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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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A bill that would help adults 22 and older get a high school diploma has been referred to the Joint Committee on Education of the Massachusetts Legislature. The bill would provide funds for public agencies, non-profit organizations, or other entities to provide job training and skills toward a high school
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Lawns signs saying "Protect The 2nd Amendment" are appearing in various places in Massachusetts, expressing opposition to a bill that one opponent says could ban more than a million guns in the state. The bill is known as HD. 4420 ("An Act Modernizing Firearm Laws").
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One Worcester Red Sox player's wife had a baby, followed by another player's proposal to his girlfriend, followed by another player getting promoted to the Major Leagues – all on Monday. The WooSox, as the team is known, is the AAA minor league affiliate of the Boston
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Colleges in western Massachusetts are changing their admissions questions to try to get information they want about applicants without overtly using race to made admissions decisions, as they did before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that practice unconstitutional earlier this summer. Smith College, according to the Daily Hampshire Gazette,
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The fellow who left three lottery scratch tickets as a tip for two bartenders in New Bedford possibly didn't think one of them would win $10,000. The two women who won plan to split the winnings and also give some to the guy who gave them the
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Vice President Kamala Harris plans to attend a fund raiser in Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard this weekend. The event, titled "A Grassroots Reception," is scheduled to be held at an unstated address on Saturday, August 12, according to The Cape Cod Times.
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Seven Massachusetts State Police troopers reinstated by an arbitrator never should have been suspended for refusing to take a coronavirus vaccine in the first place, a lawyer representing them said. "Former Governor Charlie Baker had no authority to mandate the experimental COVID shots and deny religious accommodations to these
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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey isn't happy with criticism of her administration for refusing to make public certain documents showing how the state's executive branch is making public policy. Healey's administration has, in the words of State House News Service, "released some public records