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Activists Add Wiccan, Muslim Texts To Bible Display At NH VA Medical Center; Items Officially Removed

Bill Gnade

Activists with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) entered the NH Veterans Association Medical Center in Manchester, NH on Thursday and placed copies of the Koran, the Book of Mormon, and Wiccan and atheist texts on a table displaying a Christian Bible that's kept in a locked glass case, the Union Leader reports. 

The table display, which has been up for several months, is sponsored by the Northeast POW/MIA Network, a group founded and organized to address the fact of missing and captive American military service personnel whose whereabouts remain unknown.

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Former New Boston Post Editor-in-Chief Joins Board of Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance

John Cronin

Founding New Boston Post editor-in-chief Jennifer Braceras has joined the board of the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance, a tax and spending watchdog on Beacon Hill.

Braceras, of Concord, and Ann Sullivan of Dedham joined the board earlier this month, the organization announced Thursday.

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