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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 measure passed by the Massachusetts Legislature billed as a stimulus for the state's economy has been stripped of tax cuts but still has $17,500,000 for grants to encourage abortion and contraception. It also calls for $1 million "for a public awareness campaign to educate
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A western Massachusetts woman who supports legal abortion chastised the Daily Hampshire Gazette for publishing a story about the 40 Days for Life campaign. The story, published Monday, October 24, described and quoted volunteers praying outside of abortion clinics. It also included a written statement from Planned Parenthood.
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The largest teachers union – and largest labor union – in the country has contributed $7 million to Fair Share Massachusetts, the referendum committee campaigning for a ballot question that would increase state income taxes on incomes of $1 million or more. The National Education Association has so far contributed $7 million
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The Massachusetts Teachers Association has contributed more than $10 million in cash to Fair Share Massachusetts, the referendum committee stumping for a ballot question that would increase income taxes on people who earn more than $1 million a year. The teachers union has also given more than $325,000 to
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The Spanish-speaking population has grown to the point where the city of Salem is using bilingual ballots for the first time this general election. The city clerk told The Salem News that the city's Latino Leadership Coalition helped drive response among Spanish speakers in Salem to the U.
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A prehistoric lizard that may have weighed about as much as a Doberman Pinscher or as little as a chicken is now the official dinosaur of Massachusetts. State officials celebrated the occasion Wednesday, October 19 with a ceremonial signing at the Museum of Science in Boston by the outgoing governor,
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A descendant of an accuser of a woman hanged during the Salem Witch Trials left a note on a memorial stone apologizing. "So sorry my 8th great uncle Benjamin Abbott accused you and had you hung for witchcraft – all over a property dispute!" said the note, which was
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A 96-year-old cartoonist got $100 from original New England Patriots owner Billy Sullivan for creating the Patriots logo that appeared on players' helmets from 1960 to 1992 Pat Patriot, as the fierce Minuteman ready to snap the ball from center is called, was the creation of Phil Bissell, who