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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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Jasiel Correia II, 26, Fall River's mayor, recently made a series of apparently off-the-cuff statements at a press conference following his indictment on federal fraud charges in connection with a software business he founded. The Fall River Herald News picks apart his comments in a staff report.
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Homeschooling parents in Worcester say they have been threatened with truancy reports and been asked for unnecessary documentation this year, prompting an apology from a school committee member. Some say they haven't gotten approval for educational progress plans months after they submitted them to school officials. At the
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The 1638 home of Salem Witch Trials victim John Proctor in Peabody is for sale, and the local historical society it hoping to buy it. Proctor was one of the few men hanged for witchcraft. He was later used by playwright Arthur Miller in his play The Crucible.
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A retired professor who offered University of Southern Maine students one academic credit for going to Washington D.C. to protest against then-U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has been barred from teaching in the state's university system. Susan Feiner, who retired in September 2018 after 21
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Some 8,600 natural gas customers in Lawrence, North Andover, and Andover still don't have service, which means they don't have heat — even as temperatures are expected to plummet below freezing Wednesday night. State officials are encouraging residents to seek shelter elsewhere.
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Advocates on either side of the gender-identity-law referendum clashed over whether the current law requires a female spa worker to provide a bikini wax for a biological male who identifies as a woman. The Milton beauty parlor case, first reported by New Boston Post, provided one of several flashpoints during
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Elizabeth Warren's much-trumpeted DNA test purporting to show American Indian ancestry shows that she may have some — but possibly less than the average European-American has. According to a study reported by The New York Times in December 2014, European-Americans have an average of 0.18 percent American Indian
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A Republican and Democrat running for an open state representative seat in Vermont debated issues at a community forum for about 40 minutes and then ended by singing a song together. Zac Mayo, a Republican, played guitar while Lucy Rogers, a Democrat, played cello while both sang a mournful dirge