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Massachusetts Gov. Healey recommends two pardons, nominates housing court judge and renominates Parole Board member

BOSTON – Today, Governor Maura Healey recommended Jayaar Gonzalez and Brittany Reichmann for pardons, nominated Elizabeth Rodriguez-Ross to serve as an Associate Justice of the Housing Court, and renominated Jim Kelcourse to serve on the Massachusetts Parole Board. The Governor’s Council will now consider the pardon recommendations and nominations for confirmation.

Massachusetts · 13h
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Seniors Trying To Downsize In Central Massachusetts Are Fighting Younger Buyers For Scarce Starter Homes While 10,000 Elderly Applicants Wait Years For Housing

Plenty of older homeowners dream of trading a big house for something smaller, simpler and easier on the budget. In Central Massachusetts, though, they are running into a problem: so […]

Worcester, MA · 1d

Amusing Planet

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The Valley Falls Train Collision

On the morning of August 12, 1853, a passenger train carrying hundreds of holidaymakers was making its way from Massachusetts towards the beaches of Rhode Island. The journey was supposed to be a pleasant excursion, but somewhere along the Providence and Worcester Railroad, a seemingly insignificant delay would turn the outing into a catastrophe. In the space of a few moments, two passenger trains collided head-on, crushing wooden carriages, mangling locomotives and killing fourteen people.

Providence, RI · 1d
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Minks, rats and a Cape Cod legend

Driving past a neighborhood patch of brush and wetlands, I watched as a critter, sleek and dark with a long tail, slid across the road. My brain tried to register similar animals I’ve seen on Cape Cod. But It was too small to be a fisher. And it was too far from significant water to be an otter.

Cape Cod And Islands, MA · 13h
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HS scoreboard: Check out Nov. 9 results from across the state

Check out the reported scores from across the state on Monday.

Massachusetts · 1d

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Man sentenced for trying to smuggle synthetic drugs into Wyatt Detention Facility

(WJAR) — A federal inmate has been sentenced to an additional term in prison after he coordinated a scheme to smuggle synthetic drugs into the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office of Rhode Island, Randy Diaz-Pizarro, 34, planned to bring synthetic cannabinoids into the...

Massachusetts · 1d

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Worcester, MA Relaunches Recycles Right

Worcester will stop collecting curbside recycling bins that hold unaccepted items citywide starting this week, as the city relaunches its Worcester Recycles Right campaign. The campaign targets rising contamination in bins at residential buildings with one to six units. Those are the only properties the city serves with recycling pickup; owners of buildings with seven or more units hire their own haulers, according to the city’s recycling page.

Worcester, MA · 1d

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Senior homeowners in New Jersey, Florida, Massachusetts and Louisiana are in line for bigger property tax breaks, from Stay NJ payments of up to $6,500 starting February 2027 to Louisiana exemptions of up to $30,000 where local voters approve them

Four states have lined up bigger property tax breaks for older homeowners, and each one works differently. New Jersey’s Stay NJ program pays up to $6,500 beginning in February 2027 to people who applied by Nov. 2. Florida voters approved a homestead exemption of $150,000 on non-school taxes that starts Jan. 1, 2027, Massachusetts’s draft... The post Senior homeowners in New Jersey, Florida, Massachusetts and Louisiana are in line for bigger property tax breaks, from Stay NJ payments of up to $6,500 starting February 2027 to Louisiana exemptions of up to $30,000 where local voters approve them appeared first on The Financial Wire .

New Jersey · 20h

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Massachusetts man pleads guilty to fentanyl trafficking

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - A Massachusetts man pled guilty to a federal drug charge after authorities say he brought fentanyl to Bangor. Edgar Arias, 41, was arrested in September of 2025 after authorities said they found a bag of fentanyl in his car. Officials say investigators arranged an undercover drug...

Bangor, ME · 13h

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Mass. RMV introduces electronic vehicle titles, online ownership transfers

Massachusetts residents will soon have a new way to manage their vehicle titles and transfer ownership online as the Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) rolls out the first phase of its Electronic Vehicle Certificate of Title 9E-Title) initiative.

Massachusetts · 1d

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Iran war veterans among those seeking state bonuses

More than 300 Bay Staters involved in Operation Epic Fury have received over $200,000 in state veterans' bonuses.

Massachusetts · 19h

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HEAP expansion helps middle-class families with heating bills in Massachusetts

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Eligible homeowners and renters in Massachusetts can receive up to nearly $1,500 to help pay heating bills through the state’s Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) as temperatures drop. The program provides financial relief to qualifying households facing high energy costs during the heating season.

Massachusetts · 1d

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Man accused of conspiring to traffic 20 kilos of cocaine from New York to Massachusetts

BOSTON – A Lexington, Mass. man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to traffic, and trafficking, 20 kilograms of cocaine from New York for distribution in Massachusetts. According to the Department of Justice, 39-year-old Jianyang Huang, a legal permanent resident from China, was indicted on...

Lexington, MA · 14h

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Counties with the most veterans in Massachusetts

There are roughly 17.1 million veterans living in the U.S., according to data from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Though, the VA anticipates the percentage of the U.S. population with military experience will continue to decline over the next couple of decades—by 2046, it expects the number of living U.S. veterans to decrease by 29%.

Massachusetts · 16h

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New England Weather: Cold Rain, Snow Arrive Friday Nov 13

NWS Boston tracks a potential Friday storm bringing widespread rain and possible higher-elevation snow.

Massachusetts · 2d

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Massachusetts council opens food pantry for families its senior program couldn't serve

A Massachusetts neighborhood council opened a food pantry after restrictions on its senior food program forced it to turn away others seeking help. Families in Springfield's Indian Orchard neighborhood can turn to the pantry for groceries as food prices remain high. Here's what to know. The Indian Orchard Citizens Council...

Springfield, MA · 1d

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Here's Why it's Illegal in Massachusetts to Remove Mattress Tags

You learn something new every single day.

Massachusetts · 20h

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Massachusetts Requires No Proof That a Late-Term Abortion Is Necessary

Governor Maura Healey signed an emergency preamble to protect the expanded abortion law while pro-life groups prepare a 2028 ballot campaign to repeal i

Massachusetts · 2d

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Stop & Shop store sells winning $100K Mass Cash ticket

A lottery ticket won in the Sunday midday drawing of the Massachusetts State Lottery's "Mass Cash" game was sold at a Stop & Shop on Cape Cod. The lucky lottery player bought their ticket at a Stop & Shop located at 500 Route 134 in South Dennis, according to the Massachusetts State Lottery.

Massachusetts · 1d

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Climate chief departs, warning against pitting green against affordable

Melissa Hoffer, the nation's first Cabinet-level climate chief, used her final day in the Healey administration to deliver a message to Massachusetts environmental advocates.

Massachusetts · 19h