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09/13/2025 02:37 PM
45 years later, Andover High’s Chiklis returns to gridiron for ‘The Senior’

Ahead of a Boston screening Sunday, the Lowell Native talks Tom Brady, Boston University — and getting pummeled on the field.

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09/13/2025 01:21 PM
Here are the Mass. residents who made the new Forbes list of 400 richest Americans

These nine Bay Staters found spots amongst the wealthiest Americans.

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09/12/2025 10:35 PM
A Thoreau impersonator bids a fond farewell to Walden Pond

After 26 years in character as the 19th-century transcendentalist writer, Richard Smith is hanging up his straw hat.

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09/12/2025 08:09 PM
Boston activist Monica Cannon-Grant to plead guilty in federal fraud case

Cannon-Grant was expected to stand trial next month.

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09/12/2025 07:08 PM
Winthrop loses $1.2M in climate grants over MBTA Communities Act noncompliance

Winthrop's noncompliance with the state housing law has cost the town critical flood mitigation funding.

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