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Amateur Theater Group Has To Yank Play Because It’s Within 25 Miles of Boston – Even Though Broadway Version Is Playing in New York

Matthew McDonald

An amateur theater group in Marblehead has cancelled its planned performances of a play based on Harper Lee's 1960 book To Kill A Mockingbird after a lawyer threatened to sue the group for copyright infringement for $150,000.

Mugford Street Players purchased a license to stage an amateur version of the show for $1,200 for 12 performances, according to the Salem News.

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Working for Marijuana Business ‘A Little More Laid Back,’ Employee Says

Matthew McDonald

A New Bedford woman who sold fruits and vegetables to hotels and restaurants finds her new job as a "budtender" at a Fall River marijuana store more to her liking.

"I was really good at my job. I could sit in front of a computer and answer phones all day. The problem for me was the structure of it all. Here it's a little bit more laid back," the New Bedford resident said, according to the Fall River Herald News.

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