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1,200-Pound Pumpkin Dropped From 100 Feet High in Tewksbury
The owner of a bowling alley in Tewksbury fulfilled a longtime dream by dropping a 1,207-pound pumpkin from a crane…
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Northampton Mayor To Be First Legal Recreational Marijuana Buyer in Massachusetts
The mayor of the western Massachusetts city of Northampton plans to be the first person in the state to buy marijuana legally…
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Boston Students To Hold Walkout, ‘Die-In’ Over Guns, School Closings
Gun violence and the closing of two public schools are being combined into one protest by students in Boston's public…
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Plastic Bags Ban Wins, Then Loses, Then …?
A recount in the city of Waterville, Maine shows that a proposed ban on thin-film plastic bags at retail stores failed…
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Mayor: Amazon’s Loss Will Be Revere’s Gain
Suffolk Downs, a former racetrack on the Revere-East Boston line, was one possible landing place for Amazon's second headquarters,…
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82-Year-Old Waitress Retiring
Barbara Gouin, who has waited tables at Angie's Food & Diner in Newburyport for 25 years, is retiring after this…
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Mount Washington Posts Second-Earliest Below-Zero-High Day
Mount Washington, the tallest mountain in New England and known for extreme weather, never got higher than -4 degrees Fahrenheit on Wednesday,…
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Female Dartmouth College Psychology Students Seek $70 Million for Sexual Harassment, Sex Discrimination
Seven female students are asking a federal court to award them $70 million from Dartmouth College for harassment and unwanted sexual aggression…
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Stocking Tourniquets At Cape Cod Beaches May Be In Order To Help Shark Attack Victims
Allowing enough seal hunting to reduce the draw of great white sharks to Cape Cod isn't likely because animal rights…
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Democrat Declared Winner in Maine U.S. House Race Because of Ranked-Choice Voting
Jared Golden lost the election for Congress in Maine on first-choice votes on election night but won it on second-choice…
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Elephant Who Went Missing From Animal Sanctuary Knew Electric Fence Wasn’t On
A 44-year-old elephant once burned by napalm in Vietnam wandered away from an animal sanctuary in upstate New York after…
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Liberal Wayland Overwhelmingly Supports Banning Recreational Marijuana – In Town
Town Meeting voters in Wayland voted 531-194 to ban selling recreational marijuana in the town on Tuesday night. If voters at…
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New Hampshire Teen-Ager’s Body Identified; Went Missing in 1984
A 17-year-old who walked away from a youth detention center in New Hampshire in 1984 and was never seen again…
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Lion’s Share of Teachers’ Union Dues Don’t Stay With Local Unions,Pioneer Study Says
Less than 16 percent of teachers' union dues in several school districts in Massachusetts stays with the teachers' local union,…
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Indicted Fall River Mayor May Be Facing Recall Election
Fall River residents who want to oust indicted Mayor Jasiel Correia II say they have more than enough signatures to force a…
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Robert Royal: Strange Last-Minute Gambit By Pope Stopping American Bishops Shows He’s Part of the Problem
Catholic Church commentator Robert Royal says that Pope Francis's recent request that U.S. Catholic bishops meeting in Baltimore this…
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Connecticut Catholic Bishops Call for Parental Notification for Abortions
Connecticut is one of a small number of states in the country that don't require parents of minor girls seeking…
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Maine’s Republican Congressman Sues To Stop Ranked-Choice Vote Counting
U.S. Representative Bruce Poliquin, New England's lone Republican member of Congress, is asking a federal court to stop the…
