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Mass. Native, Killed In Ethiopian Plane Crash, Recalled As “Shining Star”; Was Ralph Nader’s Grandniece

24-year-old Samya Stumo, a Sheffield native and an alumna of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, was one of 157 passengers killed in the Ethiopian Airlines crash of a Boeing 737 Max shortly after it took off from Addis Ababa airport in Ethiopia on March 15. Stumo also graduated from Mount Everett

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Woman Who Survived Rare Disorder Throws Thank-you Party For Maine Hospital Staff That Saved Her

In the delivery room of the Mount Desert Island Hospital (MDI) in Bar Harbor, ME, Alisa Nye stopped breathing moments after giving birth to a beautiful baby girl. And then her heart stopped beating. For six intense minutes the on-duty obstetrics team raced to keep her alive, using chest compressions

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NH House Democrats Reject $15/Hour Minimum Wage; Put Forth More Modest Plan

Democrats in the New Hampshire House of Representatives have rejected – for now – a $15 per hour state-wide minimum wage. Despite the failure by House progressives to get what they wanted — a raise in the minimum wage from the present $7.25 to $15/hour by 2024 – the majority of House

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UConn’s Former “Diversity Officer,” Fined $20K For Improperly Giving Hubby $54K Fellowship, Counter Sues; Claims Racism

Charmane Thurmond, an African-American who formerly served as the graduate diversity officer at the University of Connecticut (UConn), has been fined $20,000 by a state ethics board for allegedly improperly awarding a $54,000 fellowship to her husband. In response to the charges against her brought by UConn, Thurmond

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Vermont Goat Elected Town Mayor; Beats Out Gerbil, Dog, For Office

Voters in Fair Haven, VT have spoken, electing a 3-year-old female goat named Lincoln to graze in the town offices as the new town mayor. The goat will take office on Tuesday. According to the Associated Press, the folks of Fair Haven, a town of 2,500 that sits on

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Former MA Gov. Bill Weld To Challenge Trump For GOP 2020 Presidential Nomination

Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld announced today in New Hampshire that he is starting an exploratory committee "to challenge" President Donald Trump in next year's primaries for the 2020 GOP presidential nomination. Weld, who served in MA from 1990 to 1997 as a Republican, ran as

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A “Most Excellent Moose” – A Moose Ambassador – Has Died In Maine

George the Moose has died, having lived his life, almost all of it in captivity, as a "most excellent moose." He was nearly 15. Having been rescued as a calf with his twin sister after their mother likely died in the wild, George was brought to Maine Wildlife

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Attends SCOTUS Meeting Today; First Appearance In Weeks

The Hill is reporting that 85-year-old US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG) attended a "justices' private conference" at the court today (2/15/19) after a lengthy absence following surgery in late December. Justice Ginsberg suffered a fall last November in which she suffered broken