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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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Massachusetts state officials are allowing pharmacists to dispense contraceptive pills and contraceptive patches without a doctor's prescription, effective immediately. The devices, which are designed to keep a woman from getting pregnant after sexual intercourse, were described as "necessary reproductive health care" by the state's
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Harvard University's new president on Tuesday condemned Hamas for invading Israel – three days after the attack occurred, and only after pressure from prominent alumni. More than 1,200 Israelis have been killed since Hamas launched an attack that included more than 3,000 rockets and an armed invasion
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The principal of the public high school in Exeter, New Hampshire is holding firm on a ban on school dances despite an online petition seeking to bring them back. James Tremblay, the principal of Exeter High School, banned school dances in December 2015 because "hundreds of kids" engaged
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Responding to complaints from state and local officials about the recent influx of migrants, U.S Representative Jake Auchincloss (D-Newton) said he is encouraging the Biden administration to send an "assessment team" to Massachusetts to see the effects migrants are having. "I share your deep frustration with
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Homosexuality advocates are raising money to open what they are calling Boston LGBTQ Museum of Art, History and Culture. "It is telling the history of the movement from the 1800s all the way to today, everything that has happened — marriage equality, for instance," said museum founder Jean Dolin
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A bill that would ban certain types of rifles, pistols, and shotguns still has not been referred to a specific committee of the Massachusetts Legislature, 100 days after it was filed. The high-profile bill, filed June 26 by state Representative Michael Seamus Day (D-Stoneham), has divided the leadership of the
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A candidate for public office in Stonington, Connecticut is drawing fire for anti-police social media postings three years ago, including two that used an acronym that stands for "All Cops Are Bastards." Farrah Garland, a Democratic candidate for the town's Board of Finance, posted the messages
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The town of Bourne's board of health is planning to enforce a town regulation limiting motel stays to three weeks in order to try to limit the number of migrants in town. Fifty-five children from migrant families were in Bourne public schools as of earlier this month, town