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Tom Joyce is a seasoned journalist and political commentator with a rich background in covering politics, sports, and pop culture. Since 2019, Tom has been a prominent contributor to NewBostonPost.
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Democrats have won every presidential election in New Hampshire since 2004, but President Joe Biden still plans to campaign in the Granite State this year. U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-New Hampshire) revealed that on the social media platform widely known as Twitter this week.
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In 1980, Mike Eruzione took down the Soviet Union. The Winthrop, Massachusetts native was captain of the 1980 Winter Olympics Team USA men's ice hockey team. He scored the go-ahead goal with 10 minutes left in the third period of the team's 4-3 win over the
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The Boston Red Sox plan to begin spring training this month, according to the team's web site. Pitchers and catchers are supposed to report to spring training on Wednesday, February 14. The rest of the team follows suit on Monday, February 19. The team's first spring
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A columnist for The Boston Globe recently reported a story about a woman traveling from Connecticut to Vermont to use the state's physician-assisted suicide law — except he made himself part of the story. The story notes that to take advantage of Vermont's physician-assisted suicide law, someone
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The Newton Teachers Association entered the eighth day of its illegal wildcat strike on Tuesday, but Massachusetts Republican Party chairman Amy Carnevale wants to see the teachers get back to work. Carnevale said Newton teachers are playing politics with kids' educations, which she said is wrong.
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The average price for a gallon of gas in Massachusetts has not moved over the past week, according to AAA Northeast. The price has held steady at $3.11 per gallon, which is 11 cents cheaper than it was one month ago and 32 cents cheaper than it was at
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U.S. Representative Richard Neal (D-Springfield) says he thinks President Joe Biden needs to tout his economic record during his re-election bid. Neal said the problem with Biden is his administration has not done a good enough job touting it.
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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) admitted something this week. Sanders said that he does not think the Democratic Party has used its power to do much to improve the lives of the American people — and that he understands why Republicans don't vote for them.