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City of Weed: Brockton To Have Eight Pot Shops, Once Moratorium Ends

Matthew McDonald

The Brockton City Council hasn't ended the city's moratorium on recreational marijuana stores, but Brockton's mayor can't wait.

He has already signed 10 so-called "community host" agreements, even though the city can only have eight stores, according to the Brockton Enterprise.

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Anti-Trump Protesters Sprayed With Snow and Ice By Plow Driver, Police Say

Matthew McDonald

Falmouth police are charging a plow driver with intentionally spraying snow and ice on anti-Trump protesters.

The 31-year-old man gunned his pickup truck and crossed over the center line of the road while dropping the pickup truck's blade to spray snow, water, and ice on the protesters on Falmouth Village Green, according to the Cape Cod Times. He did it again about 10 minutes later from the right side of the road, the newspaper reports.

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