Masons faces forgery case The Wenatchee World Online – WA, USA – Jan 8th http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/jan/08/treasurer-for-masons-faces-forgery-case/ Masons continue tradition of giving Sherwood Voice – Little rock, AR, USA – Jan 8th http://www.nlrtimes.com/articles/2010/01/09/sherwood_voice/local_news/nws01.txt Three Things You Should Know About Freemasonry Student Operated Press – CT, USA – Jan 9th http://thesop.org/usa/2010/01/09/three-things-you-should-know-about-freemasonry Capital Lodge [...]

Decoded: Dan Brown’s Lost Symbol – Channel 4 series with Tony Robinson http://www.channel4.com/programmes/decoded-dan-browns-lost-symbol/4od#3018190 [link will not last for extended period] Dan Brown’s latest blockbuster, The Lost Symbol, once again has dashing Professor Robert Langdon on a frantic quest to solve impossible riddles, trying to save the life of the leading Freemason in Washington DC. But [...]

RECENT MASONIC NEWS: New Masonic Home facility moves forward despite setbacks Louisville Business First – KY, USA – Jan 1st http://louisville.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2010/01/04/story5.html Terra Incognita: The first economic peace in the Holy Land Jerusalem Post – Jan 6th http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1262339404266&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Masons elevate Swampscott man’s post The Daily Item of Lynn – Swampscott, MA, USA – Jan 6th http://www.thedailyitemoflynn.com/articles/2010/01/06/news/news12.txt [...]

The Lodgeroom International Magazine Will be produced here in future and will be a fluid publication. Always being added to and available to all. http://lodgeroomstore.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=55&Itemid=50 You will observe that you can print out any individual article – straight off the screen or if you prefer create a PDF file and download it, then add it [...]

RECENT MASONIC NEWS: Shrine of Thomas Harkins medals in Asheville’s Masonic Temple … Asheville Citizen-Times – Asheville, NC, USA – Dec 28th http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20091228/COLUMNISTS/312280007/1004/ADVERTISING Little Masons hold colourful parade in north-east village Aberdeen Press and Journal – UK – Dec 28th http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1540622?UserKey= Freemasons’ boost for Hampshire hospices Southern Daily Echo – UK – Dec 28th http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4822008.Freemasons____boost_for_Hampshire_hospices/ [...]