Last school year, Greater Egleston High School on the border of Roxbury and Jamaica Plain, saw a 98.9% rate of chronic absenteeism among students, according to data from the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.Ninety students were enrolled in the small pilot school for...
It doesn’t have to be 85 degrees with the sun beating down on your head to hop on a boat with the hope of catching a glimpse of a whale off the Massachusetts coast. Springtime whale watching is a thing, too — just bundle up.Whale...
There are certainly no shortage of jobs that might be labeled as “thankless,” but in today’s business environment, the position of restaurant manager could certainly qualify for such an unflattering designation.The hours are long, the stress level is high, and the pay usually isn’t that...
AMHERST — In many places around the country, the water table — that essential but unseen resource — is falling.Massachusetts, on the other hand, is seeing a rise, hydrology researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have found. Their work seeks to explain why groundwater...
The Patriots have made it obvious. The team is ‘all-in’ on this year’s quarterback draft class.With the No. 3 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, Eliot Wolf will have a chance to draft a high-upside player for his team’s most important position. Of course, it’s...
The Bruins have limited draft picks in the 2024 draft and limited forward prospects in their system. They can help overcome both hardships with one transaction.Boston is expected to be in the mix for Collin Graf, who is considered by many to be the best...
SEATTLE — New Red Sox pitcher Chase Anderson still throws the same changeup with the same grip he learned at 13 years old.“I haven’t changed anything. Nothing,” Anderson said before Boston’s 5-1 win over Seattle at T-Mobile Park on Sunday. “So Josh Bobbitt: shout-out to...
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Kids say the darnedest things, but sometimes they do the darnedest things. A 9-year-old boy in Oroville, CA decided to drive himself to school in the family Volkswagon sedan. When a California Highway Patrol officer saw the car oddly stationary...
A 43-year-old Wayland man was killed in a fiery single-car crash in the town early Saturday morning, according to police.Wayland police and firefighters responded to 41 Shaw Drive for a report of a car crash at 1:36 a.m., police said in a press release. There,...
ALBANY, N.Y. — After criticism from LSU coach Kim Mulkey, the Los Angeles Times changed a story on their website.Mulkey took offense to a column that was posted prior to the NCAA women’s tournament game between UCLA and LSU on Saturday and attacked it in...
