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Dorchester family brings two sisters into their home

BOSTON – On a cold Friday evening, three sisters gathered around an iPad in the living room of a Dorchester home. On the other end, their oldest sister in New York talked excitedly about her plans during her commute. You wouldn't know it, but the two youngest sisters, Ty-Janee,

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Foster grandparents enrich toddlers’ lives – and vice versa

BOSTON – Toddlers bounced around the classroom in the Head Start site on Geneva Avenue in Dorchester, playing with toys, building with blocks or making their way up the climbing structure. Standing tall above the children, Bobbie Williams, 78, smiled as she offered to read a picture book to a young

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Boston cancels school ahead of snowstorm

BOSTON – Mayor Marty Walsh closed Boston's public schools for Friday citing an approaching winter storm forecast to drop as much as 8 inches of snow on the metropolitan area starting in the early morning hours. Some 500 trucks will be treating the city's streets by 6

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Boston’s City Hall Plaza slated for a fun facelift

BOSTON – "Red Square," as Boston's brick-paved City Hall Plaza is widely known, is often described as a windswept eyesore. While the public's low regard for the expanse has long been known, local officials may finally be giving it makeover. Under a three-year deal with

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Working moms fare best in Vermont, less so in Mass.

BOSTON – With Mother's Day around the corner it's a good time to reflect on the hard work and dedication that every mom puts into raising a family, but conditions in some states may make it easier than in others. Massachusetts ranks fifth in those terms, according

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Make way for ducklings – from classroom to pond

MILTON – In an annual tradition, children who attend Glover Elementary School line corridor walls and campus walkways to watch as ducklings hatched in an enclosed courtyard march behind their Mrs. Mallard to nearby Turners Pond. They're given a bit of encouragement and guidance along their seasonal waddle, and

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Mass. Center for Civic Education promotes engaged citizenship among students

When history teacher Roger Desrosiers received a postcard from the Center for Civic Education in 1987 offering free classroom materials for the U.S. Constitution's bicentennial, little did he know that the organization would become his life's work. After decades of promoting the study of American

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New England states receive high marks for child well-being

New England can boast three of the top five states in the nation for children's overall well-being, according to a new report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a private philanthropy foundation based in Baltimore. [perfectpullquote align="full" cite="" link="" color="