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New Pot Shop in Salem Opening Saturday Will Be Appointment-Only

Matthew McDonald

When the third legal recreational marijuana store in Massachusetts opens in Salem on the morning of Saturday, it will turn away anyone who doesn't already have an appointment.

Alternative Therapies Group Inc. is starting out as appointment-only in an effort to try to avoid the nightmare traffic that accompanied the opening of the first two recreational marijuana shops, in Leicester and Northampton, on November 20.

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Waltham Mulling Climate-Change Czar In Face of Trump Administration’s Inaction

Matthew McDonald

A Waltham city councilor wants the city to create a local-government position dedicated to trying to reduce climate change.

The "sustainability manager" would be an assistant planning director.

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