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Misdialing Anti-Trumpers Trying To Reach Linda Bean Keep Calling Maine Woman’s Cell Phone

Matthew McDonald

The L.L. Bean board member's work telephone number is slightly different, and the other woman's cell phone is now ringing all the time.

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Beware of Community Preservation Act Tax, Stoneham Selectman Says

Matthew McDonald

The local property tax surcharge is set aside to promote open space and recreation, historic preservation, and below-market-rate housing, and it is supposed to draw state matching funds. Stoneham is one of the Massachusetts towns that hasn't adopted it, and Caroline Colarusso, a member of the Stoneham Board of Selectmen, says the town shouldn't.

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