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By Jillian Sackler
Special To The Washington Post
We live in an age when assigning blame has become a national obsession, especially when it comes to the horrors of the opioid crisis.

HUDSON -- Granite Subaru has donated $38,750 to the Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter as part of the 11th national Subaru Share the Love event.

This is the latest in The Sun's "Be a Volunteer" series.
By Emma R. Murphy
emurphy@lowellsun.com
LOWELL -- Francine Clay has spent much of her life volunteering.

By Elise Takahama
Boston University Statehouse Program
BOSTON -- Massachusetts' 15 regional transit authorities need increased funding to enable them to provide reliable, environmentally sustainable service that better meets the needs of their

WESTFORD -- With a few loud bangs and a puff of musket smoke, officials unveiled signage renaming a portion of Route 225 after Col.

Sun staff report
AT LEAST two applicants for a part-time position on state Sen. Edward Kennedy's staff had the same line on their resumé: Lowell School Committee.

LOWELL -- Efforts to make Lowell the first UNESCO-recognized "learning city" in the United States hit a snag when the nation withdrew from the international organization earlier this year.

By Karen Tumulty
The Washington Post
Richard Nixon once offered Bill and Hillary Clinton some unsolicited advice on how married couples should conduct themselves if one of them happens to be running for president.

By Michael P. Norton
State House News Service
BOSTON -- Having seen his influence in helping to pass two major laws addressing the opioid epidemic, activists who support supervised drug injection sites are keeping the pressure on Gov.

Sun staff report
BEDFORD -- The Massachusetts Juvenile Police Officers Association has recognized a Bedford police officer as the Massachusetts school resource officer of the year.