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The Boston City Council held an emergency hearing on late mail delivery. The USPS didn’t show up.
In an internal email accidentally sent to the City Council, a USPS executive apparently accused the body of having a political agenda and not caring about residents receiving their mail. During an emergency hearing Tuesday, members of the Boston City Council heard testimony accusing United States Postal Service leaders of...
Ex-Sheriff Mark Brave faces 5 new charges, allegedly lied under oath
Ex-Strafford County Sheriff Mark Brave is facing new felony perjury charges and misdemeanor counts of false swearing and unsworn falsification. Criminal counts against Brave continue to stack up more than a year after he was first arrested for allegedly using county money to fund trips related to his extramarital affairs. Brave, formerly of Dover and now a Tewksbury, Massachusetts, resident, has been indicted on the new charges by a Rockingham County grand jury. ...
8 Mass. colleges sued for alleged financial aid conspiracy
BOSTON - Eight private colleges in Massachusetts are among 40 top universities named in a class action lawsuit over financial aid practices. The plaintiffs allege that the schools engaged in a "price-fixing conspiracy" that made tuition more expensive for students with divorced or separated parents.The lawsuit claims that the nonprofit College Board has since 2006 pushed schools to consider the income and assets of noncustodial parents from a student's CSS Profile when determining a financial aid award. That's resulted in students from those family situations paying about $6,200 more for college on average, the lawsuit says, compared to schools that...
Too Hard or Too Easy: The ‘Big, Statewide Fight’ Over MA. Graduation Requirement
Massachusetts mom Shelley Scruggs says she’s spent the last decade thinking and worrying about standardized testing — specifically the three exams her son would need to pass in order to earn a high school diploma. A junior at a technical high school in Lexington, her son, who has ADD and an Individualized Education Program, has […]
A path to healthier students and safer streets in Lynn
Meaghan CaseyLYNN — The City of Lynn is committed to encouraging students to become more active in their school commutes, all while getting more cars off the road. The efforts are being coordinated through the Safe Routes to School Program — a free, federally funded program administered by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) that works […] The post A path to healthier students and safer streets in Lynn appeared first on Itemlive.
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