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Brockton schools eliminating teaching jobs; $100K lottery winner: 5 top stories last week
BROCKTON − SABURA, a community organization focusing on education and recreation, has been housed in The Goddard School since 2020. The organization will however need to find a new home. Here's what we know. A lucky Stoughton resident won $100,000 off a free lottery ticket he received as part of a recent Massachusetts State Lottery promotion, ...
A Massachusetts Inn Was the Birthplace of the Chocolate Chip Cookie
It is scientifically impossible not to love chocolate chip cookies. Whether they're fresh out of the oven or paired with a cold glass of milk, chocolate chip cookies put smiles on the faces of kids and kids at heart. But did you know that the popular treat was first invented...
Photos: The Killers perform at Boston Calling
Rock band The Killers closed the third and final day of Boston Calling, which was the only day of the festival that sold out of General Admission tickets. Formed in 2001 by lead singer Brandon Flowers and guitarist Dave Keuning, The Killers took the Green Stage around 9:15 p.m. Sunday, May 26.
Remember This Iconic Moment When Boston University Grads Got to Sing With Mr. Rogers in Massachusetts?
It was 32 years ago (almost to the day) when Fred Rogers gave the commencement speech to a crowd of young, excited graduates from Boston University. Mr. Rogers sang the song to the graduates that he sang at the beginning of every episode of his iconic public TV show, Mister Roger's Neighborhood.
Barstool’s Dave Portnoy Says These Two New England Cities Are Amongst the Best Pizza Cities in America
At this point, Dave Portnoy for president. I mean, Miss Peaches has humanized this man so much that it's making me want to believe literally anything he says, including that these two New England cities (according to him), are amongst the top five in the world. In a TikTok Barstool...
"Toni Stone" introduces Boston theatergoers to female baseball legend
BOSTON - A new play in Boston hopes to introduce theatergoers to Toni Stone, an important figure in baseball history."We should know her like we know Babe Ruth, like we know, Satchel Paige, like we know Jackie Robinson," said Lydia Diamond.But local playwright and director Diamond knows people don't know Stone the way they know other baseball heroes. Her new piece, now on stage at the Huntington Theater in Boston, looks to change that.Stone, who was Black, was rejected from the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which you may know from the movie, "A League of their Own." In 1946,...
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