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Needham seeks its next poet laureate
A hush fell over the room as Anne Nydam, Needham’s inaugural poet laureate, recited “Home, Needham 2025” at a Select Board meeting last year. She described the poem as a tribute to the town and to Kate Fitzpatrick, the former…
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Clover restaurant chain seeks a rescuer, may shut down
Clover Food Labs, a Cambridge-based fast-casual vegetarian chain, may close all locations and lay off over 180 employees if it can’t find a buyer before June. According to a March 30 notice filed with the state, all 182 of Clover’s…
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Chris Boyd campaigns for Congress on a call to invest in region’s future
Chris Boyd is still waiting for his American dream. Growing up in Bellingham, Boyd experienced firsthand the struggles of a low-income American family and remembers when the 2008 recession hit home. With his single mother providing their only income, Boyd…
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US Rep. Pressley eulogizes Emmanuel Damas who died in ICE custody, pushes rare House vote on Haiti TPS
Massachusetts officials are calling for accountability among local and federal law enforcement in the wake of the death of Dorchester’s Emmanuel Damas in immigration custody last month. Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren demanded a full investigation into…
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Winchester High School students to showcase science for community
Bubbles sizzled in a plastic bottle as vinegar reacted with baking soda. The gas produced from the reaction filled a red balloon attached to the bottle’s top as five fifth graders looked on in awe. “I liked watching the balloon…
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Gen Z is trading drinks for yoga mats
Every Friday at 6 p.m., Antonia Fantasia goes to a Solidcore class. Sometimes she’ll meet a friend for dinner or go shopping after the class, then she’ll go home to shower, put on a face mask and watch a movie…
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Experts analyze consequences of Mass. tax cut ballot question
A proposed 2026 ballot question to lower the Massachusetts income tax rate from 5% to 4% would cut household tax bills across the state but also blow a multibillion-dollar hole in state finances and force significant budget decisions on Beacon…
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She Once Relearned How to Walk; Now She’s Helping Others Do the Same
Belmont resident Annie Veo completed her 14-week clinical rotation at Boston Children’s Hospital last year, treating children recovering from brain surgery, spinal fusion, hip injuries and broken bones. Some were in the intensive care unit; others were relearning how to…
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Students at Dever Digitizing Day create a time capsule for a school that’s closing
Students, staff and community members gathered at the school last Thursday (March 26) for Dever Digitizing Day, an initiative to create a digital archive preserving the school’s nearly seven decades of history… Vibrantly colored butterflies filled large display boards at…