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MA Feeling, Seeing Impact Of Deadly CA Fires: Patch PM

Also: Cultural icon Stan Lee dead at 95; Late Boston mayor's scathing letter to Chick-fil-A makes rounds; Papa Gino's needs help?; More.

Welcome to Monday's Patch PM. Here are some of the top headlines from across Massachusetts.

Smoke From Fires Reaches Southern New England

The smoke has made its way east, thousands of miles from where the catastrophic fires have killed at least 31.

>>>Also: Massachusetts Man Evacuated From California Wildfires

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Late Boston Mayor's Scathing Letter To Chick-Fil-A Makes Rounds

Mayor Menino said it would be an "insult" for the food chain planning to open in Boston to set foot there.


Breaking: Stan Lee, Marvel's Cultural Icon, Dead At 95

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Papa Gino's Posts Help Wanted Ads For Stores It Closed

The company posted help wanted ads for some of its stores it abruptly closed in Massachusetts.

Watertown-Based Athenahealth Bought For $5.7B

It will combine with Virence Health to form a private healthcare information technology company.

Airborne Car Crashes Into Roof, Kills 20-Year-Old Stoughton Woman

Two Holbrook men, 19 and 21 years old, were seriously injured when the car sideswiped a telephone pole and crashed into a roof, police said.

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