BOSTON—Not really surprising: "Residents of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket are among Massachusetts’ healthiest, while those in Hampden and Suffolk counties, which include the cities of Springfield and Boston, are the least fit." [Boston.com]
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EAST BOSTON—In Back Bay, it was fliers in general. "A fed-up citizen complains about the Western Union fliers now found all over the neighborhood advertising money-transfer services to Latin America, to the point where they've gotten more annoying than the omnipresent phone-book stacks..." [The Hub]