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Top Five Crayon Colors Crayola Should Have Tossed
Crayola announced it's getting rid of Dandelion from its box of 24 crayons. This is an outrage, on so many levels.
Matt McDonald
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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Maybe It’s Time To Get Rid of Football, School Official Says
A member of the school board of Nashua, New Hampshire said the city's high school should consider getting rid of football and replacing it with flag football or touch football. Howard Coffman, a school board member, made the comments in he context of a $1.3 million settlement
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John Kasich Goes Ethereal in Self-Requested Meeting With Liberal New Hampshire Newspaper Editorial Board
A poll released Monday night shows Ohio Governor John Kasich down just six points to President Donald Trump in a theoretical New Hampshire Republican primary in 2020. But the Ohio governor, who made a speech in New Hampshire on Tuesday widely seen as testing the waters, wouldn't commit
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Mayor Claims Prospective New Charter School’s Purported Ties To Turkish Cleric Are Troubling
The mayor of West Springfield, Massachusetts doesn't like the prospect of a new charter school opening in his city because of the challenge it presents to public schools there. But he says he also finds possible ties to a Turkish cleric who has been accused by the Turkish
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Hand-Picked Congressional Candidate Seriously Considered Run in Two Other States
Maura Sullivan is the Democratic candidate big money is supporting in the open First Congressional District in New Hampshire. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is supporting her, as is EMILY's List, which supports pro-abortion women candidates.
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Wages on the Rise in New Hampshire
New Hampshire has the country's second lowest unemployment rate, at 2.6 percent. So employers are anxious to snag potential new employees and many are offering higher wages.
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Swan Boats Returning To Public Garden April 14
The Swan Boats are scheduled to start offering short voyages around the lagoon at Boston Public Garden on Saturday, April 14. This is the 142nd year that the Paget family will provide the wooden peddle boats in the shape of a swan.
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At 87, William Shatner Is Coming To Worcester for a Star Trek Showing and Chat
William Shatner was "professional-sounding, polite, and informative" during a telephone interview advancing an appearance in Worcester next week, according to a reporter for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. He is planning to appear Tuesday night for a screening of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, followed by