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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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Homophobia and partisanship are leading Republican state senators to oppose a nominee for chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, Governor Dannel P. Malloy said. But Republicans say it's policy driving their opposition to the nomination.
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A hawk attacked a woman in her yard in Fairfield, Connecticut, and authorities are warning residents to beware in certain areas of the town. Residents reported attacks in 2016 and 2017, as well, according to the Connecticut Post.
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Some high-spending school districts in New Hampshire are getting relatively high test scores among students — but some aren't. And some relatively low-spending school districts are getting results similar to what some of the high-achieving high-spending school districts are getting.
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A woman fended off a 35-year-old knife-wielding man who invaded her home by hitting him in the face with a letter opener, police said. The man broke into the home in Sunderland, about 25 miles north of Springfield, Massachusetts, shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday while the woman and her
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Patients at Concord Hospital in New Hampshire are now getting their height and weight reported in metric units as opposed to English measurements widely used in the United States. Height is being recorded in meters instead of feet and inches, while weight is being recorded in kilograms instead of pounds.
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The lawsuit seeks the dismissal of hundreds of speeding tickets issued to drivers in school zones in Providence, Rhode Island that were generated by a camera. The lawsuit claims the speed cameras and the process used to pursue speeding violation fines violate the Rhode Island statute that allows traffic enforcement
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The owner says no marijuana is currently inside two storage containers sitting outside the former Chandler's Ice Cream stand on Route 114 in Peabody. But that's what they're for, according to The Salem News.
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The Vermont House of Representatives has approved gun control legislation in what has been one of the most gun-friendly states in the nation. The legislation would raise the minimum age to purchase firearms to 21, require universal background checks for purchases, ban bump-fire stocks, and ban magazines that hold more