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Cape Selectman Tries To Ditch Church As Polling Place Because It’s A Church

Matthew McDonald

A member of the Brewster Board of Selectmen tried to persuade fellow board members to move the town's polling place of almost 20 years because it is a church.

"I just believe that there should be the separation of church and state," Cynthia Bingham, a selectman, told The Cape Cod Times on Wednesday, January 8.

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Fourth Vaping Death in Massachusetts Reported

Matthew McDonald

Massachusetts recently had its fourth reported case of vaping-associated death, according to the state Department of Public Health.

On Wednesday, January 8, the Department of Public Health reported that a Middlesex County man in his 70s suffered a vaping-associated lung injury which resulted in his death. The man vaped tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as THC, a chemical compound found in marijuana.

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