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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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State and local authorities have agreed not to try to punish a Worcester pastor for a public church service he is planning to have this weekend while the governor's aides work out how churches will be affected by the first phase of re-opening next week. Supporters of re-opening
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For the fifth weekend in a row United Cape Patriots are planning to have a standout to support the Re-Open Cape Cod campaign. Participants also plan to stump for Jay McMahon, a Republican lawyer who is running for an open Massachusetts Senate seat in the special election scheduled for Tuesday,
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In Rhode Island, restaurants will be able to reopen as early as Monday, May 18 with outdoor dining. According to the Block Island Times, indoor dining in the state will likely be authorized on Monday, June 1, but it is unclear when travel restrictions to and from Block Island will
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The unemployment rate in Massachusetts is high as a result of the coronavirus emergency, but it is worst on Cape Cod and in Berkshire County, according to analysis from the Pioneer Institute. Barnstable County which encompasses all of Cape Cod, reportedly has the highest unemployment in the state at 28
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In Vermont, anyone who wants to get a coronavirus test will be able to have that opportunity — even if they do not have any symptoms. As NBC 5 Burlington reports, Vermont will begin opening up pop-up clinics across the state. The measure will take place in hopes of preventing the
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Leaders of a movement seeking to re-open churches in Massachusetts say they're disappointed they weren't invited to a meeting with the state board deciding which entities the governor will authorize to resume activities. Instead, religious leaders less eager to re-open out of concern for coronavirus participated
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Boston-area Catholics frustrated with the lack of Mass and confession are planning to gather outside the cathedral this weekend to call upon Cardinal Sean O'Malley to re-open the churches. Organizers are inviting all Catholics in the Archdiocese of Boston to come for what an organizer describes as "
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For Connecticut residents, a commute to New York City could soon be obsolete, the state's governor says. Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, a Democrat, said that CEOs of large companies have been telling him that they could cut their costs by as much as 30 percent if they capitalized