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Out-of-State Drivers Owe Massachusetts $15 Million in Tolls — And There’s Nothing the State Can Do About It

Out-of-State Drivers Owe Massachusetts $15 Million in Tolls — And There’s Nothing the State Can Do About It

Matthew McDonald

Out-of-state drivers who don't live in New Hampshire or Maine don't have any consequences for not paying pay-by-mail tolls in Massachusetts for the Massachusetts Turnpike, Ted Williams Tunnel, and Tobin Bridge — which may explain why some aren't.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation reports some $15 million in uncollected tolls from out-of-state drivers since the state removed toll booths in 2016.

The Time Barbara Bush Brought A Little Bit of Boston To Moscow
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The Time Barbara Bush Brought A Little Bit of Boston To Moscow

Matthew McDonald

When she was first lady Barbara Bush once brought replicas of the duckling statues during a Cold War visit to Moscow.

The famous statues on Boston Public Garden commemorate a famous children's book, Robert McCluskey's Make Way for Ducklings, published in 1941.

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