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Candles Now Illegal In Cambridge

Matthew McDonald

The fire department of the city of Cambridge has declared that candles are illegal unless approved by the city's Fire Prevention Bureau, according to Cambridge Day.

UpperWest, a wine bar in North Cambridge near the Somerville line, uses candles as mood lighting, but has been called before the city's License Commission for discipline, according to Cambridge Day.

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Faculty Member Organizes Pro-Transgender Walkout By Students at Public School on Election Day

Matthew McDonald

A high school chorus director organized a walkout of 93 students at a western Massachusetts high school on Tuesday morning – Election Day – to support transgender people.

A ballot question in Massachusetts, Question 3, asks voters whether they want to keep or end a state statute that allows transgender people access to public bathrooms and locker rooms meant for the biological sex they identify with, even if it doesn't correspond to their biological sex.

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