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Trust Fund Income Shouldn’t Disqualify From Food Stamps, Court Says
The state dropped a New Hampshire woman from food stamps because her income from a trust fund was too high. The New…
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Marijuana Not Good for You, Yale Professor Says
Suicidal thoughts, schizophrenia, lung damage, and obesity can all be linked to marijuana through published studies, says Vasilis Vasiliou, a professor of…
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High At Work?
Some Massachusetts employers are eyeing taking marijuana off the list of drugs they test for, now that it's legal in…
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MLK Scholar in Maine: Teach That Racism Is Bedrock of US History
Slavery is "the quintessential American story," said Khalil Gibran Muhammad during a speech at an event honoring Martin Luther King…
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Study Legalizing Prostitution, Say Four Female New Hampshire State Reps
New Hampshire House Bill 287 would create a committee to study decriminalizing sex work. Three of the four women sponsoring the bill…
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More Cod in the Sea Than the Government Knows, Maine Fishermen Say
Federal government scientists disagree with the fishermen, but they're going to give some of them testing equipment to try to…
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John Lewis Commencement Speaker at Massachusetts College of the Liberal Arts
The Georgia Democratic congressman and civil rights leader picked a fight with President-elect Donald Trump. Now the western Massachusetts state college…
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Misdialing Anti-Trumpers Trying To Reach Linda Bean Keep Calling Maine Woman’s Cell Phone
The L.L. Bean board member's work telephone number is slightly different, and the other woman's cell phone…
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Beware of Community Preservation Act Tax, Stoneham Selectman Says
The local property tax surcharge is set aside to promote open space and recreation, historic preservation, and below-market-rate housing, and…
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Make America Sweet Again, Says Pro-Trump Quincy Baker
Check out the Trump-theme gingerbread cookies she plans to pass out in Washington later this week.…
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Amazon Mega-Site in Fall River Now Employing 1,800
The 1,000,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Fall River opened in October 2016. The work force has more than tripled…
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Pro-Life Is Pro-Choice
A counter-protestor at a pro-life rally in New Hampshire this past weekend held a sign saying "I was a…
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Rhode Island Governor To Skip Trump Inauguration
Governor Gina Raimondo, a Democrat, is the only governor in southern New England not attending. Read More…
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Providence Cops To Get LGBTQ Sensitivity Training
The joint agreement between the Providence Police Department and pro-homosexuality advocacy groups provides for a new curriculum for the next police…
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Pink Yarn Runs Low in Southern Maine As Knitters Protest Trump
Crafters in and around Portland, Maine are making pink knitted hats with cat ears to make a statement against President-elect Donald…
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Barbara Bush Endorses Trump Education Pick
The former first lady and sometime Maine resident says Betsy DeVos is committed to literacy and will return authority over education to…
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Pro-Lifers To March in New Hampshire Capital
The annual march protests Roe vs. Wade, the January 1973 federal Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. The march is scheduled for…
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Islamic Cemetery on Fast Track
Dudley town officials have reached an agreement with the Islamic Society of Greater Worcester for the cemetery, which has drawn stiff opposition…
