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Maura Healey Says Her Mother Goes To Daily Mass
Maura Healey referred to her mother's church-going habits while answering a question about abortion Wednesday night. Healey, the Democratic…
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Maura Healey Avoids Calling Her Environmental Proposals ‘Green New Deal’
Maura Healey refused to ally herself with the Green New Deal during a debate Wednesday night. Healey, the Democratic nominee for governor…
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‘Doubt Is A Critical Part of Faith,’ Says Connecticut’s First Openly Homosexual Episcopalian Bishop-To-Be
A Brookline rector in a same-sex civil marriage is set to become the Episcopal Church's new bishop of Connecticut…
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UMass Medical School Wants Name of Plantation Street In Worcester Changed
The state's public medical school is asking the Worcester City Council to change the name of three public streets near…
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Vermont Legislators Abandon Vaccination-and-Testing Policy At State House
Vermont state legislators have given up on a policy that recommended proof of vaccination or screening for coronavirus before entering the Vermont…
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Westford Residents Celebrating Columbus Day This Weekend, Hoping To Save Holiday In Their Town
Columbus Day supporters in Westford are planning a community celebration of the holiday on Monday, in anticipation of a town vote on…
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Harvard Law School Students Stage Walk-Out of Pro-Life Panel Discussion
About 75 students at Harvard Law School staged a walk-out of a pro-life panel discussion a few minutes after it…
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Would A Charter School Help Black Kids In Cambridge? Former Mayor Likes The Idea
A charter school model for black kids in Harlem interests some Cambridge city officials as a means of lessening achievement gaps and…
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Maura Healey Supporting Millionaires’ Tax In Massachusetts
Democratic nominee for governor Maura Healey expressed support for a ballot question seeking to increase the state tax rate on incomes of…
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Protesters Stage ‘Die-In’ Near Part-Time Power Plant Under Construction In Peabody
About 30 environmental protesters held a "die-in" near a power plant under construction in Peabody earlier this week, claiming…
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Make School Day Longer? Billerica Parents Not Happy With Idea
A proposal to lengthen the school day by a half-hour isn't going over well with some Billerica parents. A…
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How To Make A Tattoo In Prison
Prison inmates take the motors out of electric typewriters and electric pencil sharpeners to help make tattoos, an inmate told a Massachusetts…
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Criminal Background Checks For Pro-Lifers At Crisis Pregnancy Centers? Somerville To Talk About It
A Somerville city councilor is calling for city officials to study the feasibility of requiring criminal background checks and sex offender checks…
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Seal Trapped In Pond Busts Out, Flops To Police Station
A seal that got itself trapped in a small pond in Beverly flopped its way to the city's police station…
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Kindergarten Sex Education Tweet Has Leominster School Committee Member Wondering About Membership In Massachusetts Association of School Committees
A tweet suggesting possible support for teaching sex education in kindergarten has a Leominster School Committee member wondering whether his school district…
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Double Homicide Clouds Life Insurance Policy Payout
A double homicide in Middleborough in December 2020 has clouded the payout of a life insurance policy, partly because it's…
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Six Mistakes Ron DeSantis’s Martha’s Vineyard Resettlement Critics Are Making
On Wednesday, about 50 migrants from Venezuela arrived at Martha's Vineyard Airport from Texas (via a brief stop in Florida)…
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Several Massachusetts Crisis Pregnancy Centers Call On Maura Healey To Stop Targeting Them and Start Protecting Them
A coalition of crisis pregnancy centers in Massachusetts is calling on the state's attorney general to take action to protect…
