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The 10 Coziest Massachusetts Small Towns Where Neighbors Still Feel Like Family

One Massachusetts town has its own local currency. Another turned an old trolley bridge into a garden so beloved that volunteers still help keep it blooming. Details like that are exactly why small towns can pull me off the highway. These places are not trying to manufacture charm. It shows...

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Worcester relaunches Recycles Right, will skip contaminated bins starting Nov. 9

Worcester will stop collecting curbside recycling bins that hold unaccepted items citywide starting the week of Nov. 9, 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...

Worcester, MA · 20h
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Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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Opinion/Guest column: High school annexes right course for MA voke ed

Massachusetts has an affordability crisis, and many of its causes – like tariffs, interest rates and foreign wars – are out of our hands at the state and local level. What we can control is whether we have the skilled workers to build what we need to bring down the cost of living. We need more housing, and that takes carpenters, plumbers and electricians. We need cheaper, more reliable energy, and that takes the electricians and HVAC technicians to build and maintain it. We need nurses and health aides to staff our hospitals and nursing homes. These are local, blue-collar answers to our nationwide problem, and the young people who could fill those jobs are sitting in Massachusetts’ high schools. Unfortunately, too many of these young people can’t get the necessary training. For years, vocational technical schools across the commonwealth have turned away qualified applicants because there aren’t enough seats. Some years, waitlists have swelled to more than 10,000 students for the state’s vocational high schools. Families know the story all too well: A student who wants to learn a trade applies, lands on a waitlist and spends four years in a school that can’t offer what they wanted. Last

Massachusetts · 1d

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Editorial: New high-school graduation mandate facing familiar foe

No matter how circumspect, the state’s education establishment finds itself on a collision course with the commonwealth’s teachers unions over new high school graduation requirements. Massachusetts education officials are poised to submit new MassCore coursework and post-secondary planning regulations for schools, a key step in preparing for the...

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GBH Daily: 10 years of legal weed

This is a web edition of GBH Daily, a weekday newsletter bringing you local stories you can trust so you can stay informed without feeling overwhelmed. ☀️Sunny and cool, with highs in the 50s. Sunset is at 4:28 p.m. This week we’ll be taking a deeper look at the...

Massachusetts · 8h

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The Magical Massachusetts Railway Museum That Turns Even The Most Serious Adults Into Wide-Eyed Kids Again

There are places in this world that have a way of reaching right past your adult defenses and finding the kid you used to be, and Chester Railway Station and Museum in Chester, Massachusetts is absolutely one of them. You might think you’re too sophisticated for a railway museum in...

Chester, MA · 18h

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Week in review: Betty’s shut down, Amazon retreats, voters reject pot repeal

Worcester voters reject cannabis repeal, back firearms law. Worcester voters overwhelmingly rejected Question 8, which sought to end recreational marijuana sales in Massachusetts, with 75.1% voting against the proposal in Tuesday’s election. Complete unofficial results from all 62 city precincts also showed 69.5% support for retaining the state’s 2024 firearms law and nearly 85% support for expanding public records requirements to include most records held by the Legislature and governor’s office. Democratic incumbent Paul DePalo led Republican Margaret Abboud by a wide margin in Worcester’s portion of the Governor’s Council race, while Gov. Maura Healey and U.S. Sen. Edward Markey won reelection statewide. Read more.

Worcester, MA · 2d

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State Fire Marshal Jon Davine Announces Retirement

STOW—The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced the retirement of State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine after a career of nearly 30 years in the Massachusetts fire service. Davine, an Adams native, will step down as Massachusetts' 19th state fire marshal on Jan. 22, 2027. He graduated from Hoosac Valley in 1989.

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WWLP

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Dionne launches MassGOP chair bid, pledges to serve without pay

Fresh off her own campaign loss in what she said was a "devastating" cycle for the party, Republican treasurer candidate Elizabeth Dionne this weekend launched a bid for the Mass. Republican Party chair and said she would not take salary if elected.

Massachusetts · 4h

Cape Cod Times

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Nov. 3 election, Sam Diego's restaurant sale, more: Cape Cod Times top stories

The Nov. 3 Massachusetts general election was the big news of the week, with Democrats flipping seats nationwide , including in one Cape Cod race . Readers also followed the latest on Sam Diego's Mexican Cookery and Bar closely, through two stories this past week. First came the news that the planned auction for all the memorabilia inside the restaurant was paused, as buyers emerged ahead of the restaurant's Nov. 14 close date . Then the auction was back on . Our weekly featured home for sale on Cape Cod, a $269,000 condominium in Mashpee , got extra attention this week, as did our weekly roundup of food news from around Cape Cod . Here are the four most-read stories out of the Cape Cod Times newsroom this past week. The fate of Sam Diego's Mexican restaurant in Hyannis The auction of “artwork and kitschy items” from Sam Diego’s Mexican Cookery and Bar was on hold in the early part of the week, because the owners received new offers to buy the Cape Cod restaurant after they confirmed in late September that it was closing. “I’ve got a couple who are still saying they want it, so we may see

Cape Cod And Islands, MA · 1d

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Democrats flexed their muscle across New England. Here’s the new map | Bay State Briefing

Good Monday morning, everyone. You already know that it was a big Election Day for Democrats nationwide, as a historic Blue Wave catapulted them to substantial majorities on Capitol Hill. But it was also a big night for Democrats in state capitols and governors' offices across the nation. And there's...

Massachusetts · 9h

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Rep. Worrell Wants Legislation To Look Into Pharmacy Deserts

Pharmacist Mike Wilson has managed to keep the lights on at Dorchester Ave’s Crawford Drug by offering services that chain stores won’t match. His store near St. Mark’s church section is an oasis in a neighborhood that has, increasingly, become part of a larger “pharmacy desert” in Boston.

Boston, MA · 2d

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Heavy rain brings flooding to parts of Mass. Friday

Heavy rain and thunderstorms caused flooding in parts of Massachusetts on Friday. In Falmouth, police urged people to stay off of flooded roads, sharing images of a flooded gas station and water coming into their own station. Off-duty officers were called in to help out. Video showed rivers of water...

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Harvard Crimson

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Healey, Markey Cruise to Reelection in Massachusetts Midterms

Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly reelected Gov. Maura T. Healey ’92 and Sen. Ed J. Markey (D-Mass.) in Tuesday’s midterm elections, with the two incumbents winning 62 and 63 percent of the vote, respectively. The two celebrated their victories at a joint election watch party in Boston, with both races...

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WWLP

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MassDEP awards over $130,000 for reuse and repair projects to reduce waste

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has awarded over $130,000 in microgrants to organizations and communities to reduce waste through donation and repair services.

Massachusetts · 7h

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53 Massachusetts Firefighters Graduate From State Fire Academy; Hopedale and Danvers Recruits Honored

STOW — Fifty-three firefighters from communities across Massachusetts graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy this week, completing intensive training designed to prepare them for structure fires, hazardous materials incidents, rescues and other emergencies. State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine announced the graduations Friday, Nov. 6, recognizing new call, volunteer...

Massachusetts · 6h

Willow and Hearth

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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 · 6h

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November declared as Massachusetts Oyster Month by Governor Healey

BOSTON (WWLP) – Governor Healey has declared November as Massachusetts Oyster Month to recognize the cultural, economic, and ecological importance of shellfish cultivation in the Commonwealth. State officials and aquaculture representatives celebrated the declaration at the Copley Square Farmers Market in Boston, where attendees participated in oyster shucking demonstrations...

Massachusetts · 6h

thisweekinworcester.com

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Worcester State wins state grant to build paid co-op program

Worcester State University will design a paid cooperative education program with help from a state grant announced Friday, Nov. 6. The first students could begin placements in the 2027-28 academic year. The state awarded a combined $60,000 to Worcester State and UMass Dartmouth. Worcester State plans co-ops in municipal and...

Worcester, MA · 2d

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Public’s approval of Q1 sends clear message for government transparency

Question 1, the newly passed government transparency ballot measure, will make most records held by the Legislature and governor public records — unless the Legislature acts soon to roll it back. The ballot measure, which passed with 86% of the vote statewide and 81.6% in New Bedford, will become...

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