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Early voting would be legal in Massachusetts starting in 2016 for all biennial state elections and primaries, under a bill that Senate Democrats plan to bring to the floor for a vote on Thursday.

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The new Quincy YMCA facility has been open for three weeks, but the center will hold a ceremonial grand opening on Sunday, Jan. 26.

While legislators have yet to call Patrick administration officials before them for oversight hearings, two Democratic senators on Monday worried a planned independent review of the Department of Children and Families may be too narrow while a Patrick administration official said the review was designed to be broad in scope.

DirectTV dropped the Weather Channel from its lineup at midnight as the two sides battled over a contract. DirectTV replaced the channel with WeatherNation. The Weather Channel has launched a campaign aimed at viewers to promote its necessity during times of severe weather. 

Two women, 104 and 100, found different solutions on where to live in late life. Sylvia Carlson, 104, decided it was time to move from her Quincy home of 80 years to a Braintree seniors’ community. Lillian Wentworth, 100, found a way to stay in her house after she lost the help of a longtime friend.

The head of the Rockland selectmen has presented his own idea to revamp SouthField as an alternative to controversial legislation proposed by the stalled project’s master developer.

Town Clerk Joseph Powers has been suspended from the job amid growing tension between himself and the Braintree Town Council.

Local eighth-graders will join Gov. Deval Patrick on Saturday to begin their roles as community-service ambassadors in their respective cities and towns.

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