Harvard students reportedly rushed Harvard Yard to create a tent encampment “liberated zone” for Palestine. Emerson officials were warning students of “imminent law enforcement action.”
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Beacon Hill Democrats want to spend $426M on state-run shelters amid cash crunch
Top Beacon Hill Democrats plan to vote on a spending bill Thursday that will shuttle $426 million in surplus revenues leftover from the pandemic to respond to an influx of migrants and limits families’ stay in state-run shelters to nine months.
WBUR is laying off 7 employees, 24 workers taking buyouts at Boston NPR station: ‘A significant loss’
WBUR has announced that Boston’s NPR station is laying off seven employees and 24 others are taking buyouts. The station will also stop buying Peet’s Coffee.
‘An even greater impact’
The Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Central Mass & MetroWest annual ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ gala held earlier this month netted $160,000 that will be used to support life-changing youth programs. The spring tradition that took place on April 6 in Worcester also honored the nonprofit organization’s 25-year partnership with the College of […]
Maynard man claims $100K winning lotto ticket
FITCHBURG — With only two weeks remaining before expiration, a $100,000 winning lottery ticket sold at a Summer Street store was finally claimed. The Massachusetts State Lottery Commission announced Michael Curtin, of Maynard, as the winner of a $100,000 Mass Cash prize in the game’s May 2, 2023 drawing, claiming his prize just two weeks […]
Three finalists named in search for school superintendent
LEOMINSTER — The search for a new school superintendent has been narrowed down to school officials from Lowell, Newton and Milford, the search committee announced Tuesday. The superintendent search committee, which started the process in March, is seeking to fill the position upon the retirement of Superintendent Paula Deacon at the end of the school […]
