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Looking to celebrate Pride this year in New England? Here are 9 events worth traveling for
June is almost upon us, which means Pride events are popping up all over New England. Food, drinks, live entertainment, and more often than not a slew of local business vendors make Pride celebrations a family friendly daytrip activity when looking to be outside and enjoy the good weather. Or maybe you're a member of the LGBTQ+ community and simply want to soak up as much queer joy as you can.
Worcester hospital nurses file 5th list of complaints over ‘lack of patient safety’
For the fifth time in the span of six months, nurses at Worcester’s Saint Vincent hospital have filed a series of complaints to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) and other state agencies over a “lack of patient safety” from hospital staff, the state’s largest nurse’s union announced Wednesday.
New Hampshire refuses to reinstate license of West Springfield trucker
New Hampshire safety officials on Thursday upheld the license suspension of a commercial truck driver who was acquitted in the 2019 deaths of seven motorcyclists but said another hearing will be held to determine how long the suspension will last.
Dogs in Massachusetts bit letter carriers 116 times in 2023
Note to aspiring letter carriers: Watch out for dogs while on the job. Dogs in Massachusetts bit U.S. Postal Service employees 116 times in 2023, about 2% of the more than 5,800 dog bites reported nationally last year. Springfield, the third-largest city in the state, saw five incidents in which...
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