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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—Boston is already gearing up to celebrate its favorite holiday – St. Patrick's Day!
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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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With the kids out of school, people are starting to make the most of the summer. They're hitting the beaches, taking weekend trips, and enjoying neighborhood picnics and bike rides. This is New England at its best. It's a shame, though, that government so often seeks
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Voters in Massachusetts might be the first in the nation to weigh in directly on Common Core educational standards. Last week, End Common Core Massachusetts, a committee of citizen activists, teachers, and parents, announced that it has gathered over 30,000 signatures in support of placing Common Core on the
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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="
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once called music "the universal language of mankind." Many literary and musical men and women from all ages and cultures have similarly pointed to music as the great unifier, as "naming the unnamable" and "communicating the unknowable" (Leonard Bernstein); as "
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Old Sturbridge Village, a "living history" museum in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, has helped create family memories for generations. It is one of New England's finest family destinations with something to offer for everybody, from farm animal exhibits and dying wool to historical games and musket demonstrations – even
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