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Apprehensions of Illegal Immigrants Up in Northern New England
U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported apprehending 449 people in a sector that includes northern New Hampshire, all of Vermont, and…
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Matt McDonald
Mashpee
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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MA politics, civic life
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Mashpee
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Video of Illegal Alien Stop Causing Outrage in Vermont
A Franklin County sheriff's deputy stopped an unregistered pickup truck in northern Vermont and determined that the driver was an…
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69 Percent of Brown Students Never Participate in Religious Activities On Campus
Religion is a minority-exercise at Brown University. But more than 20 students showed up an interfaith dinner this past week.…
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B.C. Beats Duke, 89-84
Unranked Boston College defeated number-one undefeated Duke on Saturday afternoon in the biggest upset in college basketball this year. It'…
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What’s the Most Forgiving Region of the Country? Wait, You’re Kidding, Right?
It's New England, according to a survey, where 86 percent of the people self-identify as forgiving.…
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Feds Refusing To Return $46,000 in Cash Seized During Traffic Stop
The driver of the car had no illegal drugs in the car when he was stopped on Route I-95 in New…
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Northampton Restricts Police Surveillance Cameras Donwtown
Police say the cameras would make downtown safer, but some residents and members of the Northampton City Council decried the diminishing of…
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Boston Herald Files For Bankruptcy, Sells To GateHouse Media
GateHouse Media, which publishes dozens of weekly newspapers and a handful of daily newspaper in Massachusetts, has purchased The Boston Herald for…
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Al Franken To Resign from U.S. Senate
The Minnesota Democrat accused of harassing and groping multiple women is leaving the U.S. Senate. "Some of the allegations against…
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Vermont Heir: I Didn’t Kill My Grandfather and My Mother
Three sisters of a missing and presumed dead woman are asking a judge in New Hampshire to block their nephew from inheriting…
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Trump To Maine Governor Paul LePage: Run for U.S. Senate
Paul LePage, the Republican governor of Maine who leaves office in about a year, this past May ruled out a run for…
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When Duct Tape Attacks
A woman called police in Bangor, Maine after she heard loud noises and thought it was an intruder in her house. Turns…
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New Hampshire School Has Gone Batty
School officials have sealed off a portion of an elementary school in Merrimack, New Hampshire after finding evidence of a bat colony…
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Four Senators Jockeying for Presidency of Massachusetts Senate … When It’s Available
State Senators Eileen Donoghue (D-Lowell), Karen Spilka (D-Ashland), Linda Dorcena Forry (D-Dorchester), and Sal DiDomenico (D-Everett) are all…
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Brockton Pearl Harbor Survivor Recalls Lost Comrades, 76 Years Later
George Hursey, 96, was serving in the U.S. Army at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked on December 7, 1941. "…
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New GOP State Senator-Elect Cool To Trump Immigration Policies
Dean Tran, a Republican city councilor in Fitchburg elected to the Massachusetts Senate on Tuesday, called the Trump Administration's immigration…
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Stan Rosenberg Still Feeling the Love in Hometown Amherst
The Senate president, who has taken a leave of absence during an investigation of allegations of sexual assault and influence-flaunting by…
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Fire Chief Collapses and Dies Fighting Fire
The longtime fire chief in Montgomery in western Massachusetts was fighting a fire when he collapsed. Stephen Frye, 59, was rushed to…
