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Villanova bounces back from Notre Dame loss to throttle Holy Cross
Devin Royal scored 22 points and Luigi Suigo posted a double-double as Villanova rolled to a 95-66 home victory over Holy Cross on Friday. Suigo scored 16 points on 8-of-9 shooting while adding 15 rebounds, five assists, four blocks and two steals for Villanova (1-1), which recovered nicely from last weekend's loss in Rome against Notre Dame. Jake Fiegen added 15 points on 5-of-6 3-point shooting for the Wildcats. Tristen Wilson scored 17 points to pace Holy Cross (0-2), which only shot 33.9% from the field and 31.8% from beyond the arc. Chuck Hare chipped in with 10 points and nine rebounds for the visitors. Villanova led 7-6 about four minutes into the game before the hosts uncorked a 17-3 run over the next five-plus minutes. Suigo scored the first four points of the burst before finding Royal for a dunk. Fiegen and Adam Oumiddoch each made a 3-pointer shortly thereafter, and Darryl Simmons II capped the run with a triple of his own to make it 24-9 with 10:45 left in the half. Holy Cross missed nine of its first 12 shots and shot just 33.3% (10-of-30) in the first half. The Crusaders did not make consecutive shots from
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Week in review: Betty’s shut down, Amazon retreats, voters reject pot repeal
Worcester voters reject cannabis repeal, back firearms law. Worcester voters overwhelmingly rejected Question 8, which sought to end recreational marijuana sales in Massachusetts, with 75.1% voting against the proposal in Tuesday’s election. Complete unofficial results from all 62 city precincts also showed 69.5% support for retaining the state’s 2024 firearms law and nearly 85% support for expanding public records requirements to include most records held by the Legislature and governor’s office. Democratic incumbent Paul DePalo led Republican Margaret Abboud by a wide margin in Worcester’s portion of the Governor’s Council race, while Gov. Maura Healey and U.S. Sen. Edward Markey won reelection statewide. Read more.
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Green Line tunnel will be closed from North Station to Kenmore next week
The closure is part of a multimillion-dollar effort to modernize the Green Line's century-old infrastructure. Green Line riders should prepare for service disruptions beginning Saturday as the MBTA shuts down the line’s central tunnel for nine days to upgrade its signal system and make other infrastructure improvements. The service...