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ABC's fall schedule for new season

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:31:00 +0000

ABC's prime time schedule for the fall: Monday

ABC orders 10 new series for upcoming season

David Bauder — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:01:00 +0000

ABC is casting for an all-star edition of "Dancing With the Stars" this fall and is seeking to turn its Sunday night schedule into "a battle between good and evil," the network's entertainment chief said Tuesday.

ABC orders 10 new series for upcoming season

Tue, 15 May 2012 12:01:00 +0000

ABC will introduce new shows about a fading country music star, a trapped submarine, alien neighbors and a creepy New York apartment building this fall.

ABC orders 10 new series for upcoming season

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:46:00 +0000

ABC will introduce new shows about a fading country music star, a trapped submarine, alien neighbors and a creepy New York apartment building this fall.

City on a Hill to apply to create two more charter schools: in Boston, New Bedford

Matt Rocheleau — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:55:04 +0000

City on a Hill Charter Public School plans to seek state approval to create two charter high schools, one in Boston and one in New Bedford, that would each replicate the organizations flagship high school in Roxbury.

EdVestors taps 3 struggling Boston schools for 3-year, $3 million improvement effort

Matt Rocheleau — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:27:16 +0000

A nonprofit that supports urban education announced Monday it has selected three struggling Boston public elementary schools to join a partnership that will provide to the schools a total of $3 million in additional funding, staff and resources.

Staff at Madison Park Vocational Technical School vote to become an innovation school

Roy Greene — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:23:42 +0000

Staff at Madison Park Vocational Technical School in Roxbury on Monday overwhelmingly approved a proposal to become an innovation school this fall.

MVP James gets 32, Heat top Pacers 95-86 in Game 1

Tim Reynolds — Sun, 13 May 2012 20:50:00 +0000

LeBron James was promised some rest. It never came. The MVP didn't care, not after he and the Miami Heat struck the first blow against the Indiana Pacers .

No. 4 seed Notre Dame defeats Yale 13-7

Mark Bradford — Sun, 13 May 2012 20:09:00 +0000

Jim Marlatt scored three goals and added two assists as No. 4 seed Notre Dame defeated unseeded Yale 13-7 in the first round of the NCAA lacrosse tournament.

Five Boston agencies share $100K in grants to aid health services

Matt Rocheleau — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:43:55 +0000

Five agencies in Boston have received a total of $100,000 grants to support community health and medical services, according to the Massachusetts Medical Society & Alliance Charitable Foundation, which supplied the funding.

Boston police arrest man who allegedly spat on bus driver

Colin A. Young — Thu, 10 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Man arrested on charge of spitting on MBTA bus driver Boston police arrested a 21-year-old man Wednesday who allegedly spat on an MBTA bus driver in Roxbury last month, authorities said.

Boston councilors push to better integrate black, Latino, Asian history into school curriculum

Matt Rocheleau — Wed, 9 May 2012 09:45:33 +0000

Three Boston city councilors are pushing for the citys high schools to better integrate studies of African-American, Latino, and Asian/Pacific Islander history into their core curriculum.