E-mail: mary.macdonald@patch.com	 Phone: 508-317-6136 Hometown: Hampton, NH Position: Local Editor, Milford Patch
Mary started her 20-year reporting career in New England, initially at the Vineyard Gazette on Martha's Vineyard, and later Foster's Daily Democrat in southern New Hampshire, where she covered local news in Rochester and Portsmouth, as well as in York, Maine. She left her native New Hampshire for a job as a police reporter at The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville.
After covering police, government and higher ed in Jacksonville, she moved to Atlanta to become a reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She specialized in education reporting for most of her nine years in Atlanta, later moving to general assignment, where she wrote news and feature stories from Atlanta's northern suburbs.
In 2009, Mary left the Atlanta paper to go to grad school, thinking she would like to try teaching. She taught English in Springfield (MA) for nearly two years, and has a master's degree in secondary education from University of Massachusetts Amherst.
When she's not working, Mary enjoys cooking, running, hiking and spending time with her family in Rhode Island.
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A look at what's going on in and around Milford this weekend
The reception is an informal one, a chance for people in the community to meet the new schools leader.
The 34th annual Hopedale Day in the Park is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The Republican candidate made his announcement Wednesday morning on his website.
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The Republican candidate made his announcement Wednesday morning on his website.
Sen. Edward. J. Markey said he needs “to review all of the relevant classified materials relating to this matter before I make a decision as important as authorizing the use of military force.”
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Milford Selectmen on Monday will vote on the finalized host community agreement.
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The following information was provided by the Milford Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
The following information was provided by the Medfield Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
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Attached are the exhibits to the Host Community Agreement now being considered.
You Asked, Patch Answers: what is in the proposed casino?
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The sign is too big to be incorporated into the interior of the market design.
