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Matt McDonald, a Boston-area native, has decades of experience as a reporter, editor, and copy editor. His work has appeared in The Mashpee Messenger, Cape Cod News, and The Norfolk Boomerang.
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In a cost-cutting measure, Wynn Resorts at Encore Boston Harbor will pursue automated drink dispensers to replace bartenders and other staff. The sixth-month old $2.6 billion casino employs 4,485 workers and has 80 job openings. The casino has not laid off any of their workers yet, but it
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The Republican governor of Vermont and the Democratic governor of Connecticut poured cold water this week on a regional carbon-emissions fee that could increase gasoline prices by 5 to 17 cents a gallon – isolating Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, who supports the idea. The regional proposal, called the Transportation Climate Initiative,
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A member of the Brewster Board of Selectmen tried to persuade fellow board members to move the town's polling place of almost 20 years because it is a church. "I just believe that there should be the separation of church and state," Cynthia Bingham, a selectman,
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Massachusetts recently had its fourth reported case of vaping-associated death, according to the state Department of Public Health. On Wednesday, January 8, the Department of Public Health reported that a Middlesex County man in his 70s suffered a vaping-associated lung injury which resulted in his death. The man vaped tetrahydrocannabinol,
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The New Hampshire Senate approved a bill that would raise the state's tobacco use age to 21, matching federal law. The bill passed 16-8 on Wednesday, January 8, with two Republicans joining 14 Democrats to pass it. All eight opposing the bill were Republicans, as Bangor Daily News
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The Fall River Herald News is planning to sell its headquarters in downtown Fall River and move to the office of The Standard Times of New Bedford, which is owned by the same company. The office at 207 Pocasset Street in Fall River, which has a scissor-gate elevator, is on
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Connecticut's bald eagle population is on the rise. In 2019, the state saw a steady rise in several categories, according to The Connecticut Post. The number of active nests reached 64. The number of successful nests reached 45. Plus, the number of chicks was 81.
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Vermont Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman plans to run for governor in 2020. Zuckerman, a Democrat, is expected to announce his campaign on Monday, January 13, according to VT Digger.