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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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Like a lot of towns in Vermont, Guildhall saw more people die in 2016 than be born. In fact, there are so few children left in the town that the school and baseball field have closed and playground equipment has been taken away. The community church closed, and the once-upon-a-time
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Cruelty is keeping former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick from running for president in 2020, he said Thursday. "After a lot of conversation, reflection and prayer, I've decided that a 2020 campaign for president is not for me," Patrick said in a written statement posted on Facebook
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A Catholic church in Dedham is displaying a nativity scene that shows the baby Jesus in a cage and the wise men closed off by a wall. A sign above the nativity scene says: "Peace on Earth?"
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Holyoke's city treasurer is so hard to deal with that she has sent a clerk in her office to a therapist, to her union, and to the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. This past June treasurer Sandra Smith summoned the clerk to her office and asked if she intimidated
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Lawrence police are trying to track down how a tape of two teen-age students engaging in consensual sex acts in a corridor at Lawrence High School got disseminated on the Internet. Police believe the recording was made in August after an extracurricular event, according to the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune.
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Former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick is telling friends and allies that he won't run for president in 2020, according to Politico. His stint at Bain Capital undermined his potential candidacy in the Democratic primaries, the Politico story says.
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As a young York County deputy sheriff during the early 1990s Juston McKinney worked police details at the outer edge of the Bush Compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, supplementing security provided by the Secret Service for then-President George H.W. Bush. "He was very genuine and sincere, looked you right
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Gina Galvani got an early birthday celebration at the Framingham City Council meeting on Tuesday, December 4, including a cake and a resolution in her honor. Galvani is, you guessed it, Framingham's oldest resident.