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Papa Gino’s Closes Seven Restaurants — With Eye To Expanding

Matthew McDonald

Papa Gino's closed seven restaurants this past weekend, the company said.

The company is closing two restaurants in Framingham (on Route 9 and Route 30) as well as locations in Natick (on Route 9), Melrose, Brockton (on Crescent Street), and Wilbraham. The company is also closing a restaurant in Seabrook, New Hampshire.

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Massachusetts Cops Confiscated Guns Six Times in 2018 Under New ‘Red Flag’ Law

Matthew McDonald

Police in Massachusetts six times took guns away from six people on the grounds that they posed a risk to themselves or others, according to the Gloucester Daily Times, citing Massachusetts Trial Court data.

A bill establishing a so-called "extreme risk protection order" was signed into law by Governor Charlie Baker in July 2018. It allows police, friends, or relatives of gun owners to ask a judge to enable police to confiscate the guns of people on that basis.

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