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New Hampshire School Has Gone Batty

Matthew McDonald

School officials have sealed off a portion of an elementary school in Merrimack, New Hampshire after finding evidence of a bat colony in the wall underneath the window in one of the classrooms. The bats may have been there a year or two without being discovered, but they left behind a memorable smell.

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Four Senators Jockeying for Presidency of Massachusetts Senate … When It’s Available

Matthew McDonald

State Senators Eileen Donoghue (D-Lowell), Karen Spilka (D-Ashland), Linda Dorcena Forry (D-Dorchester), and Sal DiDomenico (D-Everett) are all interested in leading the Massachusetts Senate if and when current Senate President Stan Rosenberg leaves. Rosenberg has taken a leave of absence while the Senate investigates allegations of sexual assault and influence-flaunting by his civil-law husband.

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