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Plastic grocery bag ban passed by Mass. Senate

BOSTON – Environmentalists across Massachusetts were ecstatic Wednesday after members of the state Senate voted during budget deliberations to adopt an amendment banning plastic disposable shopping bags in the commonwealth. The amendment, proposed by state Sen. Jamie Eldridge (D-Acton), would take effect in August 2018 if it passes in the House

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Framingham will join towns banning plastic bags

BOSTON – Framingham will join Cambridge, Newton and more than a dozen other Bay State communities in banning plastic bags used by retailers to package goods including groceries starting in January 2018. Acting on a citizen's petition "to eliminate the usage of thin-film single-use bags by all retail

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Aerosmith-themed coffee shop coming to North Attleborough, paper says

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — A rock 'n' roll-themed coffee shop owned by Aerosmith's drummer is on schedule to open in the spring. The Sun Chronicle reports Joey Kramer's Rockin' & Roastin' Cafe is expected to open its doors in April.

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Tom Stemberg, Staples founder, dies at 66

BOSTON – Staples founder Tom Stemberg died Friday after a long battle with cancer. He was 66 years old and lived in the Chestnut Hill section of Brookline. He had reportedly been diagnosed with cancer in 2013.