ARLINGTON — School administrators in a town that played an important role in Paul Revere's midnight ride are responding to backlash from parents after they elected to eliminate a tradition in which third grade students dress up in colonial garb as part of a day dedicated to learning about life during colonial times.
The motives behind the push to ban colonial costumes apparently stemmed from fears that students from other ethnic backgrounds may feel excluded, according to an email Superintendent of Schools Kathleen Bodie sent to parents last week.
BOSTON — If they had global warming activism during the 1960s, it might have looked like Boston Common this past weekend.
Loudspeakers boomed Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'," Peter, Paul and Mary's version of "If I Had A Hammer," and several Pete Seeger songs as about 2,500 people gathered for what organizers called the People's Climate Mobilization Rally on Saturday.
