Flint McColgan

6 days ago | gazettextra.com | Flint McColgan

BOSTON - President Donald Trump's administration nominated a South Shore native for the second-highest post in the military. Marine Corps Gen. Christopher Mahoney, a Weymouth native, has been nominated to serve as the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon. He would replace U.S. Navy Adm. Christopher W. Grady, who has held the post since Dec. 20, 2021. Mahoney currently serves as the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, a position he has held since Nov. 3, 2023.

6 days ago | bostonherald.com | Flint McColgan

For the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, the fighting took place in Gloucester. The seaside community brought 1775, and one of the Revolutionary War’s major battlegrounds, back to life through vignettes, battle demonstrations and even lectures. Reenactors came not only from the New England states but also from up and down the East Coast bedecked in period garb and detail.

6 days ago | sentinelandenterprise.com | Flint McColgan

For the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, the fighting took place in Gloucester. The seaside community brought 1775, and one of the Revolutionary War’s major battlegrounds, back to life through vignettes, battle demonstrations and even lectures. Reenactors came not only from the New England states but also from up and down the East Coast bedecked in period garb and detail.

6 days ago | bostonherald.com | Flint McColgan

House and Senate Republicans are taking slightly different approaches when it comes to the tax cuts that lawmakers are looking to include in their massive tax and spending cuts bill. Republicans in the two chambers don’t agree on the size of a deduction for state and local taxes. And they are at odds on such things as allowing people to use their health savings accounts to help pay for their gym membership, or whether electric vehicle and hybrid owners should have to pay an annual fee.

6 days ago | thederrick.com | Flint McColgan

BOSTON — President Donald Trump’s administration nominated a South Shore native for the second-highest post in the military. Marine Corps Gen. Christopher Mahoney, a Weymouth native, has been nominated to serve as the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon. He would replace U.S. Navy Adm. Christopher W. Grady, who has held the post since Dec. 20, 2021. Mahoney currently serves as the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, a position he has held since Nov. 3, 2023.