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Musk, Harvard-Grad Ramaswamy Tapped To Head Trump's New Dept. Of Government Efficiency Musk, Harvard-Grad Ramaswamy Tapped To Head Trump's New Dept. Of Government Efficiency
Musk, Harvard-Grad Ramaswamy Tapped To Head Trump's New Dept. Of Government Efficiency President-Elect Donald Trump continues to fill his cabinet with loyalists and his biggest supporters following his sweeping victory in last week's election.  He announced Tuesday, Nov. 12, that two billionaire former rivals turned allies, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, would head up his new Department of Government Efficiency.  Related: Trump Nominates NY Rep. Elise Stefanik As UN Ambassador The tech entrepreneur, age 53, and the 39-year-old Harvard and Yale Law grad will be tasked with major cuts in government spending. Trump called it "The Manhattan Project" for a new…

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by Josh Lanier
Obituaries
Harvard Grad, Mom Of 4 Killed In New Jersey Hit-Run Crash While Jogging Harvard Grad, Mom Of 4 Killed In New Jersey Hit-Run Crash While Jogging
Harvard Grad, Mom Of 4 Killed In New Jersey Hit-Run Crash While Jogging Julia Sutton, the founder of an international spa and wellness brand and Harvard Business School alumna, has been identified as the person killed in a hit-and-run crash in Brick Township, New Jersey, earlier this month. Julia Sutton, 56, of Weehawken, New Jersey, was struck by a vehicle driven by 19-year-old Mark Carey, Jr. of South Amboy earlier this month on Route 35, as previously reported by Daily Voice. Mark Carey has been arrested in a hit-and-run crash that left a female pedestrian dead in Brick, authorities said. Ocean County Prosecutor's Office Sutton founded the boutique welln…

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by Chris Spiker
Business
Watertown Natives Launch Coconut-Flavored Whiskey To 'Escape The Ordinary' Watertown Natives Launch Coconut-Flavored Whiskey To 'Escape The Ordinary'
Watertown Natives Launch Coconut-Flavored Whiskey To 'Escape The Ordinary' Mikey Bortone has never wanted a 9-to-5 job. The Watertown native has been a reality TV star, actor, producer, and entrepreneur. But his latest venture, he hopes, will be his crowning achievement. And he’s reaching into his past and back to his hometown to make it happen. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Watertown Whiskey (@watertownwhiskey) Bortone created Watertown Whiskey, a coconut-flavored spirit released this summer and named for his hometown. It’s the culmination of four years of taste tests, countless setbacks, and a lot o…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
COVID-19: Face-Mask-Fog Solution Developed In Western Mass COVID-19: Face-Mask-Fog Solution Developed In Western Mass
Covid-19: Face-Mask-Fog Solution Developed In Western Mass Since the start of the pandemic, people with glasses have had a legitimate problem with face masks - wearing them fogs up eyewear. But a Western Massachusetts company thinks it has come up with a solution - literally and figuratively. Kyttarinic Technologies is working to get an updated version of its premier product FogKicker out to the glasses-wearing public. With a new office in Springfield, the formerly Amherst-based company has been selling vials of the spray and has tested a new product, wipes, that clean and prevent fog on glasses and dive masks. FogKicker is not the first anti-f…

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by Kristin Palpini