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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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On Wednesday, April 29, Vermont publicized its total number of confirmed coronavirus cases, as it does every day. This time however, was different, as VTDigger reports.
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When it comes to coronavirus, deaths for people in the 0-19 age range in Massachusetts are non-existent. Citing data from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Townhall reported that the average age of death for coronavirus patients in the Bay State is 82.
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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker said he doesn't plan to allow areas of the state less hard hit by coronavirus to reopen for business before the rest of the state. A reporter asked Baker about that possibility during his coronavirus press conference Tuesday, April 28. The reporter noted that
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Bourne lawyer Jay McMahon, who is running for the Massachusetts Senate in the Plymouth & Barnstable district as a Republican, is calling for reopening golf courses. McMahon said he thinks the courses could open safely and not pose a threat to spread coronavirus.
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Cape Cod musicians have put together a seven-minute video paying homage to the 1957 Patti Page song "Old Cape Cod." Called Love Notes From Cape Cod, the video features singers and instrumentalists performing portions of the song, many while practicing social distancing.
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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker defended his order closing churches and offered support today for Worcester city officials who have ordered a pastor there not to have another regular church service open to the public. But Baker did not issue any threats against the pastor for violating his executive order and
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Social distancing has had a positive impact on Connecticut, according to a recent report. Data Haven, a data analytics firm based in New Haven, projects that the Nutmeg State has saved 10,000 lives already with the precautions it has in place and will likely end up saving around 6,
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A military wing of the Vermont Air National Guard flew five times as many flights from its base in South Burlington late March and early April as it did the previous weeks. During early and mid-March the number of flights fluctuated between six and eight a week, but that number