15 Mar, 2025

Children hit hardest by the pandemic are now the big kids at school. Many still need reading help.

COVID Stuck with distance learning as they began grade school, the kids who are now finishing elementary school were the ones most disrupted by COVID, with alarming delays in their reading ability. Books are displayed on a free library shelf inside the classroom of Richard Evans, a teacher at Hyde Park Elementary School, on Thursday, […]

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Books banned in other states fuel Vermont lieutenant governor’s reading tour

Local News “Students, teachers, and curious minds should be able to access materials that spark critical thinking, cover difficult topics, and appeal to diverse interests without fear of government interference.” Vermont Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman reads the book “And Tango Makes Three,” at Bridgeside Books in Waterbury, Vt., Aug. 13, 2023, as part of his […]

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Connecticut dog trainer pleads not guilty to charges related to North Reading dog’s death

Crime Josephine “Josie” Ragland, 28, is facing charges related to the death of Charlie, a 3-year-old French bulldog who allegedly died in her care. Charlie, a French Bulldog, allegedly died while in the care of trainer Josephine Ragland. Bart Hanson A Connecticut dog trainer has pleaded not guilty to charges related to the death of […]

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A North Reading dog allegedly died in the care of a trainer. Police suspect the trainer is a scammer who has neglected dogs before.

Crime A French Bulldog named Charlie was taken for a two-week basic obedience training. He never returned. A Connecticut woman is facing felony charges stemming from the discovery that a North Reading family’s dog allegedly died in her care. And Charlie, the 3-year-old French Bulldog, is allegedly far from the first dog to have been […]

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