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TEWKSBURY — From the Great Recession, a pos­sible charter change, water and sewer rates, and now retail cannabis, Todd Johnson has weighed in on numerous topics, critical to Tewksbury past

The howling, the cursing, the moaning and weeping and gnashing of teeth, all of this can cease. The pain can subside. The major nagging issues that have bedeviled Ipswich for

In July of 1973, much attention was being placed on the conservation of gas. State officials were looking for ways to reduce mileage expenses for its agencies, so it ruled

We have reached the middle of July! This weekend, we are continuing our look back at July of 1973 – 50 years ago.

As a former reporter, I can’t help but think about how busy The Commonwealth-Journal newsroom must have been at this time of year in 1973. Newspapers from this week in

A replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall will be in Dickinson from August 18 to 22, with an opening ceremony scheduled for Aug. 18. Two Stark County veterans share their thoughts on the importance of remembering the sacrifices of those who fought communism in Vietnam, and the beauty of the Stark County Veterans Memorial.

A 44-year-old Helena man is recovering from a kidney transplant following a emotional roller coaster series of events.

Wakelyns at Fressingfield makes the county's only wholegrain sourdough loaves with unique grains grown and milled on the farm.

Ed Dick, perhaps the most compassionate person to ever live in Manatee County, or any county for that matter, has died at 91. Wherever he is tonight, no one will be burning crosses on his lawn, that’s for sure. You didn’t know? Oh, yeah. Cowards use to do that to him. Burn crosses. Right here in Bradenton. That’s because back in the early 1960s, years before the Selma marches in Alabama, he went around the area and recruited thousands of black people to vote. Some, as you can imagine, we...

Letter: Should there be limits on expression in public spaces? Poll Yes Dear editor, Cash Moore’s Jan. 21 opinion piece starts off with, and Lynn Thacker’s letter underscores, a reasonable point. If privately held sites are acting as town halls they should not have the freedom to arbitrarily curtail certain voices. Does this mean, though, that they should never employ restrictions? Mr. Moore avoids that question. In order to skirt it, he mislabels the events of Jan. 6 as a protest. Many att...