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Search-and-rescue efforts are underway after more than 1,000 are reported dead from a powerful earthquake that hit southern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday. The death toll is expected to rise.
Beacon Hill in 5
Massachusetts is one of the least transparent states in the country when it comes to what happens in the Legislature. For years lawmakers have talked about becoming more transparent, but it may take a bit longer to get there.
Regional News
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The speech comes as a new ABC Washington Post poll found a majority of Americans don't think President Biden has accomplished much.
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The Republican's executive editor, Cynthia Simison, is retiring from the post in the coming weeks. She's been at the paper since 1977 and is the first woman to hold the top job in the newsroom. Simison will be succeeded by another veteran western Massachusetts journalist and editor, Larry Parnass.
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A 41-mile stretch of the Housatonic River in Connecticut has been designated ‘Wild and Scenic’ by the federal government. It’s the result of a decades-long effort by conservationists — and it comes with perks.
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The average household will see their monthly gas bill decrease by about 4-5%.
Turners Falls institution the Shady Glen Diner serves up food, sense of community
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"Don’t get into the cars of strangers," most of us — quite sensibly — have been told. But our commentator says hitching can be a valuable way to connect.
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