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Banned at Post Offices: Photos of President and Vice President, ‘Merry Christmas,’ “Happy Hanukkah’ …

Matthew McDonald

The post office in Portsmouth, New Hampshire for years had photos of the president and vice president, but a local man noticed that the post office didn't put up photos of President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. Finally, the post office did — but it turns out the U.S. Postal Service has a national policy against the practice, and also bans displays saying "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Hanukkah" and anything else with a religious theme.

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Average Public School District Teachers’ Salaries in Massachusetts

Matthew McDonald

MassLive has a database of average schoolteachers salaries for public school districts in Massachusetts — Carlisle tops the list, at a little more than $100,000. The database provides information about school districts, not individual teachers.

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