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THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call reports on local representatives’ votes on roll calls from prior sessions. There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week.

During the week of March 9-13, the House met for a total of 13 minutes and the Senate met for a total of 44…

FRIDAY, MARCH 20
• Yoga vs. Osteoporosis with Katie, McCarthy Senior Center on Converse Street, 9 a.m. Class led by Dr. Katie Wadland, PT, DPT, GCS. Do you have osteoporosis or low bone density? Yoga vs. Osteoporosis is a series of modifiable yoga poses that promote improved bone density by applying dynamic tension to the…

READING – Reading Cooperative Bank (RCB) announces the hiring of Delia Gautreaux as Mortgage Loan Officer. Gautreaux has over 15 years of experience in banking and over six years of experience in residential lending. She has helped over 500 residents in the Lawrence/Methuen area achieve their homeownership goals. Gautreaux is passionate about…

WAKEFIELD — Police are investigating a shoplifting incident at Shaw’s supermarket on Water Street after a man allegedly left the store yesterday without paying for $137.58 worth of merchandise.

According to police, the man could be seen on security video at about 5:15 p.m. going through the self-checkout, where he scanned and paid for one…

By ALI SWENSON and JONEL ALECCIA
Associated Press

In the Trump administration’s campaign to promote healthy eating, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has not stopped at his slogan urging people to “eat real food” to prevent disease.

In recent speeches and podcast appearances, the nation’s health secretary also has claimed that diet can “cure” schizophrenia and diabetes and allow people…

By MICHAEL P. NORTON

State House News Service

BOSTON — A new report lays out the impacts of an income tax cut question moving towards the 2026 ballot: reducing the median household tax bill by $1,250 each year and stripping state government of 10% of the tax collections that is has available to pay for…