Teach to the test? No thanks.That’s the message Massachusetts voters appear to be sending in a new poll, with nearly six in 10 (57%) Bay Staters saying they support scrapping the MCAS examination as a high school graduation requirement.Nearly 37% of the respondents to the...
Editor’s note: This article was written by Mike Mazzeo and first appeared in Sports Business Journal, the industry’s leading source of sports business news, events and data.Major League Baseball has not had a repeat champion since the New York Yankees’ three-peat of 1998-2000, a streak...
A 3,103-square-foot two-unit house built in 1925 has changed hands. The spacious historic property located at 15 Sunnybank Road in Watertown was sold on Sept. 16, 2024. The $1,450,000 purchase price works out to $467 per square foot. This two-story duplex presents a total of...
It looks like JuJu Smith-Schuster got his groove back in the two months since he was cut by the New England Patriots.Smith-Schuster went off as Patrick Mahomes’ top target during the Kansas City Chiefs’ win on Monday Night Football, catching 7 passes for 130 yards.That’s...
Not even two weeks after Hurricane Helene swamped the Florida coastline, Milton has strengthened rapidly into a major hurricane on a path toward the state.The system is threatening the densely populated Tampa metro area — which has a population of more than 3.3 million people...
A Canton man was found guilty Monday of fatally shooting a 15-year-old in Dorchester in 2022, prosecutors announced.Zontre Mack, 21, was convicted of first-degree murder. He will be sentenced on Oct. 23, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden’s office said in a statement.Another man, Dominick...
Another week of the girls’ soccer regular season has passed, and there was another milestone celebration around the region.In addition, four local teams remain undefeated, while multiple Berkshire programs are scheduled to face each other in a matchup that could decide their divisional outcome....
A 6,051-square-foot house built in 2022 has changed hands. The spacious new property located at 88 Levbert Road in Newton Center was sold on Sept. 20, 2024. The $4,200,000 purchase price works out to $694 per square foot. This three-story home provides a generous living...
A man was fatally shot overnight in Roxbury, according to the Boston Police Department.Boston police officers went to an area of Hammond Street in Roxbury at around 1:35 a.m. Tuesday. Arriving officers found a man who had been shot, said Sgt. Detective John Boyle, a...
The 2024 ICC Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup continues on Tuesday, Oct. 8 with just one match, a contest between Australia and New Zealand that will happen at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.The match is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. EST...
