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Brockton Cans Christmas Lights Contest

Matthew McDonald

Brockton's Planning Department held its first Christmas lights contest last year, with winners receiving for cash prizes. But staff members decided they are too busy this year.

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Hartford Courant: UConn Speech-Snatcher ‘Took Her Tactics Out of the Fascist Playbook’

Matthew McDonald

From The Hartford Courant's editorial on Catherine Gregory, who took speech notes from Lucian Wintrich on November 28 at the University of Connecticut:  "If convicted, she ought to be sentenced to study history. It shows that censorship doesn't win converts to a cause. It often wins sympathy for the censored."

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