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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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"Numerous" but unspecified numbers of family members of deceased Maine residents have contacted the Maine Secretary of State's office to say they received preprinted cards with handwritten notes from a pro-Democratic group urging them to register to vote. Vote Forward, which began sending out letters to
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A man who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman in Fitchburg in 1994 can pursue a DNA test of evidence from the scene to try to prove he didn't do it, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. Don Earl Johnson, now 53, has done time in
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A theater company in Portland, Maine is using a 1960s anti-Nazi Broadway musical as a way to warn about the administration of President Donald Trump. "This isn't a period piece anymore. It's the reality around us," the play's artistic director said, according
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A judge is refusing to issue a preliminary injunction that would block installation of three police surveillance cameras in downtown Manchester, New Hampshire, but is allowing a lawsuit challenging the cameras to go forward. The cameras are designed to provide a live feed to police of areas of Elm Street,
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The mother of a boy who engaged in a sexual encounter in the parking lot of a public high school is suing the school district for suspending her son. The girl involved told school officials she was sexually assaulted after telling the boy to stop. The boy said the encounter
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A cruise ship marketed to homosexuals arrived at Provincetown Harbor on the northern tip of Cape Cod bearing sections of a rainbow flag that the late designer made for the 25th anniversary of the original flag. Gilbert Baker (1951-2017) designed the first rainbow flag in San Francisco in 1978. It
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U.S. Senator Ed Markey endorsed the ROE Act abortion expansion bill in Massachusetts on Thursday while accepting an endorsement from a pro-abortion group. "We're at the forefront of this movement, the ROE Act, and making sure that we set the standard for the rest of the
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U.S. Border Patrol agents found 146 grams of methamphetamine, about 90 grams of an unidentified white powder, and $29,000 in cash in a Ford Mustang abandoned by the side of the highway near an immigration checkpoint in Sherman, Maine, the Border Patrol said. The Border Patrol seized the