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Massachusetts Turns To Pesticide To Address Mosquito-Borne Threat
By Colin A. Young State House News Service
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Western Massachusetts Pickleball Tournament To Raise Money For Food Bank
A Western Massachusetts food bank is planning to hold a pickleball tournament fund-raiser next month. Berkshire Bounty is scheduled hold a tournament on Saturday, September 21 at the Kilpatrick Athletic Center Courts at Bard College in Great Barrington, a town in western Massachusetts, according to The Berkshire Eagle. A rain
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Stop & Shop To Stop Selling All Tobacco Products
Stop & Shop announced it will stop selling tobacco products, including cigarettes, at its 360 stores at the end of this month. The Quincy-based grocery store chain made the announcement on Monday, August 26.
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Boston State Rep Candidate Supports Reparations For Slavery
Should the descendants of African-American slaves receive reparations? A state representative candidate in Boston thinks so.
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Open Drug Use In Somerville Park Has City Officials Looking For Action, But Not Sure What To Do
Drug use by homeless people has increased in a public park in the Davis Square neighborhood of Somerville in recent months, two city councilors said. Parents who use Seven Hills Park have expressed concern about how to prevent their small children from picking up needles from the ground and whether
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Q&A With Massachusetts Republican Party National Committeeman Brad Wyatt
By Ella Adams State House News Service
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New England Patriots Quarterback Drake Maye Says He’d Be Ready To Start Week 1
New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye says he'd be ready to go if head coach Jerod Mayo names him the team's starting quarterback for Week 1. "Yeah, I think I would feel ready," Maye told reporters Sunday night, August 25. "I think I&
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Bernie Sanders Says Kamala Harris Has Very Good Chance of Winning 2024 Presidential Election
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) says he likes Vice President Kamala Harris's chances of winning the 2024 presidential election. Sanders says he thinks Harris may be able to capture enough voters to win the election, in part, because her opponent is former President Donald Trump.