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Patriot Ledger

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'Dominant' 6-foot-6 senior paces Marshfield football's mighty run game

MARSHFIELD — Through an often-open hatch in the roof, a fierce downpour muddied the press box's tile floor and exposed the scoreboard operators to the outside. The Marshfield High football team's platoon of running backs, meanwhile, kept dry and upright behind the 6-6, 296-pound human shield of Aidan Nicholson. The senior right tackle helped the Rams churn out over 100 yards of ground-game offense in a 44-0 victory over Silver Lake in the opening round of the Division 3 state tournament on Friday, Nov. 6. Junior running back Jack Giannetti blasted in for 3 touchdown runs. No. 3 Marshfield will host No. 6 North Attleboro in the Elite Eight next (date/time TBD). "He's a dominant offensive linemen," head coach Chris Arouca said of Nicholson. "We can't run behind him enough sometimes. The other guys are all good, too, but when he gets on his blocks and the running backs follow him, it's tough to stop." Nicholson, a three-year starter, began playing in second grade and first informally practiced with the Arouca's varsity Rams as an eighth-grader ineligible to play in his age bracket due to his size. Nicholson, who is still fielding collegiate offers, had three older brothers (Will, Tyler

Marshfield, MA · 3d

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Residency exceeds capacity for second consecutive year

For the second year in a row, Bridgewater State University has exceeded over one-hundred percent capacity within its residential spaces, leading to shortages of room availability and overcrowded rooms. The strain on housing and availability comes from two different factors: admission and policies. BSU has about 8,000 undergraduate students, and...

Bridgewater, MA · 3d
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The Metrowest Daily News

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Questioning the location of Framingham's new elementary school | Letter

As usual, the School Committee is befuddling in its planning of new school construction . Why is a replacement of Hemenway being built in Ashland? Isn't that a bit far flung? Wasn't the Wilson School replacement built to accommodate that part of Town with loss of Memorial, etc.? The larger question involves why the School Dept, Council recognize growth at the lower grade level, but not the need for accommodating it at the high school level. Shouldn't the new building be a high school? Maybe the Marian building would be ideal. Sorry to interrupt your reverie. Dave Bernard Framingham This article originally appeared on MetroWest Daily News: Questioning the location of Framingham's new elementary school | Letter

Framingham, MA · 2d

WUPE

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3 New England States Rank In Top 10 For College Students With Massachusetts At The Top

Regarding the best states in the country for college students, New England had 3 landing in the top 10 alone!

Massachusetts · 4d

Boston 25 News WFXT

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Financial investigation at Nahant elementary school puts town employee on leave

A Nahant town employee has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation into financial irregularities, according to the town administrator and police chief.

Nahant, MA · 12h

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Dracut High Dedicates Courtyard in Honor of Local Revolutionary War Veterans

DRACUT — In commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America, the Dracut School Committee and Dracut High School (DHS) recently dedicated the DHS Courtyard in honor of local soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War. On Thursday, Oct. 29, state legislators, School Committee members, faculty...

Dracut, MA · 3d

Daily Free Press

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Wellesley, MIT students protest outside WBUR, demand transparency from school leaders on AI

Over a dozen students from Wellesley College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology gathered outside the WBUR Cityspace on Commonwealth Avenue Thursday morning to protest an event sponsored by both institutions promoting the use of artificial intelligence. The event, titled “Shaping the Future: Higher Education, AI and the Future of...

Wellesley, MA · 2d

Patriot Ledger

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At 26, Ex-Holbrook High star restarts his hoops career at Quincy College

QUINCY -- Even though it's been a while, Kyree LaPlanche vividly remembers the feeling of getting buckets in a crowded gym with fans cheering him on. It was a much more subdued atmosphere at South West Middle School on Wednesday night, Nov. 4. No applause reverberating off the walls here, just the squeak of sneakers on the hardwood, occasionally drowned out by head coach Jamall Griffin barking orders at his Quincy College men's basketball team. Still, the relative quiet was music to LaPlanche's ears. The former Holbrook High star has spent four years away from basketball, but now, at the ripe old age of 26, he's eagerly using up his one season of junior-college eligibility. "Man, it's so fun being out here and being able to compete with these guys," LaPlanche, a 5-foot-9 guard, said during a break in what was shaping up as a three-hour Granite practice on the eve of the 2026-27 season opener. "Just being able to have this opportunity means a lot to me. I don't take any of these moments for granted, especially going through the journey that I've been on. It's been a lot. I'm really grateful to be out here." LaPlanche graduated from

Quincy, MA · 20h

Boston 25 News WFXT

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Boston mom says son with Type 1 diabetes may lose place at Catholic school amid nursing shortage

A Boston mom is fighting for her type 1 diabetic son after she was told he may no longer be able to attend his Catholic elementary school because the school no longer has the staff needed to help care for him.

Boston, MA · 3d

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Huge win for Tewksbury High football

Year in and year out, the Tewksbury High football game versus Andover is a competitive, entertaining matchup. It draws a good crowd and seems to bring out the best in both varsity programs. On Friday evening, in another battle of Merrimack Valley Conference elites, Tewksbury quarterback Will Harrison led the...

Andover, MA · 2d

CBS Boston

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High school in Boston blocked from football playoffs due to filing error

A judge denied a bid by Boston Public Schools to allow English High School's football team to compete in the MIAA playoffs, a spokesperson for BPS said Friday.

Boston, MA · 3d

Boston

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Harvard event with Yo-Yo Ma, Stephen Colbert cut short by fire alarm amid student union demonstration

The Harvard Graduate Students Union denied having anything to do with the disruption at Thursday’s speaker event. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and comedian Stephen Colbert’s talk at Harvard University, which striking graduate student workers picketed at, was cut short Thursday when a fire alarm was pulled inside the venue, according to the student union.

Cambridge, MA · 1d

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Once a Student, Now a Teacher: Percuoco Returns to Hudson High

HUDSON — A 2006 Hudson High graduate, Sarah Percuoco is a familiar face back in Hudson’s hallways as the school’s new geometry teacher. Percuoco first discovered her love for math when she took geometry in high school. She enjoyed the subject so much that she started tutoring other students.

Hudson, MA · 2d

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Sewing Together a Community: Malden High School Welcomes the New Fashion Club

Fashion is a form of self-expression to many at Malden High School, but there has never been a club or class in the school where fashion can be expressed. So far in the school year, clubs such as the Collectors Club, Brain Matters Club, HOSA, and Pop Culture Club were created and are thriving. Now, it has come time for the Fashion Club to make its mark.

Malden, MA · 1d

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Belmont Field Hockey Bulldoze Lowell, 9-2, In Playoff Opener; Joins Girls’ Soccer In Tourney Doubleheader Tuesday

Photo: Belmont High junior forward Maddie Pennock (left) scores her second goal as Belmont defeated Lowell, 9-2, in the first round of the 2026 MIAA Div. 1 Field Hockey state tournament. Belmont High School sent out a clear statement to future opposition in the state field hockey playoffs: It’s here...

Belmont, MA · 1d

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Chelsea Schools Add Staff, Warn Families as ICE Reports Rattle Families

Chelsea Public Schools has told families it is adding extra staff at pickup and drop-off after reports of increased ICE presence near school campuses and in neighborhoods across the city. Superintendent Almi Abeyta said the move is meant to help students and families feel safe at the end of the school day, even as accounts differ over exactly how close federal agents came to school grounds.

Chelsea, MA · 2d

The Cool Down

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Massachusetts residents can get community college tuition and fees covered, plus help with books

The age restriction ended in 2024, when Healey and the Legislature expanded the statewide program.

Massachusetts · 4h

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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Opinion/Guest column: High school annexes right course for MA voke ed

Massachusetts has an affordability crisis, and many of its causes – like tariffs, interest rates and foreign wars – are out of our hands at the state and local level. What we can control is whether we have the skilled workers to build what we need to bring down the cost of living. We need more housing, and that takes carpenters, plumbers and electricians. We need cheaper, more reliable energy, and that takes the electricians and HVAC technicians to build and maintain it. We need nurses and health aides to staff our hospitals and nursing homes. These are local, blue-collar answers to our nationwide problem, and the young people who could fill those jobs are sitting in Massachusetts’ high schools. Unfortunately, too many of these young people can’t get the necessary training. For years, vocational technical schools across the commonwealth have turned away qualified applicants because there aren’t enough seats. Some years, waitlists have swelled to more than 10,000 students for the state’s vocational high schools. Families know the story all too well: A student who wants to learn a trade applies, lands on a waitlist and spends four years in a school that can’t offer what they wanted. Last

Massachusetts · 1d

BC Heights

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BC’s Prison Education Program Launches Work-Study Program For Incarcerated Graduates

Boston College Prison Education Program (BCPEP) recently launched a six-month pilot program offering paid remote internships for incarcerated graduates in collaboration with the Alliance for Higher Education in Prisons and the Massachusetts Department of Corrections. “This is not only a first for our program, this is a first for the...

Boston, MA · 1d

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Editorial: New high-school graduation mandate facing familiar foe

No matter how circumspect, the state’s education establishment finds itself on a collision course with the commonwealth’s teachers unions over new high school graduation requirements. Massachusetts education officials are poised to submit new MassCore coursework and post-secondary planning regulations for schools, a key step in preparing for the...

Massachusetts · 1d