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Newton South High School Mock Trial Team shares the strategy behind their state win ahead of Nationals
Newton South Mock Trial Team prepares for national competition. Front: Owen Butler, left, and Emily Zisow, right. Back: Theo Younkin, left, and Sofia Telio, right. Courtesy photo A courtroom filled with mystery, jealousy and a peanut allergy found Audrey South…
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Council committee continues debating winter parking ban but postpones action
There’s an effort underway to repeal Newton’s winter parking ban. Courtesy photo A City Council committee revisited Newton’s controversial parking ban on Wednesday but held off again on taking action. It was the third time the item has been on…
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Meet the 11-year-old who made his own weather website
Meer Bhardwaj of Newton, 11, has created a weather forecasting website. Courtesy photo Meer Bhardwaj has always dreamed of becoming a meteorologist. Now, at 11 years old, the Newton boy has launched Nubo Weather, a website that averages forecasts from six…
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Arlington High School hosts first multicultural night
Arlington High School hosted its first-ever student-run multicultural night. The event, held on April 9 with a crowd of people of all ages, included student clubs and cultural organizations, food from local restaurants, and cultural performances in the auditorium. Swaga…
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Still a mystery: Historical Society talk unearths Spy Pond Tusk revelations
Found in Arlington more than 65 years ago, a tusk believed to be some 46,000 years old still prompts more questions than answers. The tusk, which is from a mammoth that roamed the North American tundra, is all that remains…
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Natick residents reflect on $7m operating budget override a year later
Last year’s Natick annual town election posed a seemingly impossible choice for its residents: Raise their real estate taxes by an average of $450 per year through a $7 million budget override, or sacrifice the integrity of their town services…
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A decades-old state law is squeezing budgets in Brookline and beyond. Local legislators aren’t eager to change it.
As Brookline voters go to the polls next month for the second time in three years to vote on a property tax override – this time for roughly $23 million, the largest in state history if approved — local legislators don’t appear…
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Family says Dorchester man fatally shot by police officer was experiencing mental health crisis
A high-profile civil rights attorney representing Stephenson King Jr.’s family said Thursday that King was in the midst of a mental health crisis when Boston police fatally shot him and that body camera footage from his shooting should be released. “If the…
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Wegmans will offer delivery service to customers of Chestnut Hill pharmacy after it closes
Wegmans is offering free prescription delivery services to customers of its Chestnut Hill pharmacy, which is closing Saturday. Jeff Freilich, who started a petition asking Wegmans to keep the pharmacy open, has been working with Julie Lenhard, the supermarket chain’s pharmacy services…