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Holy Cross football falls in another heartbreaker, this time at Harvard
With just Patriot League play remaining on the regular-season schedule, the Holy Cross football can hope to flip the script. Again on Saturday, the Crusaders rallied from a deficit to take a lead, only to be foiled at the end. ...
10K Mass. students to receive free books through new reading program
Books will soon be in the hands of 10,000 students across five Massachusetts communities, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll announced Thursday. In a collaborative effort between state officials and the United States of Readers, a national reading program run by Scholastic, students from pre-K through eighth grade will receive 10 books a year.
City of Worcester Issues Request for Proposals for RIZE Foundation Grantmaking Opportunity
WORCESTER, Mass. – The City of Worcester’s Department of Health & Human Services has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to qualified nonprofit organizations, inviting them to collaborate on a joint application for the RIZE Foundation’s grantmaking initiative. The focus of this opportunity is to address the ongoing opioid overdose crisis by expanding proven life-saving interventions.
Massachusetts Had Nation’s First Cambodian-American Mayor
Less than one percent (0.1 percent) of the U.S. population is of Cambodian ancestry or ethnic origin – roughly 361,769 people, according to the most recent census data. Southern New England is home to many of the Cambodian Americans. According to the Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America by Carl...
Fur commission issues statement after mink release
Sunbury, Pa. — Following the release of hundreds of mink from a fur farm near Sunbury Saturday morning, a non-profit organization that represents mink farmers released a statement, condemning the actions of the alleged vandals. Police arrested two Massachusetts residents after they allegedly released 700 mink from the farm in the early morning hours — a move that the fur commission says will likely condemn the minks to death unless they're rescued in the next 48 hours. Read the full statement by the Fur Commission...
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