Only In Boston
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Informational. Genuine. Local. Versatile.
Boston, MA
Joined July 2012
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In Massachusetts, you can be fined $100 for starting the National Anthem and not finishing it. 🇺🇸
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Massachusetts residents earning $8,000+ in gross income must file a state tax return. The income tax rate has been 5% since 2020 on wages, tips, interest, dividends, and capital gains.
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What if I told you that people say they're from Boston because it's easier than telling someone from out of town that you're from Framingham...
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Two MIT students set a Guinness World Record in Cambridge six years ago by throwing and catching a hotdog in a bun from 120 feet.
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Struggling with your mortgage or housing costs in Boston? Call 617-635-4663. The City of Boston offers free, confidential help with loan modifications, tax issues, budgeting, and applying for RAFT/ERMA. If you live in a 1–4 unit home, don’t pay anyone for these services.
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Boston is getting a new 300-bed cancer hospital in Longwood: LEED Gold design, new pedestrian bridges, a rebuilt Joslin Park, major traffic fixes, 825 construction jobs, and millions for housing, job training, and cancer screenings.
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Oxford crowned “rage bait” its Word of the Year for 2025, citing a surge in social unrest, online engagement battles, and concerns over digital wellbeing. The term’s usage has tripled in 12 months.
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Harvard Medical School has been around since 1782, making it the third-oldest medical school in America.
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About 26 percent of engagements happen between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Boston, drop your best proposal spots. But, wrong answers only.
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You only get one choice. Where’s the best donut shop in Massachusetts?
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Someone drove their Corvette on the tracks tonight so the Green Line has been shut down for over an hour. 📷: @fancyswifty
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Explore the full payroll for employees of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the link below. https://t.co/9XOhMAhObr
cthrupayroll.mass.gov
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ALERT: Boston students in K–12 and Pre-K get free entry with two guests to nine local museums on the first and second Sundays each month through 2026.
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Massachusetts mandates insurance coverage for reproductive health services and shields patients and providers from legal action related to that care.
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If you had to name the single best place for steak tips in Massachusetts, where would you send someone?
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