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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 northern Maine local official has been invited to address the convention of the National Rifle Association this summer because the town council he serves on declared the town a Second Amendment sanctuary. Bob Kilcollins, who owns a gun shop in town, earlier this year presented the resolution to the
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While once parents of schoolchildren needed to be informed before books dealing with homosexual and transgender themes were introduced into a classroom, that's no longer the case, a homosexuality advocate said. Eileen Dugas, a former early education teacher and current coordinator of South Coast LGBTQ Network, recently described
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A short road running through the campus of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod has been renamed because its namesake fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War and supported slavery. Maury Lane is now officially called Marie Tharp Lane. The school has erected a temporary sign and plans
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Gordon College can't claim a ministerial exception to shield the school from an anti-discrimination lawsuit brought by a former professor of social work, the state's highest court has ruled. The case may end up at the U.S. Supreme Court, since it touches on unresolved matters
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Malcolm X's adolescent home in Roxbury has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The Massachusetts Secretary of State, William Galvin, made the announcement of the designation, The Salem News reported Thursday, March 4.
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Organizers of the city of Holyoke's typically annual St. Patrick's Day Parade gathered to raise the flag of the Republic of Ireland at a memorial to President John F. Kennedy on Saturday. "In years past," reports MassLive.com, "the ceremony would have meant
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A Democratic candidate for Massachusetts state representative under fire for expressing occasional right-of-center views says left-wing intolerance is hurting the Democratic Party and many of the people the party has traditionally served. Jeff Turco, locked in a spirited four-way race for the Democratic nomination to succeed former Massachusetts House Speaker
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Gaudium Vitae When the sun goes down this afternoon, look out your window, in the direction of Beacon Hill, and you may well see a slight yet undeniable glow coming from the State House. Last month, the previous legislative session ended with passage of the ROE Act abortion expansion bill.