Massachusetts

Dartmouth publishes bus routes for new school year
he town's School Department has released bus route information for the 2009-10 school year, which can be viewed online at www.dartmouth.k12.ma.us. The routes will also be posted at the schools. If you have any questions about transportation, call the... - Posted on August 10, 2009
Lakeville Library to host storyteller
Storyteller, singer, musician and games leader John Porcino, will present a special afternoon of "Celebration in Stories and Songs" at the Lakeville Library at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12. Porcino's programs pay tribute to various moments of life. His ... - Posted on August 8, 2009
Freetown-Lakeville kids flip for Ultimate Frisbee
The competition was on at Austin Intermediate School as the Crooked Pirates took on the Unstoppables in a fast-paced game of Ultimate Frisbee. The players — 26 in all — are taking Ultimate Frisbee as one of their courses at Kids Café, Austin's a... - Posted on August 8, 2009
Name that fish!
Have you ever seen Disney’s 2003 hit film “Finding Nemo?” If so, you probably recall the unique deep-sea angler fish with a light attached to its head that Nemo and Dory run into. Believe it or not, a type of angler fish named a goosefish (or m... - Posted on August 8, 2009
Three miniature horses are up for adoption
Three members of the tiniest and cutest horse breed in the world are up for adoption at the Animal Rescue League of Boston's Cape Cod branch. Less than a yardstick high with eyelashes so lush they'd fill Barbie with envy, Seamus, Charlotte and Licket... - Posted on August 8, 2009
Harwich school benefit for darfur raises $4,170
Students raised $4,170 Monday at a benefit sponsored by Harwich High School's Students Taking Action Now-Darfur (STAND,) according to adviser John Dickson. Harwich STAND is a group that has raised money to provide relief to refugees in the Darfur reg... - Posted on August 8, 2009
Mini golf fundraiser extended
The Strokes of Genius mini golf course, a fundraiser for the Barnstable Education Foundation, will remain open to the public through Aug. 15. The nine-hole course, located on the corner of Main and Ocean streets, was set up earlier this summer to ben... - Posted on August 8, 2009
New team brings inspiration to special kids
Until the past school year, Travis Santiago's life with basketball was limited. New Bedford, born and raised, the 15-year-old was good with a ball, knew how to catch it, how to make a bounce pass, how to bank it off glass. What he didn't know was how... - Posted on August 4, 2009
GiftsToGive sends books to Lincoln School
Youngsters in a remedial summer program at the Lincoln School now have some books to call their very own. After reading about the program in The Standard-Times, "(we) decided to do something to help these children with their reading," said Cheryl Rit... - Posted on August 4, 2009
Canine fashion show
The Nantucket MSPCA's fourth annual "Tails on the Catwalk" Canine Fashion Show will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5 at the MSPCA on Crooked Lane. Come see 25 pre-selected canine contestants strutting their stuff on the runway. This fundraiser... - Posted on August 4, 2009