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Students Stage Sit-In Over Sexual Harassment … In Eighth Grade
Unwanted slapping, touching, and body comments are among the things some girls at a middle school in Northampton, Massachusetts say happen all…
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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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3350
Based in
Mashpee
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Plastic Bags Foe Not Sure Why It Should Even Take A Vote To Ban Them
The town of Dalton in western Massachusetts is the latest to join the war on thin-film plastic bags at store checkout…
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Moose on the Loose in Worcester
The 400-pound moose was tracked down, tranquilized, and moved. Happens every couple of years, authorities say.…
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TSA Finds 20-Pound Live Lobster at Logan Airport
Bringing a live lobster through airport security is legal, said the federal Transportation Security Administration.…
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Russia-Trump Business Story Retracted By CNN
Three employees, including the reporter and two editors, resigned from CNN after the network determined that a story that appeared on its…
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Driving Instructor Lets 13-Year-Old Son Drive Car Eight Miles … Then Posts It On Facebook
"Did just as good as his big sister!!!" the Facebook post recounts. Police are not amused.…
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Worcester Clerk-Magistrate Retiring … At Age 88
Thomas J. Noonan has been working for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for 59 years, including as clerk-magistrate in Worcester Central District…
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How Big Is Elizabeth Warren’s Lead in U.S. Senate Race?
A poll finds the Democratic incumbent is up 36 points on one potential Republican challenger and 31 points up on another. Elizabeth…
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Rhode Island Moving Toward Surveillance Cameras on Highways
The Rhode Island House of Representatives approved the bill, 48-17. It is designed to provide surveillance cameras to catch uninsured out-…
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Trinity College Professor Who Praised Let-White-People-Die Article on Facebook Put on Leave
Early indications are that the sociology professor will be on paid leave through the fall semester of 2017, though a statement from…
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Eugenics Sympathizer Up for Removal from Vermont Literary Award
Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879-1958) was a prolific Vermont author and social activist, and a state award in her name is given…
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Liberal Democratic Female Senators Show No Interest in Testimony About Islamist Abuses of Women and Girls
Two women who grew up in Islamic cultures testified before the U.S. Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee…
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You Know Those Rooftop Gardens You See in Cities Around Here? Who’s Paying for Them?
The state is. The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources has awarded nearly $1.5 million in grants during the past five years…
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Authorities Announce Rape at High School … Two Years After It Happened
Neither police, nor prosecutors, nor school officials announced that a 17-year-old boy had raped a 14-year-old student at…
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Common Core Stifles Classics of Literature in Massachusetts
Ever read one of Jules Verne's classic adventure stories? Massachusetts students don't if they follow Common Core.…
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Bear Burglar Attempts Break-In
The black bear was trying to get into a house in Epping, New Hampshire, which is in the southeastern part of the…
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Fall River Gets Low Rankings for Livability … And Residents Agree; There’s Crime, and You Should Hear the Kids’ Language at Parks
Longtime residents find the Massachusetts South Coast city just as bad as the rankers do.…
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Harvard Appoints First Muslim Chaplain
Khalil Abdur-Rashid is currently an adjunct professor of Islamic studies at Southern Methodist University. He is scheduled to start his new…
