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If you go to Boston.com you can find examples of behavior prohibited by colonial-era blue laws that are still on the…

By David G. Tuerck and Brittany Turner · 10 years ago · Updated a year ago · 3 min read

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Stadtluft Macht Frei, "city air makes you free," was once a statement of Germanic law: a serf who lived in…

By Edward Glaeser · 10 years ago · Updated a year ago · 4 min read

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BOSTON – Hours of sunlight decrease and temperatures drop as Americans once again reopen the now-yearly debate over what to call this time…

By Lizzie Short · 10 years ago · Updated a year ago · 3 min read

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PLYMOUTH – When Plimoth Plantation's deputy executive director Richard Pickering awaited his first interview in 1984 for an acting role, he…

By Kara Bettis · 10 years ago · Updated a year ago · 3 min read