Education

PACE Head Start and Early Head Start provides family-centered child development programming for over 264 income-eligible families with children from birth to age 5 living in the Greater New Bedford area. The program is at no cost to families who qualify. Part and full-day center-based services are available Monday through …

Comprehensive upgrades represent over $1.2 million in learning support technology. New Bedford Public Schools students will soon be returning to classes and when they arrive, an array of new technology will be waiting to assist them. Thanks to a districtwide upgrade of devices and networks, representing an investment of over …

The Baker-Polito Administration today announced a $4 million federal grant from the US Department of Labor to expand Massachusetts’ apprenticeship programs, with a focus on connecting women, people of color, and individuals with disabilities with these training and employment opportunities. The Administration also highlighted its $240 million proposal to provide …

Bishop Stang High School and President/Principal Peter Shaughnessy are excited to announce that, after a thorough search process lead by school leadership and the Catholic Schools Office, Mr. Dan Dias has been appointed as the Assistant Principal of Academics. Upon his appointment, Mr. Dias noted, “I am both humbled and …

A team of student inventors from Our Sisters’ School (OSS) was chosen as a “Grand School Winner” (one of three) and winner of the “Inventor Spirit Award” in the 2021 Great Passport to STEM Challenge, organized by Greenlight for Girls and the U.S. Embassy in Belgium. The Challenge is a …

Truman Scholars attending UMass Law will receive tuition support in Foundation’s first dedicated law school partnership. The University of Massachusetts School of Law – Dartmouth is partnering with the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation to create opportunities for Truman Scholars to earn their law degree. The UMass Law Truman Foundation …

In search of the black racer snake: Little is known about the abundance and distribution of northern black racers in Massachusetts. An upcoming Massachusetts Wildlife magazine article follows a group on Martha’s Vineyard as they research these snakes. Seeing a five-foot long northern black racer (Coluber constrictor) hunting in a …

Innovative Aquatics program trains NBHS students to save lives as future lifeguards. The hygienic scent of chlorinated pool water wafts out into the hall leading to New Bedford High School’s pool complex. It includes newly renovated locker rooms and individual shower stalls that sparkle throughout with new tilework and chrome …

Bristol Community College’s new Taunton Center will be open in Fall 2021 and ready for students. The new Taunton Center offers a variety of fully face-to-face and hybrid course offerings, student services, ample parking, convenient bus route access and is located within walking distance to Taunton’s downtown. The center will …

“Yesterday members of Troop C of the Massachusetts State Police, plus friendly K9 Dash from our Bomb Squad, joined members of the Bolton Police Department at another successful Coffee With a Cop event at Bolton Bean. Fun was had by all!” ,center>Massachusetts State Police photo.