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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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U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren praised fellow Senator Kamala Harris on Tuesday after Harris got the expected nod from presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden to be his running mate. "She'll be a great partner to Joe Biden in making our government a powerful force for good in
Culture
On November 28, 2018, an agri-business lawyer and former Republican political candidate named Brian Buescher appeared for a hearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee concerning his nomination by President Donald Trump to become a federal judge. U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-California) didn't show up that
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The vast majority of Massachusetts cities and towns have fewer than five confirmed cases of coronavirus, state officials said Tuesday. Two hundred forty-three of the 351 cities and towns have fewer than five cases. Another 75 have fewer than 4 cases per 100,000, a benchmark used nationally to measure
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A homosexuality-affirming political action committee is continuing its support for Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse after allegations that he used his contacts with College Democrats at two western Massachusetts colleges to pursue sexual hookups with undergraduates. University of Massachusetts Amherst officials say they are investigating the allegations, brought to light late
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A Manchester-By-the-Sea resident recalled the first dropping of an atomic bomb as a time of joy for his occupied homeland. As a boy the man lived in a Japanese internment camp in Indonesia, which was then a colony of the Netherlands known as the Dutch East Indies. Japan invaded the
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A rolling rally in support of police drew dozens of people to two towns in western Massachusetts. Supporters held signs and flags during the Back the Blue event began in the town of Hampden (population abut 5,100) and ended in Wilbraham (population about 15,000), both east of Springfield.
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An ice cream shop owner is offering a free ice cream cone to boys who were photographed outside the shop and then Facebooked for not wearing masks and not maintaining enough social distancing to satisfy a socially concerned citizen. "Please stop with the mask drama," wrote Arielle Wolfe,
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U.S. Senator Ed Markey said prison officials in the United States tend to put prisoners in solitary confinement who are black, Latino, homosexual, disabled, or illegal immigrants because of those characteristics. Markey made the comment during an online forum Tuesday, August 4 organized by people who were formerly incarcerated.