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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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An Edgartown man was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to robbing a bank in Falmouth last spring. Petar Petyoshin, 40, zip-tied both bank employees and customers, brandished a firearm, and placed a fake bomb on the counter before making a getaway in a bank
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The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources' Division of Animal Health announced via a press release this week the detection of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Essex County. The state agency said it took necessary action to depopulate and dispose of a non-commercial, mixed-species backyard flock of non-poultry birds in
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Late-night talk show host and liberal comedian Bill Maher had a message for New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu recently: stop pretending there's a competitive Republican presidential primary. Sununu appeared on Real Time, a show hosted by Maher on HBO, this past weekend.
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If betting on high school sports were legal, then it would make sense to bet on the male competing on the girls' side of the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 state championship meet next weekend. That's not a hunch. Going into the Division 2 state
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Union membership took a slight dip in Massachusetts last year. Union members accounted for 12.6 percent of wage and salary workers in the Bay State in 2023 — a 0.1 percent drop from 12.7 percent in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Young black Massachusetts residents are far more likely to be arrested than other groups, according to a new study from Columbia University. The study, published February 1, 2024, notes that despite amounting to just 8 percent of the population under 21 in Massachusetts, black Bay Staters in that age range
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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