American Student Assistance Announces Second Annual "Solve Together" Career Exploration Competition for Middle School Classrooms and Students

Digital-first, student-directed contest challenges participants to tackle real-world problems including Climate Change and Colonizing Mars, and present innovative solutions

BOSTON, Dec. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- American Student Assistance® (ASA), a national nonprofit that helps to foster students' understanding of postsecondary education and career pathways, announced today the second annual ASA Solve Together: Tomorrow's Leaders Tackling Today's Challenges competition.

American Student Assistance® (ASA) announces the second annual ASA Solve Together: Tomorrow's Leaders Tackling Today's Challenges competition. (PRNewsfoto/American Student Assistance (ASA))

More than 65 percent of students feel they would have benefited from

Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio and Wheaton

Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio in scene from “Don’t Look Up” (Photo courtesy of Netflix)

Campus serves as a location for filming scenes for “Don’t Look Up”

Coming soon to a big and small screen near you—Wheaton College in “Don’t Look Up,” starring Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio.

The Wheaton campus was one of several Massachusetts locations chosen for

Pete Farwell to Retire from Williams at the End of June, 2023

WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS. – Head Williams men's and women's cross country coach and men's and women's assistant track and field coach Pete Farwell has announced that next fall's 2022 cross country season will be his last season actively coaching at Williams. He will not officially coach in indoor and outdoor track and field, though will do some volunteer helping at home track meets and occasional practices.
 
Farwell is a 1973 graduate of Williams, where he competed in cross country, indoor and outdoor track all four years. "I have loved running itself for so many years, including my four as an undergrad at Williams, competing all three seasons amidst the wonderful hills, trails, and dirt roads of the Purple Valley," Farwell noted. "Tony Plansky

Maple Center Shopping Plaza Fire Investigation Update

Investigation still active, but no signs of foul play

LONGMEADOW — The ongoing joint investigation into last week’s fire at the Maple Center shopping plaza has not developed any evidence of foul play, Longmeadow Fire Chief John Dearborn and State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey said today.

Investigators from the Longmeadow Fire and Police Departments, along with the Massachusetts State Police Fire & Explosion Investigation Unit

Baker-Polito Administration Announces $435,000 MassWorks Award for Groveland

Award will fund installation of traffic signals, resulting in safety improvements at key intersection

GROVELAND — Today (Dec. 1st), Housing and Economic Development Secretary Mike Kennealy was joined by state and local officials to announce a $435,000 MassWorks Infrastructure Program grant to the town of Groveland for the installation of traffic signal equipment at the intersection of Salem Street (Route 97) and School Street.
 
The project will result in the installation of new, fully actuated traffic

Baker-Polito Administration Celebrates Community One Stop Awards in Lawrence

Grants to City, Lawrence CommunityWorks to move three transformational projects forward and deliver economic and community development

LAWRENCE — Today (Dec. 1st), Housing and Economic Development Secretary Mike Kennealy and MassDevelopment President and CEO Dan Rivera were joined by state and local officials to celebrate several awards made through the Community One Stop for Growth that will support economic and community development efforts in the city of Lawrence including job creation. 
 
Lawrence CommunityWorks received two awards through the One Stop, a

Baker-Polito Administration Celebrates Completion of $4.6 Million Halibut Point State Park Renovation Project

The multi-year, multiphase project focused on making the property, one of DCR’s most popular state parks, more accessible and welcoming to a wider array of visitors

ROCKPORT — The Baker-Polito Administration yesterday celebrated the completion of a $4.6 million renovation project at Halibut Point State Park in efforts to continue to prioritize increased access throughout the state parks system. Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Kathleen Theoharides joined with Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Acting Commissioner Stephanie Cooper, state and local officials, and others at a ribbon cutting event to mark the occasion. The multi-year, multiphase project focused on making the property, one of DCR’s most popular state parks, more accessible and welcoming to a wider array of visitors.  

“Public parks, like Halibut Point State Park, are vital assets throughout the state, offering residents and visitors with meaningful, outdoor opportunities to take advantage