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When Michael D’Ortenzio Jr. told his classmates in fifth grade that he has Tourette’s syndrome , the experience was both liberating and empowering. It also catapulted him into politics.

When Michael D’Ortenzio Jr. told his classmates in fifth grade that he has Tourette’s syndrome , the experience was both liberating and empowering. It also catapulted him into politics.

The reporter wants to talk about Jason Westrol. “It’s a good topic,’’ says Jay Lawson. Do you have a couple of hours to spare?

The reporter wants to talk about Jason Westrol. “It’s a good topic,’’ says Jay Lawson. Do you have a couple of hours to spare?

After a big game, Brookline High School’s varsity basketball team used to gather around small television screens to watch video of how they played to break down what they did right or wrong.

Hopkinton proponents of local, organic food are hoping that in addition to hundreds of housing units and 450,000 feet of retail space, the 733-acre Legacy Farms development could host a community-supported agriculture farm.

Hopkinton proponents of local, organic food are hoping that in addition to hundreds of housing units and 450,000 feet of retail space, the 733-acre Legacy Farms development could host a community-supported agriculture farm.

Each year, 30,000 people visit the Danforth Museum of Art. Hundreds of youths participate in its free school programs, thousands of all ages enroll in art classes, and still more view exhibitions.

NEWTON - When proposing next year’s school budget, Interim Superintendent V. James Marini stressed over and over again how the cuts, staffing changes, and efficiencies were designed to take place as far away from the classroom as possible.

Family homework. The bane of my existence these days. Most weeks, the kids come home with straightforward assignments they can do on their own, and my job is to make sure they apply backside to desk chair and execute the required task: researching Malcolm X, say, or filling in a multiplication table, or logging the reading they did for the ...

The Framingham school superintendent unveiled an updated school reorganization plan to the School Committee last week that changes the original school pairings and pushes back the bulk of the reorganization for more than a year.

The Framingham school superintendent unveiled an updated school reorganization plan to the School Committee last week that changes the original school pairings and pushes back the bulk of the reorganization for more than a year.

Residents in Groton and Dunstable will likely face a Proposition 2 1/2 override vote this spring to avoid deep budget reductions in the schools that officials say would increase class sizes, cut elective programs, and scale back support services.

As the Lexington Board of Selectmen gets ready to move forward with a plan to determine the fate of the recently acquired Busa Farm, town officials in Arlington say they want to be part of the decision-making.

Brookline, the first community in the state to ban trans fats in local restaurants and a town known for its walkability, may be reaping the benefits of its aggressive municipal approach to good health.

Globe West welcomes letters to the editor. Readers’ opinions are published based on space available in each edition.

Globe West welcomes letters to the editor. Readers’ opinions are published based on space available in each edition.

A woman’s mournful, ululating voice rises with a sound as lonely as the desert. A sorrowful tenor echoes her lament. The drums quicken. An oboe-like balaban wails, and soon the voices merge into one intensifying cry curling in upon itself, rising higher, modulating faster, and channeling a centuries-old music steeped with melancholy, unrequited love, and wisps of hope. Such is ...

During the past 25 years, the 16 communities comprising the Minuteman Regional School District have invested nearly a half-billion dollars to renovate or build their own local schools.