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The University of Massachusetts is now offering the top 10 percent of community college graduates a minimum of $5,000 scholarships per year above federal and private financial aid if they enroll at the system's campuses in Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, or Lowell. "We want to send a
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A Lawrence city councilor-elect in Massachusetts is one of two women an Essex County grand jury indicted on charges of fraudulent voting in the November 2023 city election there, prosecutors said. Councilor-Elect Fidelina Santiago was indicted on the following charges: Illegal Voting or Attempt to Vote (four counts), Conspiracy to
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The chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party joined seven GOP state representatives and a former state party chairman in delivering a copy of a filing to make sure Nikki Haley makes the March 2024 presidential primary ballot in Massachusetts. Amy Carnevale, state party chairman, and the other Republicans delivered the
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By Colin A. Young State House News Service
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Chicopee resident Brandon Batiste, 36, received a 42-year prison sentence from U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford, Connecticut this week for the kidnapping and murder of a Massachusetts man in 2020, according to a press release from the office of the U.S. Attorney for the District
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The organization that sponsors pro-life license plates in Massachusetts is affiliating with Massachusetts Citizens for Life. Choose Life Massachusetts has made "Choose Life" license plates an option in the state since 2010, as NewBostonPost has reported.
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One of the things New England is known for is its great professional sports teams. The Boston Red Sox have won the World Series nine times, the New England Patriots have won six Super Bowls (all in the 21st century), the Boston Celtics have won 17 National Basketball Association championships,
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Using grades, attendance, disciplinary record, and interviews to evaluate eighth-graders applying to selective regional vocational high schools discriminates against "students of color," "students with a disability," "English language learners," and "economically disadvantaged students," members of the Gateway Cities Legislative Caucus say. Instead,
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