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Monopoly Ditches Cash With New App-Based Board Game: See The Huge Changes Monopoly Ditches Cash With New App-Based Board Game: See The Huge Changes
Monopoly Ditches Cash With New App-Based Board Game: See The Huge Changes Forget about picking a banker or flipping deeds to mortgage properties, Monopoly is going digital. Hasbro unveiled Monopoly App Banking at the North American International Toy Fair in New York City. The newest version is a major change as the classic board game celebrates its 90th anniversary. The digital-based game replaces paper money and the banker role with a mobile app handling all transactions, The Verge reported. Players will scan their bank and property cards into a smartphone or tablet, which will track money and automate transactions. The update…

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by Chris Spiker
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Mass Boy's Dream Treehouse Marks 'Perfect' 10,000th Wish For Make-A-Wish Mass Boy's Dream Treehouse Marks 'Perfect' 10,000th Wish For Make-A-Wish
Mass Boy's Dream Treehouse Marks 'Perfect' 10,000th Wish For Make-a-wish The Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island celebrated a historic milestone last week when they granted their 10,000th wish to a little boy in Central Massachusetts battling cancer. Kyle Osterman is a 9-year-old boy from North Grafton and Sutton who is on year two of his three-year-long treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Make-A-Wish says.  Kyle has always wanted his own treehouse and his care team at UMass Memorial Health referred Kyle to Make-A-Wish to help make his dream a reality.  "Kyle's Krib," as it was called, was designed with specific input from Kyle himself and built…

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by David Cifarelli
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Bright Nights - One More MA Lights Display - Make Top 10 Best-In-the-US List Bright Nights - One More MA Lights Display - Make Top 10 Best-In-the-US List
Bright Nights - One More MA Lights Display - Make Top 10 Best-In-the-US List Massachusetts is home to two of the Top 10 holiday lights displays in the United States, according to a new USA Today ranking. A survey of light displays - and consultation with holiday lighting experts - resulted in a Top 10 Best Public Holiday Lights Display list and coming in at No. 10 is Bright Nights at Forest Park in Springfield. This isn’t Massachusetts' only entry on the shortlist - Winterlights in Stockbridge and Canton come in at No. 6. Bright Nights first lit up in 1995 and now has more than 675,000 lights along the 3-mile winding route through Forest Park. The tour has many s…

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by Kristin Palpini