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A new odyssey for the Trojans: The 2024 Bridgewater-Raynham football schedule
Only a few weeks remain before the return of high school football in the Greater Taunton area. Ahead of the tryouts and training camps, and before the first kickoff whistle sounds under those famed Friday night lights in the Greater Taunton area, the Taunton Daily Gazette is kicking off our 2024 high school football coverage with a look at all four area team's schedules, and next up is Bridgewater-Raynham.
It's the little things that mean the most
Back in March 2020, at the height of the lockdown, when COVID-19 suddenly became as familiar as the sun at midday, I was determined to do something at a time when nobody could do anything. With schools closed, schedules changed, and uncertainty gripping the nation, I decided to channel what energy I had into giving back to the community, determined to make the best out of what was supposed to be my senior year in high school.
FREA, School Department Move Forward on Contract Negotiations
Members of the Fall River Educators’ Association this week rallied to express their concerns over the current negotiations on a new contract. Speaking before the school committee on Monday, Letourneau school teacher Kristen Rousell argued this is the year the city invests in teachers to bring pay up to a level of those in regional gateway cities.
NAHS options discussed
NORTH ATTLEBORO - The committee overseeing the potential replacement or renovation and expansion of the current high school building met Thursday night at the Woodcock School Administration Building. The committee reviewed preferred design options. Click the video below to stream the discussion. Thursday’s meeting can be seen in its entirety...
LIFE AFTER NORTH-Six tips for the aspiring upperclassmen
Welcome to the first edition of the North Star Reporter’s new column Life After North. My name is Sadie Barend and I am a recent and quite nervous graduate of North Attleborough High School. I plan on sharing some hopefully helpful tricks for students to navigate through their high...
Former EPS School Supt. finds job in Brockton
City clerk awaits Lambert’s letter of resignation. Former Everett School Superintendent Priya Tahiliani was appointed Interim Superintendent in Brockton by their School Committee on Tuesday, July 9. The vote was 7-1. Her one-year contract was approved at a July 16 meeting by a unanimous vote, with committee Chair and Mayor Robert Sullivan declaring his vote “wholeheartedly yes.”
Bristol County teen powers through to win several gold medals at national para-sports competition in Alabama
Hoover, AL – A Taunton teen continues to power through both literally and figuratively. 15-year-old Mary MacDonald of Bristol Plymouth Regional Technical High School claimed 7 gold medals in multiple sports and events at Move United’s Hartford Nationals, the largest and longest-standing national sport championship event for athletes with a physical disability, visual impairment, and/or intellectual disability.
Falcons take flight: The 2024 Dighton-Rehoboth football schedule
It may be the middle of summer, but the high school football season will be here before you know it. Ahead of the tryouts and training camps, and before the first kickoff whistle sounds under those famed Friday night lights in the Greater Taunton area, the Taunton Daily Gazette is kicking off our 2024 high school football coverage with a look at all four area team's schedules, and next up is Dighton-Rehoboth.
United Way Seeks Donations to Support Local Schools
The United Way of Greater Fall River is again lending a hand to local schools and teachers by hosting its Teachers’ Closet initiative. This year’s campaign shifts the focus of support compared to years past. In Fall Fiver the United Way will support the Eestall School and the...
Former Everett super Priya Tahiliani Brockton’s interim superintendent
Priya Tahiliani will take over as the interim superintendent of Brockton Public Schools next year, replacing Acting Superintendent James Cobbs, school committee members voted Tuesday evening. In a 7-1 vote, the Brockton School Committee selected Tahiliani, who most recently worked as superintendent of Everett Public Schools, over the other finalist,...
VOTE: Select the 2023-24 Herald News Male Athlete of the Year
FALL RIVER — Twenty athletes from the Fall River area area have been selected to the 2024 Herald News Male Athlete of the Year ballot. This poll is for athletes from six different high schools — Atlantis Charter, Case, Diman, Durfee, Somerset Berkley and Westport — this past school calender year. ...
Ashton School about ready for move-in; Community next
CUMBERLAND – Final renovation work on Ashton Elementary School is hitting high gear this summer, Supt. Phil Thornton is sharing, and the school will be ready for its big welcome back for the 2024-2025 school year. Thornton shared pictures with the School Committee of numerous projects, including laying of...
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