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Dreamtown Finder: Massachusetts town search calculator

A tool to help you find the ideal Massachusetts communities for your needs ...
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Veterans board plans Memorial Day events

The Veterans Advisory Board on Tuesday will review plans for Memorial Day observances ...
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Campus KIDS offers summer fun: Enrollment is now open for elementary and pre-k students

Melrose Public Schools’ Education Stations proudly presents Campus KIDS’ fourth year of summer enrichment programming ...
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Senator Clark attends walk to honor victims of gun violence

Senator Katherine Clark (D-5th Middlesex) is joined by Ann Krantz, Molly Malloy and Dawn Tringas of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America at the Greater Boston Mother’s Day Walk in honor of victims of gun violence and their families on Saturday, May 11, 2013 ...
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Melrose's Jennifer Cain headed to Merrimack to play volleyball

By Andy Deossa, Globe Correspondent T.J. Hajjar, third-year coach of the Merrimack volleyball team, announced Thursday that four players had committed to the Class of 2017 ...
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Hearing the call to just do diddly

Got myself a diddley bow today. And a small Marshall amplifier ...
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Grand jury indicts five Massport cab starters

A Suffolk grand jury handed up a 53-count bribery indictment of five Massachusetts Port Authority employees who allegedly accepted bribes from cab drivers in exchange for better spaces in line at the Logan International Airport taxi queue, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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Obituary: Joan M. Stella

STELLA, Joan M. (Claflin) Of S. Yarmouth on May 14, 2013 ...
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Grand jury issues indictments against five Massport 'cab starters'

A Suffolk County grand jury handed up a 53-count bribery indictment of five Massachusetts Port Authority employees who allegedly accepted bribes from cab drivers in exchange for better spaces in line at the Boston Logan International Airport taxi queue, prosecutors said today ...
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Senator Katherine Clark Welcomes the state champion Melrose High School girls’ volleyball team

Senator Katherine Clark (D-5th Middlesex), Representative Paul Brodeur (D-32nd Middlesex) and Senator Thomas McGee (D-3rd Essex) welcomed the Melrose High School girls’ volleyball team to the State House last week in recognition of their state championship season.
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Buses to replace trains on part of Orange Line on five nights per week during June, Aug., Sept., Oct.

Subway service between the Orange Line’s four most northern stations will be replaced by buses after 9 p ...
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Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate at Hallmark Health System now open in Melrose

According to the American Diabetes Association there are nearly 24 million children and adults in the United States living with diabetes and an additional 57 million Americans at risk for the disease.
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Former probation commissioner and Melrose resident honored as “community hero”

The Boston-based non-profit, which aids ex-offenders and individuals with developmental disabilities, awarded Corbett on Wednesday, May 1 at their Annual Spring Reception ...
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Mayor proposes $2.6 million boost in city budget

The line items for salaries are set to receive increases in many city departments: A 3 ...
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Aldermen, School Committee to hold joint meeting in Melrose

Melrose's Board of Aldermen and School Committee will hold a joint meeting May 6 to review the financial condition of the city.
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Boston College High releases list of third quarter honor roll students

The following was submitted by Boston College High School: For High Honors a Soph ...
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Top 10 best locations to live in Mass.

If you were to move to any Massachusetts community, where should you go? We analyzed and ranked each towns crime rateincluding violent and property crime,the number of public transit options, the number of historical sites per resident, the percentage of acres that are open space, and the number of grocery stores ...
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Cheapest places to live in Massachusetts

Here's a slideshow of the 10 towns with the cheapest home values in Massachusetts ...
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Top 10 Most Fun Places to Live in Massachusetts

How fun is your town? We ranked the top 10 most fun communities in Massachusetts by analyzing the number of restaurants, theaters, and museums, using Tripadvisor and other online sources, per population data provided by the US Census ...
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Top 10 towns with best schools in Massachusetts

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Top 10 hipster places in Massachusetts

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