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Special election for former speaker DeLeo’s seat will test appetite for progressive politics

Candidates vying to fill the seat long held by former Massachusetts House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo span the ideological spectrum, and the outcome could send a message about the changing politics of the State House.

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Special election for former speaker DeLeo’s seat will test appetite for progressive politics

Candidates vying to fill the seat long held by former Massachusetts House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo span the ideological spectrum, and the outcome could send a message about the changing politics of the State House.

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Devastating fire at Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Connecticut can’t touch its soul
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Devastating fire at Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Connecticut can’t touch its soul

The Feb. 12 fire that tore through the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp destroyed the camp’s wood shop, its camp store, its cooking zone, and its arts & crafts center. But it could never reach the camp’s heart.

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