Civil rights advocates want lawmakers to mandate a lottery to increase student diversity while also urging Governor Maura Healey to go around Beacon Hill to revamp state regulations to require a lottery.
The program, now in its second year, has students interviewing residents and exploring heat mitigation solutions in communities like Roxbury, where temperatures can soar 10 degrees above average than elsewhere in Boston.
Inspired by the first responders who saved her life nearly eight years ago, a Norwood teen is heading to college this fall to study criminal justice and become a police officer.
For the second year in a row, the Franklin Tech girls basketball team captured a state vocational title on Sunday.The top-seeded Eagles got out of the gates in impressive fashion, building a 24-5 lead after one quarter, and rolled past Blue Hills.