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The list is nearly official. The Secretary of the Commonwealth's office has a general idea of who will be running for public office at the state and federal level in Massachusetts this year.
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President Donald Trump will be making a trip to New England this week. On Friday, June 5, Trump is expected to make a visit to Guilford, Maine to tour Puritan Medical Products. It is one of only two major suppliers worldwide that produces coronavirus test swabs, as Seacoast Online reports.
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President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are the only two major candidates left in the 2020 presidential election, but Rhode Island held its primary election on Tuesday anyways. As WPRI-TV Channel 12 reports, the two presumptive nominees won the state overwhelmingly, but Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders still
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Due to the coronavirus emergency, bottle and can redemption centers in Massachusetts were not required to accept bottles and cans starting on March 18. However, that is about to change. Starting Friday, June 5, businesses with reverse vending machines for bottles and cans will be required to be operational, according
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Two Republicans lost their respective races for seats in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, including one seat previously held by the GOP. For Democrats, the flip occurred in the Third Bristol District, which is mostly in Taunton. Republican Shaunna O'Connell previously held the seat, but she was elected
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There will not be a fair in Marshfield this year, but the town hopes to put a drive-in theater on the fairgrounds to make use of the land this summer. The Marshfield Board of Selectmen unanimously approved a plan to allow the fairgrounds to be used as a drive-in theater
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The rankings are in, and Maine tops the list. According to a study conducted by WalletHub, Maine is the safest state in the United States. Each of the New England states is in the top 10 in the rankings. Vermont came in second behind Maine. Then, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut,
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Vice President Mike Pence shook up his staff last week, and the moves included making one Sandwich High graduate his press secretary. As The Cape Cod Times reports, Devin O'Malley, who graduated from Sandwich High School in 2004, is Pence's new press secretary.