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Hedlund wields gavel in his final Senate session

Hedlund wields gavel in his final Senate session

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In the final session of his two-decade career in the Senate, Assistant Minority Leader Robert Hedlund assumed a post rarely held by Republicans in Massachusetts: on the rostrum and wielding the gavel. Hedlund, who plans to resign his Senate seat on Jan. 4 to become the next mayor of Weymouth, presided over an informal session Wednesday and signed a bill authorizing the town Raynham to grant an additional liquor license (S 2075).

In the final session of his two-decade career in the Senate, Assistant Minority Leader Robert Hedlund assumed a post rarely held by Republicans in Massachusetts: on the rostrum and wielding the gavel. Hedlund, who plans to resign his Senate seat on Jan. 4 to become the next mayor of Weymouth, presided over an informal session Wednesday and signed a bill authorizing the town Raynham to grant an additional liquor license (S 2075).…