NATIONAL BRIEFING / AND FINALLY . . .
Times Wire Reports
A Massachusetts town has made it illegal to own more than three cats without getting a $50 residential kennel license.
Voters at a town meeting in Dudley adopted the provision Monday in response to a neighborhood feud over Mary Ellen Richards’ 15 cats. The Telegram & Gazette of Worcester reported that one man accused the cats of ruining his yard.
Richards is trying to sell her home and says she plans to move to a “more cat-friendly community.”
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