Call it what you want, but today was the best day for Mrs. Perry’s first grade class at Dighton Elementary School. “It warms my heart up just to see how excited they were,” teacher Lisa Perry said. “From the moment they stepped into school this morning they knew something big was about to happen.

Some might call it the “American Idol” of ballet dancing. More than 400 hundred young ballet dancers from the Northeast gathered in Massachusetts with the hopes of winning a prestigious scholarship at the Youth America Grand Prix auditions.

First-graders at Dighton Elementary School won a naming contest sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

Many are waking up to snow as a Sunday night storm brought several inches of snow to many Massachusetts communities.

“I love performing for people and becoming like a character when I dance,” said Karli Wilkinson, a 15-year-old from Dighton, Massachusetts, who was warming up under the watchful eye of her ...

More than 400 hundred young ballet dancers from the Northeast gathered with the hopes of winning a prestigious scholarship at the Youth America Grand Prix auditions.

“I love performing for people and becoming like a character when I dance,” said Karli Wilkinson, a 15-year-old from Dighton, Massachusetts, who was warming up under the watchful eye of her ...

The assessed value of all the homes in Massachusetts has surpassed $1 trillion for the first time, the Boston Business Journal recently reported. The median home is assessed at $700,872, according to the state Department of Revenue, while the median annual tax bill increased 4.5% this fiscal year to $7,735.

The night featured a clutch 3-pointer from Bishop Feehan’s Maddy Steel, a big shutout by BC High’s Drew Karlovitz, a 16th-straight Boston City League swim title for Latin Academy, a flag-staking win from the Holland (formerly Burke) boys’ basketball team,

Longtime co-leaders of a Watertown advertising firm, Donna Latson Gittens and Judi Haber, began thinking recently about the future of More Advertising. After 28 years in business, it was time to sell.

The Newburyport Rear Range Lighthouse, about an hour north of Boston, is actually downtown, at 61 ½ Water Street.

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