Framingam to consult with MA Secretary of State after Census fraud allegation
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by Jeannette Hinkle
3y ago
“It should be easy to investigate,” said City Councilor Margareth Shepard, who worked to publicize the importance of the Census among Framingham's Brazilian community. “We do need to see if this is connected to a larger problem, but by the report, it does not look like there is a larger problem. It looks to me like it occurred after pressure made by the Supreme Court decision to shut down the Census early ..read more
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Massachusetts may become recruiting field for Team Biden, which already includes Franklin's Jennifer O'Malley Dillon
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by Katie Lannan and Matt Murphy State House News Service
3y ago
When President-elect Joe Biden's transition team announced his COVID-19 advisory board on Monday, House Speaker Robert DeLeo quickly did the math, pointing out on Twitter that more than half of the members "were educated and/or employed in Massachusetts."And while Boston Mayor Martin Walsh noted Sunday that Biden "can't take everyone from Massachusetts to Washington with him," speculation has started to swirl about which Bay State pols might find a new home in a Biden administration ..read more
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New Sudbury food pantry caters to pets
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by Cesareo Contreras
3y ago
SUDBURY — Last month, Helaine Block was driving through the center of town when she saw some commotion at the Sudbury Community Food Bank.With Block were her two rescue dogs, Henry, a Labrador-husky mix, and Rosita, a sato, otherwise known as a Puerto Rican street dog.“I peered over one of the dogs and I saw an unusually long line snaking around the parking lot,” she said.As Block thought about the ..read more
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Hopedale swaps annual veterans breakfast for socially distant home visits
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by Alison Bosma
3y ago
Hopedale's annual Veterans Day breakfast was canceled this year and replaced with socially distant home visits ..read more
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On his hoverboard, Holliston man with autism cleans up Holliston neighborhoods
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by David Brisson Daily News Correspondent
3y ago
HOLLISTON — Social distancing is nothing new to Raymond Costello. At 31, he’s become an expert. Not because of COVID-19. It's more a result of a condition he’s up against every day: high functioning autism or Asperger's syndrome.People with autism like Costello are often bright and creative with intense work ethic, but tend to struggle with relationships. Speaking can be daunting and perceptions of others' intentions, facial expressions and body language can ..read more
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20-plus displaced by record Massachusetts earthquake. People can expect to feel aftershocks.
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by WCVB
3y ago
DARTMOUTH — The Red Cross is reporting that multiple families have been displaced after their homes were damaged by an earthquake that struck off the Massachusetts coast Sunday morning.“You know, when you hear earthquake, your mind starts to race,” Mattapoisett resident Kyle Jones said. “I was expecting to open the door and see a crack in the ground or something.”The United States Geological Survey reports the 3.6 magnitude earthquake struck ..read more
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Norm Crosby, comic mangler of language, dies at 93
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by The Associated Press
3y ago
LOS ANGELES — Norm Crosby, the deadpan mangler of the English language who thrived in the 1960s, '70s and '80s as a television, nightclub and casino comedian, has died. He was 93.Crosby's daughter-in-law, Maggie Crosby, told The New York Times that the comic died Saturday of heart failure in Los Angeles.Early in his career, Crosby had realized he needed a gimmick to differentiate himself from the burgeoning generation of comedians who were achieving fame on the many ..read more
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Pfizer's COVID vaccine candidate shown to be 90% effective in early findings
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by Karen Weintraub USA TODAY
3y ago
In a major boost to vaccine development, Pfizer and its collaborator BioNTech released early study results Monday indicating that their vaccine, BNT162b2, prevented more than 90% of infections with the virus that causes COVID-19.In the newly released data on the first 94 trial participants to come down with COVID-19, the vaccine was found to be more than ..read more
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Medway selectmen vote to support Town Meeting article that would change board's name
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by Lauren Young / Daily News Staff
3y ago
Medway Selectmen this week voted to support a warrant article requested via a citizen's petition to change the board's name to a gender-neutral title ..read more
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A Natick resident is one of the census takers speaking out. She says she was shown how to close cases for the Framingham homes she was supposed to visit.
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by Mike Schneider The Associated Press
3y ago
Two census takers told The Associated Press that their supervisors pressured them to enter false information into a computer system about homes they had not visited so they could close cases during the waning days of the once-a-decade national headcount.Natick resident Maria Arce said her supervisor in Massachusetts offered step-by-step instructions in how to trick the system. She said she felt guilty about lying, but she did not want to disobey her supervisors, who kept repeating ..read more
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