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Illegal Immigrants Scared To Go To Food Pantry in Westboro
An English-as-a-second-language director in Westboro public schools told a reporter that illegal immigrants have told her that that…
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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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War on Plastic Bags Reaches Oak Bluffs on Vineyard
Town Meeting voters in Oak Bluffs banned thin-film plastic bags, but they allowed businesses to apply for a hardship waiver that…
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Renewable Power State Subsidy Isn’t Spurring New Wind and Solar Projects in Maine
The lion's share of the $12.6 million subsidy from ratepayers in Maine is going to already-existing biomass plants.…
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Actress Compares Trump Immigration Policies To Pro-Slavery Sentiments of 19th Century
The actress often portrays a Worcester 19th century abolitionist and suffragist in a one-woman play.…
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Graduate Students’ Unionization Effort at Harvard Could Come Down to Disputed Ballots
The No votes outnumber the Yes votes currently, but there are enough disputed ballots to flip the result. The university and the…
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Write-In Candidate Wins School Committee Seat With Just 3 Votes
The school committee in the western Massachusetts town of Hadley had only one candidate for two available slots in the annual town…
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Islamic Society Drops Plan for Cemetery in Dudley
Islamic Society officials said the cemetery project in the central Massachusetts town was becoming too expensive.…
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Sixth-Grade Girl Proclaims Inalienable Right To Wear A Tank Top in School
The middle school student in Portland, Maine is protesting her school's dress code policy. She is wearing banned clothing and…
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Dog Pardoned by Maine Governor Escapes Death — Again
The dog was at a veterinarian clinic waiting to be euthanized when word came that a judge's ruling had been…
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‘Intersexual Feminist’ Club Plans ‘Equality’ Day at Bridgewater-Raynham
Gender issues and media portrayal of women are among the topics at a daylong event at Bridgewater-Raynham High School sponsored by…
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Activists on War Path Over Post Office Mural That Depicts Indian Raid
"Cruel Adversity" depicts an Abenaki man about to torch an English settler's house in present-day Durham, New…
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Maine Legislators Consider Taxing Hybrid and Electric Cars
Maine has a highway budget gap, but an environmentalist decried the idea of taxing vehicles that are designed, in part, to help…
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Syphilis on the Rise in Maine
The number of cases of the sexually transmitted disease in Maine has tripled since 10 years ago.…
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Holy Cross Professors Worry Crusader Mascot An Example of ‘Othering’
But a chaplain at the college said that's the point of a mascot: to "other" the opponent.…
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Global Warming Believers Encourage Kids To Get Involved, Change Parents’ Minds
Nearly 100 students from all over Cape Cod heard from climate change activists during a daylong event at Cape Cod Academy in…
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Casino on Martha’s Vineyard?
A federal appeals court says the Wampanoag Indians of the town of Aquinnah, formerly known as Gay Head, can turn an unfinished…
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Genesis Helps Explain Climate Change, B.C. Professor Says
When Adam and Eve gained rational thought after eating of the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden, they also made…
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Women’s Studies Departments Have ‘Zero Credibility,’ Psychology Professor Says at Harvard
"I think disciplines like women's studies should be defunded," said Jordan P. Peterson, a professor of psychology at…
