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Town Officials Not Happy With Resident’s Derogatory Sign
A man who lives in the central Massachusetts town of Brookfield has a sign on his property referring to a selectman as…
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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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Antifa Violence Making Other Left-Wingers Squirm
Video and eyewitness reports of violence committed by Antifa members at rallies and counter-protests bother some on the Left. Some see…
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Maine City Replaces Columbus Day
By a unanimous vote of the city council, the city of Bangor in Maine will officially celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day instead…
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Houston Archbishop on Harvey: ‘I Think We Need To Wake Up Jesus in the Boat’
The Roman Catholic archbishop of Houston is stuck at his diocesan seminary, because the roads out are flooded. Hurricane Harvey continues to…
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Cops: Drunken Driver Was Going 115 Miles Per Hour
The driver crashed after exiting Route I-95 northbound in northern Maine but neither he nor his passenger was injured, police said.…
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No Such Thing As ‘Wrongful Birth’ In Maine, Judge Rules
A woman who thought she was getting a contraceptive device that would last three years got pregnant, delivered a healthy boy, and…
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Dartmouth Faculty in Uproar Over College President’s Slap-Down of Pro-Antifa Visiting Scholar
A lecturer at Dartmouth College who defended Antifa's violence at left-wing rallies and counter-protests got criticism from the…
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Northern New Hampshire Border Patrol Checkpoint Nabs 25 Illegal Aliens
Border Patrol agents also seized two pounds of marijuana at the checkpoint on Route I-93 in Thornton, New Hampshire. It'…
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Brockton Enterprise Thwacks Pay-Raise Patriots
An editorial suggests that constituents ask four Brockton area state legislators to donate to various causes from their ill-gotten gains. The…
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Texas Home Destroyed By Harvey — But Statue of Blessed Mother Remains
A southeast Texas woman returned to her family's home to find it destroyed by Hurricane Harvey with only one thing…
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Funeral Director Tired of Drug Carnage Displays a Coffin With a Syringe Outside City Hall
A well-dressed mannequin with a mirror for a face lies inside the coffin, so that drug users who walk up and…
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First-Grader Sent To Principal’s Office for Calling Transgender Biological Boy By Masculine Former Name
An elite charter school in California is cracking down on elementary school kids who use the wrong pronouns and names for classmates…
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Pat Buchanan: What Still Unites Us?
With leftists seeking to tear down tributes to heroes the past, the conservative political commentator wonders if America is still one country.…
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Ban Texting and … Walking?
The city of Stamford, Connecticut is considering making it illegal for pedestrians to use a smartphone while in a crosswalk.…
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CNN Columnist Defends ESPN’s Decision to Pull Robert Lee from Broadcasting Virginia Football Game
The little-known Chinese-American sports play-by-play broadcaster was pulled from announcing the University of Virginia football home opener by…
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A Blue Frog?
A 14-year-old boy found a rare blue frog in his grandparents' pigpen in Phillips, Maine. State biologists say they…
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Shark Bites Paddleboard Not Far From Cape Cod Beach
A 69-year-old man was about 30 yards off Marconi Beach on the Atlantic Ocean side of Wellfleet when a shark…
