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Professional Athletes Exempt From Boston’s Coronavirus Vaccine Passport Mandate

If you're a professional athlete competing in Boston, then you won't need to show proof of vaccination to enter your respective training facilities and playing venues to compete. It's a different set of rules from that given to the spectators of those same events.

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Calli Pineau Finding A Role On Abington Boys’ Hockey Team

If you watch an Abington High School varsity boys' hockey game, you may notice that Number 8 has a ponytail. That's because the Abington Green Wave have a girl on the team: sophomore Calli Pineau, a second-year varsity player and regular contributor.

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Northbridge Public Schools Let Students Change Name, Gender, Pronouns Without Parents Knowing

If a minor wants to change gender and be known as a different gender in school, should the school district let the student's parents know? That's not the policy in the Northbridge Public School system, a public records request filed by NewBostonPost revealed.

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Like Déjà Vu All Over Again – Book Review of Anthony Trollope’s The Way We Live Now

Anthony Trollope, who, like Charles Dickens was born in England in the mid-1810s, wrote 47 novels, several plays and a famous Autobiography … yet he is virtually unknown in America. Many of his novels, such as The Warden, the first in a series of novels called the Barchester Chronicles, were extremely

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Soon-To-Be State Senator Sponsored 12 Weeks Paid Abortion Leave For Men And Women In Boston

Boston city councilor Lydia Edwards (D-East Boston) will most likely end up being a member of the Massachusetts Senate next year. The progressive Democrat, who supported 12 weeks of paid abortion leave for both men and women as a member of the Boston city council, won a Massachusetts Senate special

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Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office Rules Towns Can Recognize Polyamorous Relationships

Can Massachusetts towns recognize polyamorous relationships and grant domestic partnership benefits to more than two people? Yes, the Massachusetts Attorney General's office says.

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The Triumph of Endurance Over Enjoyment – Book Review of Charles Dickens’s Little Dorrit

This fall, I struggled through 850 pages of Little Dorrit – a novel written by Charles Dickens, who wrote 15 novels in all. By many accounts, this was one of his worst. And, as much as I love the most Dickens novels, I must agree. It was, indeed, painful to get

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Liberal Massachusetts State Representative Tells People To Consider Cancelling Christmas Plans

A liberal Democrat in the Massachusetts Legislature wants you to think about cancelling your Christmas plans. State representative Mindy Domb (D-Amherst) wants people to have second thoughts about what they plan to do for Christmas, which is this upcoming Saturday.