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Sweet 16: Marshfield has its day

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:36:26 GMT

Once the new MIAA football alignments came out, all eyes were on Div. 2 to see if a certain powerhouse squad was listed there.Sure enough, Catholic Memorial was one of 22 teams.That certainly irritated many schools who believed the Knights should have moved up to Div. 1 after dominating the Div. 2 scene the previous two seasons. Catholic Memorial captured the previous two state titles and won each of those eight postseason contests by at least 20 points, one of the eight victims being Marshfield.Thus when the tournament pairings came out this year, Marshfield found itself on the same side of the draw as Catholic Memorial. Few gave the Rams any chance of ending the Knights’ reign of terror, but they didn’t count on a group of young men from Marshfield rising to the challenge and stunning Catholic Memorial 52-40 to advance to the Div. 2 title game against King Philip.“Our kids deserve all the credit for this,” said Marshfield coach Chris Arouca. “They played really hard an...

Girls soccer all-star game honors coach fighting cancer

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:36:26 GMT

MIDDLEBORO — Natick’s girls soccer team accomplished just about everything imaginable this season, including capturing a Div. 1 state championship this past week.However, few knew that the team was playing every game with one collective goal — fighting for Assistant Coach Kari-Ann Daley, who was in the midst of her own battle with breast cancer.On Sunday, hundreds of athletes arrived on the campus of Middleboro High School to participate in the Eastern Massachusetts Girls Soccer Coaches Association’s running of the Rich Bourgelas Making Strides Against Breast Cancer All-Star Games, looking to raise awareness for a greater cause.At the end of the day, the Red Hawks saw much of their hard work rewarded. Natick coach Dave Wainwright was named the Div. 1 Coach of the Year during the ceremonies, while senior Kaitlyn Lebrun was named a 2023 All-American, a fitting end to an amazing campaign for Natick.“It was a great journey,” Wainwright said. “For us, it will be something that we’ll neve...

Probe into deadly NH shooting continues

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:36:26 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. — Investigators in New Hampshire were probing for answers Sunday as to why a man shot a security guard to death at a New Hampshire psychiatric hospital moments before being killed by a state police trooper.New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella said Saturday that 33-year-old John Madore entered New Hampshire Hospital on Friday afternoon and killed Bradley Haas, a state Department of Safety security officer who was working at the front lobby entrance of the facility.Michael Garrity, a spokesperson for the attorney general’s office, said Sunday that the investigation into the shooting “is active and ongoing.”Autopsies determined that the cause of death for both Haas and Madore was multiple gunshot wounds, according to Formella’s office.In 2016, Madore faced assault charges that were later dismissed, according to a court summary of the case. The summary, without elaborating, indicates that a judge had ordered Madore to be transported from New...

There is light at the end of the tunnel, MBTA’s General Manager says

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:36:26 GMT

Despite recent revelations that the state’s beleaguered transit system will require about $24.5 billion in investment before it’s in “state of good repair,” and ahead of a year’s worth of sporadic closures, the MBTA’s general manager nevertheless remains optimistic about the future.The hefty price tag required to bring the agency up to standard does not reflect money that will need to be raised immediately, GM Phil Eng explained, but does reflect the cost of providing a rebuilt and modernized transit agency. It will all pay off in the end, he said.“I wouldn’t have taken this role if I didn’t believe there is light at the end of the tunnel,” Eng told WCVB. “I am fully confident that we can, not only rebuild our workforce, which has been a big effort, but we can rebuild our infrastructure and we can rebuild it in meaningful ways.”Last week, the MBTA’s board of directors released a capital needs analysis and found that fixing the problems plaguing the T would cost $10...

Padres single-game tickets available for limited time during holiday presale

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:36:26 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Holiday presale tickets for the San Diego Padres 2024 season will become available this week.For a limited time, the MLB team will be giving baseball enthusiasts their first opportunity to snag single-game tickets. "Fans will be able to give the gift of the Padres this holiday season," the Padres stated in a news release announcing the holiday sale. CSI San Diego: What it takes to be a criminalist in America’s Finest City Beginning Tuesday, Nov. 21 and lasting through Monday, Dec. 4, tickets for Padres home games in 2024 will be available for purchase through this offer with the exception of Opening Day.This means fans can lock in seats to see the team compete against National League West rivals like the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, Colorado Rockies, and Arizona Diamondbacks. The deal also includes Interleague opponents like the New York Yankees, Houston Astros, Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago W...

Senegal opposition party sponsoring new candidate Faye after court blocks jailed leader Sonko’s bid

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:36:26 GMT

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The party of jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko said Sunday it was sponsoring another candidate for the February presidential election, just days after Senegal’s Supreme Court effectively blocked Sonko’s own bid.Election authorities have refused to provide Sonko with the sponsorship papers that need to be submitted by early December. On Sunday, the YouTube channel of Sonko’s Pastef party said it now would sponsor the party’s No. 2 politician, Bassirou Diomaye Faye.In making the announcement, the party said Faye “is the candidate that Pastef will sponsor,” but specified that Sonko’s candidacy has been maintained.“Sponsoring the candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye in no way implies an abdication of the candidacy of President Ousmane Sonko,” the party said in a communique released Sunday. “Everyone knows him well enough to know that to his last breath, he will fight without compromise. To sponsor the candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye is...

Survivors of suicide come together in day of remembrance

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:36:26 GMT

CHICAGO — It was inside of a house of worship Saturday, that faith to continue life through loss was found.Every year, the International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day seeks to console those who've lost a loved one to suicide."It’s a certain type of grief that is unique when you lose someone to suicide," said Angela Cummings, executive director of the Illinois chapter of the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention. "It really affects so many people in the community."Even though she runs the organization, Cummings said she is not excluded from dealing with the pain of losing someone to suicide."I lost my grandfather to suicide about 30 years ago," Cummings said. "Then my husband lost our very dear friend to suicide about 13 years ago and they were very different type of people, and very different types of events, but the grief is the same." More from Sean: Howard Brown Health workers begin 2-day strike Four gatherings took place at churches across the City of Chicago Saturday...

South Side bakery setting up for Thanksgiving with unique pies

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:36:26 GMT

CHICAGO — An acclaimed chef is settling into her new South Side bakery and serving up all kinds of pies and nostalgic treats for the holidays."My dad was a fanatic of any and everything in a crust so I created the bakery to honor his love of pies and his belief people deserve second chances," Owner and Chef Maya-Camille Broussard from the Justice of the Pies said.Maya-Camille Broussard started justice of the pies in 2014 in memory of her late father, Steve, a criminal defense attorney."We're a social mission impact bakery and our goal is to positively impact the lives of those around us," Broussard said. After working out of a food incubator, she purchased this building and opened her own physical location in September near 87th and Blackstone. "This building was my mom’s childhood dentist office so it is very much a part of my family’s history," she said. Before she became an entrepreneur and a James Beard Award finalist, she worked as an art teacher at a school just a couple of bl...

Stevenson students help peers in Africa learn how to use technology

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:36:26 GMT

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. — Nikhil Uchil is a senior at Adlai E. Stevenson High School, and he is among a dozen students at Stevenson working with the Angaza Center to provide "peer-to-peer" training for students in rural Africa."I’ll join a meeting at 7 a.m. before school and we’ll have these presentations that will teach the students how to use technology, Google Slides, Google Docs," Uchil said. "We also have lessons on safe use of technology — how to write an email, how to write a resume."Michael Odongo, co-founder and president of the Angaza Center, said the non-profit was born in 2022 after he received old tech devices from a school district looking for somewhere to donate them."I donated them to a school in Kenya," Odongo said. "I grew up there and after the donation, the school came back to me and said, 'okay Michael, this is great, but how do we use these things?'" Angaza Center to minimize digital divide globally Now the center is working to share critical digital skills and re...

Mystery illness sickens dogs in several US states. Here's what you need to know

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:36:26 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An unusual respiratory illness has sickened dogs in several states, and veterinarians are trying to determine what's making the animals ill while encouraging owners to take basic precautions.Oregon, Colorado and New Hampshire are among the states that have seen cases of the illness, which has caused lasting respiratory disease and pneumonia and does not respond to antibiotics. Symptoms of respiratory illness in dogs include coughing, sneezing, nasal or eye discharge and lethargy. Some cases of the pneumonia can progress quickly, making dogs very sick within 24 to 36 hours. Do dogs need to wear jackets during the winter? The Oregon Department of Agriculture has documented more than 200 cases of the disease since mid-August. It has encouraged pet owners to contact their vet if their dog is sick and told state veterinarians to report cases as soon as possible.According to the department, the reported cases have fallen into three categories: chronic tracheobron...