"Mary is as much a creature as we are, with a heart like ours, made for joy and mirth as well as suffering and tears. Before Gab­riel communicates to her God's plan, our Lady does not know that ...

Former state Rep. Mary Murphy, 85, died in hospice care on Christmas Day after recently suffering a stroke. Murphy was first elected in 1976 and was the longest-serving woman in the history of the ...