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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 Ed Markey is calling for ending life without parole prison sentences. Markey took a question during an online forum Tuesday night from a woman who lost her daughter to violence while she was herself in prison. The woman said she doesn't believe in life without
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U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III displayed a Boston Bruins pennant on the wall behind him during an online forum Tuesday night. Kennedy is running for U.S. Senate against incumbent Ed Markey in the September 1 Democratic primary. He appeared Tuesday, August 4 in a Zoom forum that
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U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III wants to end life without parole prison sentences and legalize prostitution. Kennedy, who is challenging U.S. Senator Ed Markey in the Democratic primary September 1, appeared in an online forum featuring formerly incarcerated people as questioners Tuesday night.
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Police and firefighters are investigating what they suspect was an intentional fire that damaged the entrance of a Catholic church in Weymouth. Someone apparently set off two Molotov cocktails at the entrance, damaging the front doors of the church, breaking glass, and causing smoke damage inside, the pastor, Father Sean
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Several hundred graduates of King Philip Regional High School in Wrentham have reacted against changing the school's nickname from Warriors. A school committee agenda item caught the eye of an alumna, who posted a poll on a Facebook page of King Philip alumni on Thursday, July 30.
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A couple who got engaged in October 2019 but later found they couldn't have the wedding they planned because of coronavirus opted for a simpler venue this week. They got married in a cemetery.
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A 150-pound St. Bernard who had hurt his paws climbing Mount Washington with his owners was rescued by volunteers earlier this week. St. Bernards are famous for rescuing travelers in the Alps, but this one needed help.
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Supporters of Ranked Choice Voting in Massachusetts have announced honorary campaign co-chairmen that include two former governors, a former lieutenant governor, a former U.S. Treasury secretary, a sports team owner, the current president of the Boston branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and a