Flooding is a fact of life for many South Shore residents. Whether it’s heavy rain and flash flooding, as we saw last month, or the larger storms that have reached our shores on a seemingly annual basis in recent years . . .
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By Andrew R. Garbarino
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10/26/23
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Hurricane Sandy caused immeasurable grief and destruction nearly 11 years ago. That devastation, however, has spurred a few positives.
State officials in June announced the completion of a vast …
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By Mark Nolan
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8/13/23
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A couple of hometown heroes in the thoroughbred horseracing industry celebrated a memorable victory Saturday after favored Mo Donegal, with jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. aboard, drew away down the stretch to …
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By Tony Bellissimo
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6/12/22
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Relatives of the Uvalde, Texas, schoolchildren were taken to a “reunification” center after the gunman did his work. That struck me — the word reunification.
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6/2/22
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On June 21, the Baldwin Inside Facebook group was inundated with comments about trees being cut down in the wildlife sanctuary in Baldwin Park. “Very sad day for Baldwin,” Bonnie Rothman …
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By Cristina Arroyo Rodriguez
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7/30/21
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I don’t care if you are numb to this outrage. I don’t care if I’m numb to it. From where I sit, the carnage from gun violence in America, the continuing, ongoing, shocking deaths by gun, move to the head of the must-do list for this new administration.
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4/22/21
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Listening to Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords speak, you’re quickly overcome by the urge to cry. The former congresswoman was once known for her incisive rhetoric, delivered with a magnetic smile. Then . . .
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12/17/20
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Half hidden by shrubs and tree branches, there’s a bench in my backyard’s southeast corner, short and stout, its thin pine planks grayed by the elements and mottled with mint-green lichen. Weakened by age . . .
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9/5/20
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