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NORWOOD

Norwood voters to decide on tax increase

Norwood voters will decide June 3 whether to increase their property taxes through a $5.95 million override, the bulk of it to support schools.

HULL

Hull cutting hours of some high school teachers

Those affected by the cutback hours include a popular high school woodshop teacher, as well as a social studies teacher and a Spanish teacher.

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From millennials to boomers to the over-the-hill gang, everyone is teeing up

Whether you’re a scratch player or a rank amateur, golf has never been more popular, and public courses in the region welcome the surge.

THE ARGUMENT

Should Massachusetts allow betting on professional sports?

Read two views and vote in our informal online poll.

Beverly Beckham

Every school shooting must be shocking to us

The pull of a trigger ends it all. All the work. All the dreams. All the years. In the flick of a finger. In the blink of an eye.

WEST OF BOSTON

GPS shortcuts tie up traffic on Concord’s back roads

“You have this beautiful, tranquil bucolic road and it becomes a busy through-way.’’

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E-bikes are gaining traction, though some say not so fast

Even the staid Union Cycliste Internationale that governs professional bike racing has plans to hold its inaugural e-bike world championships this summer.

NORTH CALENDAR

Eleanor Roosevelt, women artists, and ‘Lion King Jr.’

For the Groveland Historical Society’s first event of the season, author, historian, and educator Carol Cohen will provide a look into the life of Eleanor Roosevelt at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 19.