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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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Former Boston Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez has signed a contract to play professional baseball in Australia, at age 48. Ramirez, who played left field for the World Series-winning Red Sox teams of 2004 and 2007 and was the dominant right-handed hitter in the major leagues, signed a one-year deal
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The Maine Supreme Judicial Court may decide whether a referendum seeking to end ranked choice voting in the state makes the ballot in November – and therefore may help decide whether President Donald Trump wins a single electoral vote in Maine in November. A trial court judge on Monday, August 24
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The town of Brookline plans to start requiring that people medically exempted from wearing a face mask wear a plastic face shield instead – even though the town has a relatively low rate of coronavirus cases. State guidelines already require that people who go into stores or use public transportation wear
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The Catholic priest who endorsed Joe Biden and said he believes in "a woman's right to choose" now says he opposes legal abortion. Monsignor Paul Garrity, the pastor of two churches in Lexington, posted a statement on his Facebook page late Thursday night saying he is
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A Roman Catholic pastor in Lexington, Massachusetts has endorsed Joe Biden's campaign for president and appeared to endorse keeping abortion legal. Monsignor Paul Garrity, pastor of two parishes combined in a collaborative known as Lexington Catholic Community, published the comments online earlier this week.
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The state government is planning to spend $2 million on an ad campaign designed to encourage Massachusetts residents to shop at locally owned businesses. Businesses in Massachusetts have taken a hit since the coronavirus shutdowns. Some businesses were shut down for months during the height of the restrictions, and many
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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker suggested that some of his friends think of him as the state's tax collector. Baker appeared at a bicycle shop in Belmont to tout the state's upcoming sales-tax-free weekend, the two days of the year when the state doesn't charge
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A candidate for the Massachusetts Fourth Congressional District is touring her decision to spend $10,000 on print newspaper ads Natalia Linos, one of eight Democrats vying to replace U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-Newton), connected the ad buy to trying to help ailing print newspapers.