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Patriots Receiver’s Children’s Book Makes Reading List in Framingham School

Matthew McDonald

Lauren Baker, the wife of Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, planned to read The Magician's Hat by New England Patriots wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell at an elementary school in Framingham. Mitchell could only read at a junior high level when he entered college, but he eventually took so much to reading that he joined a women's book club.

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Returning Player Cut From High School Varsity Soccer Team for Missing Summertime Tryout

Matthew McDonald

The high school sophomore in Salem, New Hampshire went on a trip to Spain this past summer and missed a tryout, so he was barred from the varsity soccer team — even though the team needed more players, his family said.

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