A Democratic candidate for Massachusetts state auditor once asked a judicial nominee probing questions about his religious faith and described the Roman Catholic Church as a discriminatory organization.
Eileen Duff, a member of the Governor's Council, asked the questions in October 2016 of James Gavin Reardon Jr., who at the time was a civil and criminal defense lawyer seeking a judgeship, during a confirmation hearing.
While many people might think of bears as an animal that lives in northern New England, at least one bear was spotted south of Boston in Plymouth County over the weekend.
The Hanson Police Department reported on Facebook on Sunday that a bear had once again been spotted in town. This time, the bear was in the Whitman Street area. Police urged people to leave the bear alone, saying that in turn the bear would also leave them alone. The department also urged people to secure their trash barrels and bird feeders in response to the sighting.
