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U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton piled on Tuesday and joined the Lynn delegation in criticizing the Baker administration’s failure to fund the Lynn ferry that serves the North Shore.

Starting in mid-July, students will have the chance to submit their coolest app designs to members of Congress for the third annual Congressional App Challenge, a competition lawmakers are hoping will boost interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

By: Stephanie Ebbert\

He has likened the rise of Donald Trump to the rise of Adolf Hitler. He has caustically chided Republican Governor Charlie Baker for confusing Syrian “refugees and those from whom they need refuge.”

He has taken jabs at members of his own party, publicly criticizing President Obama’s military strategy in the Middle East just weeks after he joined the president’s history-making trip to Cuba.

The relocation of Memorial Day services to Abbot Hall Monday marked a first in Dave Rodgers’ 17-years as Marblehead veterans agent.

“It’s the first rainy day for Memorial Day that I can remember,” said Joe Whipple as he climbed up Abbot Hall’s grand staircase into the auditorium just before the 10 a.m. service.

“Thank you for coming. I know we prefer to be outside, but this is a great turnout,” said Rodgers to the sea of ‘Headers gathered for the annual event.

By: Ray Lamont, Staff Writer

U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, the first-term 6th District congressman who a veteran of four tours in the war on terror, hailed not only the center, but the commitment by the Bedford VA center and the VA in general. “I am a patient of the VA. I trust the VA to my health care,” he told the gathered veterans, “and I’m confident in doing that especially with a facility like the one we have based in Bedford.”

U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, a war veteran, will be among the speakers Wednesday at a ceremonial ribbon cutting signaling the debut of Gloucester's new Veterans Administration health care clinic at 199 Main St. The ceremony, set for 1 p.m., will include remarks by Gloucester Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken and by Bedford VA Director Christine Croteau.

Moulton, the first-term representative whose 6th Massachusetts congressional district includes all of Cape Ann, served four tours in the Iraq War as a Marine Corps infantry officer.