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10+ hour, 31+ min ago   (413+ words) WORCESTER – Clark University and Worcester Public Schools got together on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 17, to reaffirm a long-standing relationship between the two entities, with the two sides signing a Memorandum of Agreement regarding shared benefits both Clark and Worcester schools get…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (692+ words) NEW BEDFORD – Mayor Jon Mitchell didn’t attend the city council meeting to which he was invited to discuss fire Station 9’s fate. But 60 or so firefighters and their supporters did. Billy Sylvia, president of New Bedford Firefighters Local 841, said they…...

9+ hour, 56+ min ago   (1244+ words) The Springfield Thunderbirds, AHL affiliate of the St. Louis Blues, are about to hit the ice for the 2026-27 season. As a key team in the competitive Atlantic Division, the Thunderbirds are hoping to make it past the first round of…...

2+ hour, 50+ min ago   (340+ words) Massachusetts lost 7,100 jobs in August, bringing the total number of job losses in the last two months to about 11,100 – almost matching the jobs gained since September, according to preliminary data the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development released on…...

5+ hour, 10+ min ago   (808+ words) The Service Employees International Union Local 509 reached a settlement with Boston University Sept. 8 over the previous restriction on Residence Life workers taking on additional on-campus jobs. Formally, BU prohibited Resident Assistants and Graduate Resident Assistants from working additional jobs due…...

5+ hour, 10+ min ago   (1402+ words) Thirty Terriers — including BU students, alumni and community members — died on Sept. 11, 2001. Nineteen Al-Qaeda terrorists boarded and intentionally crashed four American commercial planes. Two of those planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, left from Boston Logan International Airport....

5+ hour, 10+ min ago   (568+ words) Northeastern University welcomed its inaugural class to its New York City campus Sept. 9 after acquiring Marymount Manhattan college earlier this year. The merger is the latest addition to Northeastern’s campus network which spans across multiple cities internationally, including Oakland, Calif....

5+ hour, 10+ min ago   (731+ words) In the United States, between 1989 and 1993, the National Institutes of Health established a policy requiring the inclusion of women in clinical research. The policy was written into federal law in 1993. That was 33 years ago. Including women in clinical research is…...

5+ hour, 10+ min ago   (116+ words) ‘Twas the commencement of Boston University’s fall 2026 semester, and all through the campus students hauled boxes, turned out ‘fits and welcomed the latest class of first-year students to the old “Comm. Ave.” A matriculation ceremony provided new students a send-off…...

5+ hour, 10+ min ago   (796+ words) Boston University freshmen and transfer students moved into the recently renovated Warren Tower A at the beginning of this academic year, enjoying brand new central air conditioning, private bathrooms and modernized spaces. The completion of Tower A and dining hall…...