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A Dorchester man hid business income from the plumbing and heating supply company in Mattapan he co-owns by using the money to buy more than $10 million worth of gold and silver bars while writing on the checks that the money was going to buy boilers, materials, and supplies, prosecutors
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Massachusetts has had a right-to-shelter law since 1983 — but its beneficiaries in the early years looked much different from how they look now. The statute guarantees emergency assistance shelter at state government expense for families and pregnant women.
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Vaughn Grissom hopes to help the Boston Red Sox address their infield problems. The Red Sox activated the 23-year-old second baseman from the Injured List on May 2, after he missedthe first month of the season with a groin injury. Grissom is new to the organization; the Red Sox traded
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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is running for a fourth term. The self-described democratic socialist announced this week that he will seek re-election, according to CBS News.
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Former New England Patriots tight end Jermaine Wiggins says Brockton High School refused to renew him for another year because he isn't a member of the teachers union. "There had been some complaints about me not being in the union and they chose to go in a
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Massachusetts is being taken advantage of due to the lack of a residency requirement on the state's right-to-shelter law, a state legislator from Cape Cod recently said. State Representative Steve Xiarhos (R-Barnstable), who supports amending the right-to-shelter law in Massachusetts to include a residency requirement, said the law
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John Kerry received a prestigious honor from the White House this week. President Joe Biden announced 19 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients on Friday, May 3, including Kerry.
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The Massachusetts Family Institute has announced a change in leadership. Ian Huyett, who had served as president of the organization since September 2023, has accepted a new role at Cornerstone, a conservative family values organization in New Hampshire, as its associate director.
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