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Political football
Fans around the country and especially in New England were puzzled and outraged by the recent exclusion of former Patriots head coach Bill Belichick and team owner Robert Kraft from the Pro Football Hall of Fame. What, people wondered, could be the reason that the Hall of Fame Selection Committee would deny one of the […]
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By now you’ve received the red booklet, Massachusetts Information for Voters: 2014 Ballot Questions, published by William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth. This handy booklet provides you with all the information on the four ballot questions that you could possibly need when you go to vote on Nov. 4. All the information, that is, […]
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QUANNAPOWITT CASINO REVISITED
I am nothing if not ahead of my time. On April 1, 1999, I wrote a column about filling in the Lake and building the “Quannapowitt Casino.” In spite of the date on the newspaper, some people in town actually thought it was a serious proposal. Back then, the state’s economy was booming, cities and […]
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Mark Sardella 