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Company Proposes Balloon System To Keep Sky Eye on Sharks

Matthew McDonald

Fifteen weather-style balloons would patrol the skies from Chatham to Provincetown on Cape Cod with video cameras searching for sharks, feeding images to a central command trailer. The company says it would help safety and science; and local and regional officials are taking a look at it.

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Town Officials Not Happy With Resident’s Derogatory Sign

Matthew McDonald

A man who lives in the central Massachusetts town of Brookfield has a sign on his property referring to a selectman as "Punk," part of a running dispute over whether the man can run a business at the property. Town officials are taking him to court to try to make him cease his business activities and remove the sign.

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