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Massachusetts State Senate Candidate Supports Women Going Topless At Beaches
Should women be allowed to go topless at beaches in Massachusetts? At least one member of the Massachusetts legislature thinks so.
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Girls Can Now Opt Out of Games Against Boys, Dighton-Rehoboth Says, Citing Safety and Fairness
Girls can opt out of playing against boys and vice versa without any penalty, according to a new policy approved by the Dighton-Rehoboth School Committee says. The new policy comes in the wake of a female Dighton-Rehoboth field hockey player sustaining serious injuries this past fall after getting hit with
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Washington’s Right-Hand Man – Book Review of The Line of Splendor
The Line of Splendor: A Novel of Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution by Salina B. Baker Culper Press October 2023 622 pages One of the great tragedies of the American educational system currently is how little high school students know about the founding of their country. They are taught
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New Hampshire Transgender Cross Country Runner Set School Record This Past School Year
A male athlete who identifies as transgender set a school record in girls' cross country in New England this past school year. Niko Cole-Johnson, now a rising senior at Proctor Academy (Andover, New Hampshire), had the fastest 5-kilometer run on the girls' side in school history during the
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Five Transgender Athletes Won Girls’ Track State Championships This Past Spring
Transgender athletes across the country racked up high school state championships this past spring. That includes five male transgender athletes in girls' outdoor track and field alone.
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Addiction In Mind, Massachusetts Gaming Officials Mull Stricter Advertising Regulations
By Jennifer Smith CommonWealth Beacon Massachusetts state gaming officials are weighing new recommendations to curb some troubling impacts of advertising, with an eye on the booming sports betting industry as a particular risk for younger and problem gamblers.
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How Little Massachusetts Towns Helped A Country Declare Independence
The Revolutionary War began April 19, 1775 with the Battle of Lexington and Concord. The Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. That's a gap of 442 days.
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Ed Markey Pushing For Transgender Bill of Rights; Most Massachusetts Members of Congress Backing The Proposal
Most members of Congress from Massachusetts are backing something called the Transgender Bill of Rights. The bill (S.Res.144), introduced in the U.S. Senate by Ed Markey (D-Malden), would have a broad range of effects, including expanding transgender rights, legalizing elective abortion nationwide, and banning conversion therapy.
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