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‘Abortion Bonds’ Giving Planned Parenthood Access To Government Loans To Help Build Abortion Clinics
Federal tax dollars can't be spent on abortions (except in the cases of rape, incest, and life of the mother)…
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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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Remembering the Day Town Lost Four Opioid Overdose Victims in 36 Hours
The town of Clinton, Massachusetts has only about 13,000 people, but in one 36-hour period in October 2016 four people…
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Medicaid Money Can Now Pay for Sex Change Operations in New Hampshire
A committee of the New Hampshire legislature approved on a 6-4 vote new rules allowing poor people receiving Medicaid to get…
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Man Tells of Losing $500,000+ At Keno
The resident of Haverhill, Massachusetts says that when he won $1 million from a scratch ticket in 2003, it not only didn&…
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Lawyer: Burma Man Accused on Groping Two Young Girls Can’t Stand Trial Because He Doesn’t Speak English
A defense lawyer has asked a judge in Nashua, New Hampshire to declare his 27-year-old client incompetent to stand trial…
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Indonesian Christians Seek Delay in Deportation
The Indonesians living in New Hampshire say they are at risk of persecution if they return home. The U.S. Immigration and…
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Easthampton Mayoral Candidates Cool To Sanctuary City Status
The current mayor of the western Massachusetts city of Easthampton has resisted sanctuary city status. She isn't running for re-…
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Twenty-Six Sites in Massachusetts Vying for New Amazon Headquarters
Boston remains the favorite, but the state is pitching many other sites, mostly in eastern Massachusetts, including Waltham, Quincy, Somerville, Everett, Lawrence,…
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Goodbye Jefferson Davis, Hello Barack Obama for Mississippi Elementary School
School officials at predominantly black Davis IB Elementary School in Jackson, Mississippi have decided to rename the school after Barack Obama, the…
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Agawam Business Owner Under Siege for Attending Trump Signing Pleads With Customers To Forgive Him
Dave Ratner, owner of Dave's Soda and Pet City, a western Massachusetts chain based on Agawam, is apologizing profusely for…
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Conflict Rekindled Over UNH’s $1 Million Scoreboard
A retired librarian at the University of New Hampshire left the school $4 million when he died — of which $1 million was…
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Three Buildings at Historic New Hampshire Hotel To Be Demolished
The three buildings, including Dix House, are part of The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, a hotel that…
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About 16 Percent of New Hampshire Residents Work in Massachusetts
About 100,000 people who live in New Hampshire work in Massachusetts, out of about 126,000 Granite State residents who work…
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Patriots Should Sign Colin Kaepernick?
The embattled quarterback who started the National Football League's kneel-during-the-National-Anthem trend last year doesn't…
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Tewksbury Las Vegas Victim Remembered for Love of God and Family at Funeral
Rhonda LaRocque, a wife and mother, was in Las Vegas to celebrate her 21st wedding anniversary. Nearly 1,000 people attended her…
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Rural Western Massachusetts Town Still Doesn’t Have Broadband, Nine Years After ‘Broadband Act’ Signed
The town of Goshen in Hampshire County has a little more than 1,000 people, and no broadband service. Former Massachusetts Governor…
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Springfield Catholic Bishop To Commemorate 500th Anniversary of Protestant Reformation in Joint Service With Lutherans
Bishop Mitchell Rozanski, Roman Catholic bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts, plans to lead an interfaith prayer service with Reverend Lauren Holm, pastor of…
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New Sikh Temple Opens in Westborough
The new Sikh temple in Westborough replaces a smaller one in Milford to serve the approximately 200 families and about 500 congregants…
