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Reporting from the Trending desk of The Massachusetts Times, Boston, Massachusetts.

The Commonwealth's most-discussed stories, from Beacon Hill to the Berkshires, Cape Cod and the Islands.

What readers are following

• the General Court at the State House on Beacon Hill
• the Patriots in Foxborough and the Red Sox's statewide following
• nor'easters and erosion on the Outer Cape
• Gateway Cities, western Massachusetts and the Pike