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The coronavirus pandemic rules will become less strict in Rhode Island on Friday. Indoor capacity limits will rise to 80 percent with three feet of social distancing required between groups. The allowed size of social gatherings will also increase to 25 people indoors and 75 people outdoors. The indoor mask
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Walk-in appointments for coronavirus vaccines are now a thing in Massachusetts. As of the start of this week, Walmart is using its 48 pharmacies in the state to offer them, as CBS Boston reports.
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The organization that produced a sex education curriculum that the Worcester School Committee may adopt later this week is enthusiastic about abortion, based on numerous public statements the group has made. The curriculum, called Rights, Respect, Responsibility, comes from an organization called Advocates for Youth, which is headquartered in Washington
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Students at Milton High School have an incentive to fill out a 91-question survey that probes their feelings about race and human sexuality: credit toward community service that they need in order to graduate. NewBostonPost has obtained a screenshot of a school post that made students aware of this deal.
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Planned Parenthood's Massachusetts political action committee has donated to Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty's campaigns. Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts donated staff time to help with year-end campaign reports on two occasions, according to records of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance.
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Opponents of a proposed sex education curriculum in Worcester are planning to hold a march against it early Wednesday morning — a day before the city's school committee votes on whether to adopt it. The curriculum, called Rights, Responsibility, Respect and published by an organization called Advocates for Youth,
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Is it the Board of Selectmen or is it the Select Board? That's a question some towns have wrestled with in recent years, with some opting for "Select Board," which they deem gender-neutral and therefore better.
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Massachusetts no longer has an outdoor mask mandate in effect, but that's not stopping two Massachusetts towns from doing it. Brookline and Salem will keep the outdoor mask mandate in place, as FOX News reports.
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