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Animal Advocates Challenge Doggie Death Penalty in Connecticut
The plaintiffs are seeking class-action status. They are particularly distressed about a kennel they describe as dog death row.…
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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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Human Chain of 80 Saves Family Drowning in Riptide Current
Two boys got caught in a riptide in the water off Panama City Beach, Florida, and when their seven family members swam…
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Bike Lane Proposal Dividing Vermont’s Largest City
A slight majority of a neighborhood in Burlington, Vermont support a new bike lane on North Avenue, according to a survey, but…
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Dog Pardon Pursued By Maine Governor
The principle of executive clemency is broad, says Main Governor Paul LePage, and he aims to defend it. Earlier this year he…
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Maine Governor Vetoes Pro-Solar-Subsidy Bill
Maine Governor Paul LePage, a Republican, said elderly people have the hardest time paying more money for electricity in order to provide…
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Congo Man Not Prosecuted for Domestic Violence Because of ‘Cultural Incompetence’ Took Class on Laws and Customs of United States
The resident of Manchester, New Hampshire received instruction and assistance from a refugee-resettlement group soon after he arrived in the United…
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Fitchburg Man Charged With Stealing $30,000 from Wayland Home — Cash
The 18-year-old man who is an acquaintance of the purported victim was charged with larceny of more than (way more…
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Newton City Council: Impeach Trump
The city council voted 17-6 to support impeachment of President Donald Trump. Opponents questioned why a municipal body would get involved…
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Rhode Island Bans Talking on Hand-Held Cell Phone While Driving
Rhode Island joins New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Vermont among New England states to ban using hand-held cell phones while driving. Talking…
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Vatican Cardinal Accused of Sex Abuse in Australia Seems Unlikely Perpetrator, Columnist Says
But lots of people hate Cardinal George Pell in Australia. Pell, 76, who set up the first anti-sex-abuse protocols in…
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Social Worker To Run Against Bernie Sanders in Vermont
The 60-year-old advocate for the homeless says that U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders's pro-little-guy rhetoric is…
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So How Much for an Island Estate in Maine?
$7.95 million is the asking price for Hope Island in Casco Bay (not far from Portland). It includes 86 acres, a…
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Runner Beats Personal Best — While Being Chased By Bears
A runner in Auburn, Maine was about six miles into a long run when he encountered two bears, who stopped him and…
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Town Wants $7,000 Fireworks License Renewal Fee
Town officials in Seabrook, New Hampshire, which is on the Massachusetts border, are using a fireworks explosion in 1982 to justify the…
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New Orleans Mayor Recruited Ken Burns To Try To Build Opposition To Confederate Monuments
Newly publicized email messages show that the New Orleans mayor's office contacted documentary maker Ken Burns, best known for The…
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Church Materials at State Hunting Class Draw Ire of Church-State-Separation Group
The Freedom from Religion Foundation complained to the New Hampshire Fish & Game Department after someone who attended a state-sponsored hunting…
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What Is Sex About? A Christian View
Archbishop Charles Chaput, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Philadelphia, uses St. Paul's Letter to the Romans to describe and explain…
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Convicted Drug Trafficker Had Enough Heroin in His Home To Fill 12,000 Bags
The 39-year-old man who was arrested at his home in the western Massachusetts town of Adams was sentenced to nine…
