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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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Boston at-large city councilor Michael Flaherty will not seek re-election this year. The Democrat from South Boston filed paperwork on Wednesday, July 5 to remove his name from the Boston city election ballot this fall, according to WCVB.
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Several presidential candidates spent Independence Day in New Hampshire, although there were two notable exceptions. Six presidential candidates marched in the Merrimack Independence Day Parade — five Republicans and one Democrat.
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A male transgender runner set a girls' cross country school record at Brookline High School during the 2022-2023 school year. Junior Chloe Barnes is a biological male who identifies as a transgender girl, as TB Daily News reported in January 2023 and Brookline's student newspaper, The Sag,
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A man who lives in Boston recently received a 10-year prison sentence for dealing two kilograms of cocaine, possessing nearly one kilogram of heroin, and an illegal firearm. Carlos Acosta Estrella, 33, received 10 years in prison from U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin on Thursday, June 29;
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A woman punched a bear in the face in Porter, Maine recently, and it did not go well for her. The 64-year-old woman punched a bear that was chasing her dog this past weekend — and the bear was not happy about it. The bear responded by biting her right hand,
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The Healey administration wants to update the Massachusetts health framework guidelines, including sex education — and it wants the public's input. The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education unanimously approved a framework for health and physical education in the state's public schools on Tuesday, June 27,
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Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is no fan of affirmative action. The Republican U.S. senator from Utah voiced his support for the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to ban racial preference in college admissions; he also slammed President Joe Biden for claiming the Supreme Court is not
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A federal court in Boston sentenced a Honduran man on Wednesday, June 28 for repeated illegal reentry. U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs sentenced Blas Antonio Celaya-Padilla, 41, who lives in Chelsea, to 45 months in prison, the office of Acting United States Attorney for the District of