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How Boston Public Schools plan to curb chronic absenteeism in 50 days

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...

By Larry Smith

Whale watching in Massachusetts kicks off in April — 11 tours along the coast

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...

By Larry Smith

Off the Menu: Restaurant’s ‘thankless’ jobs

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...

By Larry Smith

An unseen climate change impact: rising groundwater levels in Mass.

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...

By Larry Smith

Patriots will likely draft one of these QBs

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...

By Larry Smith

Bruins likely in mix for coveted undrafted free agent forward

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...

By Larry Smith

Red Sox RHP learned changeup through late dad’s fiberglass plant connection

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 Larry Smith

Kids Gone Wild

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...

By Larry Smith

Mass. man killed in single-car crash after becoming trapped in fiery SUV

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,...

By Larry Smith