News Headlines for Agawam, Massachusetts

Massachusetts cigarette tax increases by $1 per pack to fund state health insurance law (News-Medical-Net)
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) on Tuesday signed into law a bill that increases the state cigarette tax by $1 per pack, the AP/Boston Globe reports. The increase, which brings the tax to $2.51, took effect immediately.

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Massachusetts Cigarette Tax Increases By $1 Per Pack To Fund State Health Insurance Law (Medical News Today)
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) on Tuesday signed into law a bill that increases the state cigarette tax by $1 per pack, the AP/Boston Globe reports. The increase, which brings the tax to $2.51, took effect immediately. On Monday, the bill was approved by the state House and Senate by votes of 93-52 and 26-9, respectively.

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Teen Pregnancy Pact Just a Rumor (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)
News of a teen pregnancy pact in Massachusetts is only the latest in several high-profile stories that turned out to be mostly or totally based on myths.

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Holy smokes! MassWildlife says bats are a spreading nuisance (Boston Herald)
With iconic superhero Batman making his return to film screens July 18, it won't be long before bats swoop back into popular culture. Yet officials at the Massachusetts...

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Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic (Velo News)
Cheerwine's Robin Farina outsprinted her breakaway companion to take a win Saturday in the third stage of the Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic stage race in Massachusetts. Her teammate Catherine Cheatley maintains her overall lead in the race. In the men's race, Colavita's Kyle Wamsley won the stage and widened his overall lead. KBS/Medifast's Justin Spinelli sits second and Bissell's Ted King is ...

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Massachusetts Lobstermen Promote Practices As Whale Safe (WCSH 6 Portland)
BOSTON (AP) -- Beginning this weekend, lobsters caught off the Massachusetts coast will have green rubber bands on their claws stamped with "Massachusetts" and whale tails.

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July 5 & 6, 1908 (Rocky Mountain News)
Front Page July 5 & 6, 1908: The states that Democratic presidential candidates Judge George Gray and Gov. John Johnson said were locks to vote against presumptive nominee William Jennings Bryan actually look to be solid for the commoner. Polls of supposed opposition stronghold states Massachusetts, Connecticut, Louisiana, New Jersey and New Hampshire found that all of the states would nominate ...

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09:41 (BST), 04/07/2008 Play Hard Football Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS FOXBORO, Massachusetts – July 3, 2008 ... (gamesindustry.biz)
FOXBORO, Massachusetts – July 3, 2008 – Play Hard Sports, Inc., the first studio in North America to develop, publish and distribute interactive fantasy sports games and entertainment over the Internet, today announced the official sign up program for the company’s beta launch of its football game.

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Massachusetts: Be Green, It?s the Law (New York Times)
Massachusetts will invest in renewable energy and require utility companies to obtain energy from sources other than fossil fuels under a new measure.

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Massachusetts adds $1 to cigarette excise tax (Winston-Salem Journal)
The excise tax on a pack of cigarettes in Massachusetts will jump by $1 under a bill signed into law by Gov. Deval Patrick on Tuesday. The tax goes into effect immediately.

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