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Landmark Food Brand Opens New MA Headquarters: Food Week
Plus: Local restaurants and bakeries on Martha's Vineyard are gearing up to celebrate the 50th anniversary of "Jaws."

Plus: Local restaurants and bakeries on Martha's Vineyard are gearing up to celebrate the 50th anniversary of "Jaws."
State Sen. Brendan Crighton (D-Lynn) said "sustained, daylong separation from smartphones" is necessary in all schools across the state.
Former Swampscott Public Library Director Alyce Deveau has led the nonprofit that supports independent older adults since 2021.
The MSPCA, Northeast Animal Shelter and coalition partners across the state are waiving adoption fees for dogs 1 year and older.
Bear finally free of “cone of shame”; alligator checks into a motel; tons of Burmese pythons removed; animals know more than you may think.
The donated wheelchairs will be available to any beachgoer in need on a first-come, first-served basis starting on June 30.
A planned protest at King's Beach in Swampscott will join those in Beverly, Danvers/Peabody and Salem.
Salem State alumna and Peabody native Jessica Minter replaces Jason Calichman, who will become the district's next superintendent on July 1.
Liz Smith, who ran for the Select Board this spring, told Patch that "nasty" rhetoric toward her carried over even after the election.