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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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Jeff Jacobs wrote a column in The Hartford Courant this past December arguing that the Darien High School football team didn't deserve to win the state championship because a group of players went to rival New Canaan looking for trouble and beat on some kids there. There of
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The Framingham City Council considered and then shot down a proposal by a middle school student to change the names of streets in Framingham that have the word "Indian" in them. The student told the city council that the names of Indian Head Road and Indian Head Heights,
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A 61-year-old biological male now living as a woman is running for the Democratic nomination for governor in Vermont. Expanding communications infrastructure to rural Vermont and dealing with looming hate groups are among the priorities of Christine Hallquist, who says being on both sides of the gender divide offers perspective.
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The mass shooting in Florida and an apparent near-miss in Fair Haven, Vermont last week has some Vermont legislators considering new gun laws. "We've put guns on the agenda for leadership meetings, caucuses, our meetings with the governor's staff and Senate leadership," Vermont House
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Jimmy Carter was a better president than Calvin Coolidge. George H.W. Bush was a better president than William McKinley.
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The world-famous evangelist famous for counseling presidents and leading mega-rallies for the Gospel, retired to his North Carolina mountain home in 2005. "He was so real, he made Christianity come true," said Susan Harding, an anthropologist at the University of California-Santa Cruz, according to USA Today. "He
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Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut will charge students $71,660 in tuition, room and board, and fees for the 2018-2019 school year. The liberal arts college has 2,300 students.
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Exercise helps decrease the chance of dying before life expectancy, but not as much as drinking two glasses a day of beer or wine, says a study of nonagenarians. Being a little overweight doesn't hurt, either — it's a lot better than being underweight, according to a