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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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Gun owners who oppose a firearms law enacted in Massachusetts last month hope to persuade the state's voters to repeal it in November 2026. Jim Wallace, executive director of Gun Owners' Action League, said his organization has filed a petition seeking a referendum on the law, which
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Governor Maura Healey's administration plans to send some of the families in state-funded emergency shelters on airplanes out of Massachusetts, State House News Service reported Thursday, a day before the first evictions are planned. "The administration has notified 57 families, who arrived prior to Aug. 1, that
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Cardinal Sean O'Malley said he plans to spend time in the Archdiocese of Boston after he leaves as archbishop this fall. O'Malley, 80, is retiring. His replacement, Bishop Richard Henning, bishop of Providence, is scheduled to be installed as the new archbishop of Boston on Thursday,
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Pope Francis's surprising pick to be the next archbishop of Boston is Bishop Richard Henning, the current bishop of Providence. An installation Mass is scheduled for Thursday, October 31 at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in the South End of Boston.
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says she's not sure whether she'll support or oppose a ballot question seeking to end a requirement that students pass the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test in order to graduate from high school. "I have not yet sat down all the
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A Lynn man who successfully fought video evidence from a warrant-less camera pole mounted outside his home by police has been sentenced to 44 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing opioids. Nelson Mora, 31, is described by federal prosecutors as "a mid-level distributor of pharmaceutical grade
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The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is looking for a planning and engineering firm to help develop a plan to possibly expand ferry service to Gloucester, Salem, Lynn, Winthrop, and Quincy along with three neighborhoods of Boston – East Boston, South Boston, and the North End. State officials say they see ferries
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A Connecticut city councilor pulled over for speeding repeatedly refused to give a police officer his driver's license and at one point asked the cop if he knew who he was dealing with. "Do you know who I am? I'm an elected official, and I