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The Massachusetts Native Helping The Government Study Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

1 week ago | horizonmass.news | Adam Sennott

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How A Western Mass Reporter Took On Titans Of Big Tech And Media

1 week ago | horizonmass.news | Chris Faraone

Those who barely pay attention to modern political discourse via rapid and vapid social media mutiny may not notice the phenomenon with the close gaze of daily readers and online combatants, but pundits change, their voices morph. It’s why journalists often get friends asking us questions like, What the hell happened to that Matt Taibbi guy? Didn’t he used to, like, speak out against insane bigots and the one percent?
10 Exhibit Ideas For The Museum Of American Finance

2 weeks ago | horizonmass.news | Jason Pramas

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Verb Hotel And David Bieber Archives Mark 10 Years Of Hub Ephemera By Fenway

2 weeks ago | horizonmass.news | Chris Faraone

What do you do when the “new” venue that’s styled to pay tribute to eras of yore comes up on its own milestone anniversary? If you’re the Verb Hotel in Boston, you keep the party rolling like the rock stars whose framed animated faces scream from every wall in the hallways, guest rooms, and Airstream campers which double as miniature Hub museums out back. By the sheer glory of its Boylston Street parcel, the Verb came into this world in 2014 having inherited vaunted status.
Godzilla Takes On Giant Boston Lobster In Latest Stop On Nationwide Rampage

2 weeks ago | horizonmass.news | Dana Forsythe

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Editor’s Note: HorizonMass Seeks Opinion Submissions

4 weeks ago | horizonmass.news | Jason Pramas

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Researching And Remembering The Slaves Who Served In The Continental Army

1 month ago | horizonmass.news | Adam Sennott

It has been 250 years since Cambridge’s Cato Boardman and Cato Stedman joined 68 other militiamen on the Lexington Green and faced down 800 British troops on April 19, 1775. But Boardman and Stedman weren’t just patriotic heroes standing against British tyranny, they were also likely enslaved at the time, according to the National Park Service, and were among at least 18 men of color, both enslaved and free, who served in the colonial militia companies in Lexington and Concord that day.
Mass Municipalities Are Sitting On Millions Meant To Mitigate The Opioid Scourge

1 month ago | horizonmass.news | Jonathan Gerhardson

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Massachusetts Is The Only State That Still Bans Nunchucks. Could A Recent Court Decision Impact Weapons Laws?

1 month ago | horizonmass.news | Zack Huffman

Massachusetts remains the only state in the county in which it is illegal to possess nunchucks. The iconic martial arts tool of two wood or metal bars connected with a rope or chain was banned in the state in 1975 amid suburban phobias of kung fu fighting street gangs. Much like the box office success of Bruce Lee or the 1990s cartoon dominance of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, those fears have long since faded, but the statewide prohibition remains.
IndyMass: April 3, 2025

1 month ago | horizonmass.news | Jason Pramas

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