Fires Mar Start Of 2018: Patch PM

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Tax Increase Hits Large MA Industry Hard Monday

While much of corporate America will enjoy a tax cut in 2018, one industry is getting a tax increase. And it's a large industry in Mass.

Fires Mar Beginning Of 2018

The year's first fatal fire took the life of a 77-year-old woman in Littleton, while a gas main fire in Boston has been burning for more than 24 hours. A three-alarm fire in Nahant and an overnight fire in Brookline were among other blazes on the first day of the year.

The Tale Of The Clogged Toilet

What started as a woman calling for police to come unclog her toilet ended up in one of the stranger calls of 2017.

Boston Mayor Walsh Sworn In For Second Time

Former Vice President Joe Biden presided over the ceremony.

Teen Arrested In Cambridge Murder

A Cambridge teen has been charged with the November murder of Malachi Mims.

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