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‘Nervous doesn't begin to cut it': Harvard student prepares to address RNC
A student at Harvard University was getting ready to address the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee Wednesday. Shabbos Kestenbaum has been vocal about Harvard's handling of the fallout on campus after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack and Israel's subsequent war in Gaza. Kestenbaum, who identifies himself as a lifelong Democrat, says...
Hingham Public Schools Offers Meals at No Cost for All Students
Hingham Public Schools participatesin the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program. As part of this program, Hingham Public Schools offers healthy meals every school day. The Commonwealth is supplementing National School Lunch Program funds to ensure all students have access to healthy school meals in Massachusetts, regardless of household income. We ask that families complete a Meal Benefit Application as this provides data for school funding and community resources. The results from each Meal Benefit Application are used to ensure sustainability for this program.
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,...
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.”
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.
Boston College files to build new archive for Catholic religious objects
Boston College has filed plans with the Boston Planning Department to build a three-story, roughly 45,000-square-foot building to store collections of religious stuff "as well as limited artwork and cultural artifacts" on a hillside between its Theology and Ministry Library and its St. John's Seminary property off Lake Street in Brighton.
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.
News Bites: MBA/Beasley Media Group Boston, ‘B-Dub Radio,’ Podbean.
News Bites for July 18... … The Massachusetts Broadcasters Association (MBA) awarded 11 scholarships totaling $30,000 to the most promising broadcast students in Massachusetts during a presentation at Beasley Media Group’s Boston-based cluster. Scholarships were presented by MBA Executive Director Jordan Walton and the MBA’s Immediate Past Chair, Beasley Media Group Boston VP/Market Manager Mary Menna. Ramiro, morning host at “Hot 96.9” WBQT, and “98.5 The Hub” WBZ-FM morning duo Fred Toucher and Rob “Hardy” Poole spoke to the winners about their paths into broadcasting. “Beasley Media is proud to have participated in the MBA Student Broadcaster Scholarship for many years,” Menna said in a release. “It’s a worthwhile investment in supporting the next generation of radio and television employees.” Recipients include Samantha Brennan (University of Massachusetts Amherst); Olivia dePunte (Aristotle University); Antonio Goncalves (Arizona State University); Logan Healy (Massachusetts College of Art and Design); Kelli Konieczny (Merrimack College); Joseph Motroni (Merrimack College); Johann Viera (Arizona State University).
(Archive May 1, 2011) Graduate Profile: Nancy Storer
Amongst the hundreds of students graduating this semester, Nancy Storer is one of the many students walking away from the Mount with more than just a degree. Storer is a strong advocate for women. Her experience here has helped enabled her to explore herself and shed light on others in the process.
Student activist Sophie Shen wins leadership award from Bank of America
Sophie Shen, a rising senior at Arlington High School, is among five students in Massachusetts selected as a Bank of America Student Leader, the company said. The award earns Shen a paid summer internship with a local nonprofit (the Waltham Boys and Girls Club) and an all-expenses-paid weeklong trip to Washington, D.C., for a national leadership summit.
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.
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...
A Giant Problem at the MHS
The holdings of the MHS often tell the authentic stories of real figures such as Revolutionary heroes, 18th century women laborers, and helmet-wearing air raid survivors. A smaller group of materials deal with more mysterious subjects, like strange voices calling from the waters of Boston in 1634. In these cases, it can be difficult to know what really happened, what was misunderstood, and what was invented. A recent question of these less tangible materials has forced the staff to admit: The MHS has a giant problem.
Paul Seaver named Wellesley boys basketball head coach
Wellesley has a new boys basketball coach. Paul Seaver will lead the Raiders from the sideline this winter. Seaver coached at Milford, his alma mater, for nine years and most recently coached at Scituate High School in Rhode Island. Seaver accepted the role at Wellesley earlier this month. If you...
New Hughes Center director has a political legacy
The new director of the Wiliam J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton University is the great-granddaughter of the last Republican mayor of Boston. Tina Zappile was announced today as the new director. She will replace John Froonjian, a former reporter who retired earlier this year. Her great-grandfather was...
Mass. native, former Spotify executive named next Berklee president
A Boston-born musician who became an executive at Spotify was announced as Berklee’s fifth president on Thursday and is set to take over leadership of the college on Jan. 1, 2025, according to a press release from the school. Jim Lucchese, who the school described as a “pioneering music...
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.
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...
New Masco boys’ basketball coach aims for conference title
It’s official: The talented Masco Chieftains roster will go into the new school year led by new head basketball coach Jaycob Morales. After spending this past year at Cathedral, a Division 4 high school in the South End, he decided to jump on the opportunity of coaching at Masconomet.
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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