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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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United Cape Patriots sponsored a standout to Re-Open the Cape and support President Donald Trump on Sunday, organizers said. Adam Lange, the organizer of the United Cape Patriots event, said about 50 people participated. It was the seventh consecutive weekend the group gathered to stump for re-opening commercial and public
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Massachusetts state officials may announce a new policy on visitors for patients in hospitals and residents of nursing homes in about a week. Visitors aren't allowed currently because of the coronavirus emergency, but some have called for the state to start allowing visitors again.
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Conservatives are expressing dismay over a call for increasing state taxes in Massachusetts because of the coronavirus emergency. "Crises are temporary. 'Temporary' tax hikes are forever," said Chip Ford, executive director of Citizens for Limited Taxation, in a written statement.
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The founder of two Catholic colleges dedicated to providing a rigorous Catholic education has died. Peter V. Sampo died Wednesday, May 27, 2020, according to a statement from Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts in Warner, New Hampshire.
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As most churches in Massachusetts have started holding public services again, Somerville's mayor has told church leaders there to continue limiting gatherings to 10 people. Mayor Joseph Curtatone is justifying the delay on grounds of safety during the coronavirus emergency. He points out that Somerville is more densely
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United Cape Patriots is sponsoring another weekend rally to Re-Open the Cape. This standout is scheduled for 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 31 at the Bourne Rotary.
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A one-mile backup at the Sagamore Bridge on the Saturday morning of Memorial Day weekend in 2019 was nothing unusual for the traditional opening of the busy summer season on Cape Cod. But 2020? No traffic delays at all, reports The Cape Cod Times.