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By ELLA ADAMS
State House News Service

BOSTON — Senators in the Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities advanced a sweeping bill aimed at reducing the state’s poverty rate with just about three weeks left before lawmakers face a July 31 deadline to get bills shuttled into conference committee.

Sen. Sal DiDomenico said his…

BOSTON — State Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian announced that she and her office will hold monthly office hours for constituents in-person on Friday, July 24, in Melrose and Wakefield to highlight local senior centers.

Rep. Lipper-Garabedian will be in Melrose from 10-11 a.m. at the Milano Center, located at 201 W Foster St. In…

WAKEFIELD — The following is a notice from First Parish Congregational Church:

First Parish will not be able to offer its free community breakfasts in July and August.

If you’ve been a guest and have enjoyed the fellowship and good food at the breakfasts, we apologize and thank you for attending. Readers, please pass along…

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15

Mexican Train Dominoes, McCarthy Senior Center on Converse Street, 1 p.m. All aboard for fun! Mexican Train Dominoes is a vibrant and engaging game where you try to be the first to play all your dominoes on your personal “train” or the shared “Mexican Train.”

THURSDAY, JULY 16

• Plaza Jazz featuring…

By COLIN A. YOUNG
State House News Service

About a decade after they took off in popularity and kicked off a series of gambling expansions here, Attorney General Andrea Campbell has proposed a rewritten set of rules for the fantasy contests that made Boston-based DraftKings a household name…

WAKEFIELD — Wakefield Police assisted Massachusetts State Police yesterday afternoon in locating and apprehending a driver who was wanted for failure to stop for State Police in Woburn.

At about 2:45 p.m. yesterday, Stoneham Police spotted the gray Acura as it was heading into Wakefield on Albion Street and relayed that information to Wakefield PD…