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Falmouth Road Race Founder Dies

Matt McDonald

The founder of the world's most famous road race that isn't a marathon has died.

Tommy Leonard, who founded the Falmouth Road Race and decided it should go from one bar (in Woods Hole) to another (in Falmouth Heights), died Wednesday, January 16, according to the Cape Cod Times. He was 85.

Citizens for Limited Taxation ThwacksCharlie Baker Over Tax Increases
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Citizens for Limited Taxation ThwacksCharlie Baker Over Tax Increases

NBP Staff

A leading Massachusetts anti-tax group is condemning Governor Charlie Baker's support for an increase the state's excise tax on property deeds, calling him "a disappointment."

"Gov. Baker has an excuse for every betrayal," said Chip Ford, executive director of Citizens for Limited Taxation, in a written statement Tuesday. "He's smooth, he's slippery, and he's sliding down the slope, seemingly a victim of Stockholm syndrome."

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