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SNAP change looks to boost healthy foods, local farms
Massachusetts restores tiered HIP caps to support larger SNAP households, offsetting federal cuts and boosting local farmers with $7.5M in funding starting Sept. 1.
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5mBronislaw Anthony Poplawski Jr.
<html><head></head><body>Bronislaw "Bronie" Anthony Poplawski, Jr.<br /><br />Easthampton, MA - Bronislaw "Bronie" Anthony Poplawski, Jr., 89, passed away on August 23, 2026, at Baystate Medical Hospital following a brief illness.< ...
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Guest columnist Tara Jacobs: Setting the record straight on the Governor's Council
In response to the recent guest column by my predecessor Mary Hurley on the Governor’s Council, allow me, the incumbent, to offer some corrective context. The principal role of the Governor’s Council is to advise and consent to the governor’s appointments of judges, clerk magistrates, and other posts. There is an intense vetting process before […]
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4mUMass football: Minutemen preparing for season-opener against Rutgers
When the UMass football team travels to Rutgers for its season opener on Thursday, Sept. 3, coach Joe Harasymiak will have intimate knowledge of the opponent at SHI Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey. The gameplan should be simple for the Scarlet Knights. Rutgers went 5-7 last season and 2-7 in the Big Ten. The team […]
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5mMarkey taps online influencers as Moulton hits on age and tech
BOSTON — Influencers are taking to social media to vouch for U.S. Sen. Ed Markey in his reelection campaign — in both paid and unpaid ways — as Congressman Seth Moulton continues to use the 80-year-old incumbent’s age as a talking point in his attempts to unseat Markey. When Markey faced a primary challenge from U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III in 2020, his campaign got a boost from a network of young and very online supporters, a base of social media cred and support that came to be known as the Markeyverse. This time around, Markey seems to be looking to […]