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Wounded Deer Gives Maine Hunter The Slip, Several Times
A hunter on an island in Maine who had sought a big eight-point buck for four years finally got a clean…
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Fifth Massachusetts State Trooper Pleads Guilty in Overtime Scandal
A fifth former Massachusetts state trooper has pleaded guilty to putting in for overtime pay for shifts he didn't work.…
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Mashpee Zoning Board Says No To Resident’s Helicopter
A Mashpee man who has been flying his helicopter to and from his home on Ockway Bay since 2007 can't…
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Hampshire College: Social Justice Professor Was Sexual Harasser
A late law professor at Hampshire College who taught social justice likely sexually harassed multiple females, college officials said. In response the…
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Judge To DAs: Fork Over Records
A judge has ordered the district attorneys of Worcester County, Plymouth County, and the Cape and Islands to turn over records concerning…
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New Hampshire City Enforcing Anti-Airbnb Policy
The planning department of Laconia, New Hampshire is enforcing a city policy prohibiting short-term rentals if neighbors complain. The city council…
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Renewable Electricity Sources By 2030, New Hampshire Climate Change Activists Say
Climate change activists want the city of Keene, New Hampshire to use only renewable sources of electricity like wind, sun, and water…
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Geoff Diehl Among Three Possible Candidates To Be New Chairman of Massachusetts GOP
Kirsten Hughes is leaving as chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party after a near-wipeout election earlier this month. Recent GOP U.…
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Massachusetts Insurance Company Offers Insurance Against Cyberbullying, Damage from Cyber Attacks
Arbella Insurance Group is now offering insurance against online abuse and harassment. The company, headquartered in Quincy, is the first in Massachusetts…
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U.S. Secretary of Labor Gave Billionaire 13 Months for 80 Sex Crimes With Underage Girls
Hedge fund billionaire Jeffrey Epstein committed sex crimes against about 80 underage girls in Florida, but the U.S. attorney at the…
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Massachusetts Fallen Heroes Co-Founder Killed in Afghanistan
A 39-year-old U.S. Army father of three who was a Boston native was killed in Afghanistan this week. Sergeant…
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Two New England Members of Congress Backing ‘Green New Deal’
U.S. Representative-elect Ayanna Pressley (D-Dorchester) and Maine U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree are among 15 House Democrats supporting a…
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‘First Queer’ Maine Mayor Surprised City Councilors Upset At Being Accused of ‘Sexism, Ageism and Bigotry’
The city council of Belfast, Maine has voted not to allow the mayor to speak on behalf of the council after she…
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School Officials Confident Political Bias Won’t Bleed Into New School Civics Requirement
When Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed a bill earlier this month requiring that civics be taught in public schools, it was only…
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Harvard Doing Nothing To Cure ‘Toxic Space’ for Homosexual and Transgender Graduate Students, Activists Say
Harvard University offers no paid staff to assist and advise graduate students who are homosexual, bisexual, or transgender and also doesn'…
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Why You Don’t See Flagmen in Massachusetts
Massachusetts drivers rarely see civilian flagmen to direct traffic at road construction projects because state law ensures that they're not…
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Venerable Fall River Shrine Closes
St. Anne's Shrine, a spectacular double-spired granite church in Fall River built by French-Canadians in the 1890s and…
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Suicide Rate Among Correctional Officers Six Times the Average
Fourteen employees of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections killed themselves between 2010 and 2016, according to state officials – a suicide rate about…
