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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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The web site of The Portsmouth Herald in New Hampshire has posted an online poll asking readers if the Confederate flag should be banned in the United States. The battle flag of the Confederate States of America, long a symbol of the South, has been banned recently by branches of
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Arlington selectmen have declared June "LGBTQIA Pride Month" and have authorized eight rainbow banners to be erected on street poles in the town. The Arlington LGBTQIA+ Rainbow Commission, a town board, sponsored the proclamation and banners.
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U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III has joined the growing movement on the Left to try to get a National Football League team to give Colin Kaepernick a roster spot — specifically, the New England Patriots. "The NFL should apologize to Colin Kaepernick and the Patriots should sign him,
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A statue of Christopher Columbus that was beheaded around midnight Tuesday will be taken down and put into storage and possibly never brought back, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said Wednesday. The large white statue is a focal point of Christopher Columbus Park on the waterfront of the North End, the
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Police in Boston got more than 2,300 percent more calls complaining about fireworks in May 2020 than they got in May 2019. The police department fielded 656 calls last month, as opposed to 27 in May 2019 – an increase of 2,330 percent.
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U.S. Senator Ed Markey said he doesn't support term limits during a debate Monday night. Markey served 18 full terms in a row in the U.S. House of Representatives, plus part of a term immediately before that, plus part of an additional term before he was
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The Boston Police Department did not call every available police officer to deal with the protest and subsequent rioting on Sunday, May 31, the city's mayor told The Boston Globe. It's an about-face from what Mayor Marty Walsh said during a press conference Thursday, June 5.
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U.S. Senator Ed Markey and his challenger, U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III, are planning to debate in Providence, Rhode Island. The third debate between the two Democratic contenders for the September 1 primary in Massachusetts is sponsored by WPRI-TV Channel 12 in Providence, which plans to host