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Two health centers in the Worcester public schools, at Worcester East Middle School and Norrback Avenue Elementary School, were closed for the entire school year. Four others — at Doherty Memorial High School, North High School, Burncoat Middle/High School and Worcester Technical High School — were closed for portions of the past school year.
“We really [...]

PARENTS and students at Redstart Primary School in Chard have been making the most of nature with Family Learning Outdoor Experience lessons.
The sessions have been organised through Somerset Adult Learning and Leisure, with funding from Family Learning.
The six-week course provides parents, carers and children with a range of skills and activities based on outdoor experiences.
Everyone [...]

Shouts of “That’s my boy” could be heard from mothers as their sons shook hands with chancellor Roberta Bondar at Trent University’s convocation ceremony yesterday
But for 80-year-old graduate Carl Wienecke, the cheers were “That’s my dad.”
Wienecke, a Tweed resident, began his studies at the Oshawa campus at the age of 65 after a 25-year career [...]

For the Fucigna family of Hopkinton, skiing is truly a family affair.
The parents started skiing for recreational purposes in the mountains of New Hampshire. Then along came daughters, Alex, Sarah, Erin and Abby, and their son, Peter, who were all introduced to the sport.
The daughters all become competitive skiers and Peter plans to follow in [...]

Take four Italian brothers raised in the restaurant business, home-cooked Italian recipes, four busy locations in Orlando and what is the end result? Giovanni’s Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria with locations in Oviedo, Winter Park, Lake Mary and Orlando.
Brothers Krist, Jozef, Michael and Frank Nikollaj collectively run the area restaurants along with the start of the [...]

Family Holidays have three children. My will and my living trust state that everything goes to them. My son recently told me that he and his wife of eight years are separating. They are not getting a divorce. Is she entitled to half of my son’s inheritance when I pass away? My stocks and money [...]

After 75 years of separation, Chester Wasiuk and Isabelle Metty’s broken family circle is complete again.”Oh, wow. This is my sister,” Wasiuk, 78, said softly as Metty walked up the driveway of their brother’s Grandville home on a recent morning.
“You’re my brother!” Metty said as they hugged, ending a separation that began in 1932, when [...]

Megan’s parents were puttering at home on a frigid February evening when they got the call. They were told to come immediately and pick up their 16-year-old. She had been caught stealing cash from the store where she worked part-time. Police were involved. It had been clear Megan was lurching out of control. Once [...]

VANCOUVER – Two of Canada’s major retailers said Tuesday they are pulling plastic water and baby bottles that contain the controversial chemical bisphenol A, in anticipation of Health Canada labelling it a dangerous substance. The Forzani Group Ltd. (TSX: FGL), Canada’s largest sporting goods retailer, and Hudson’s Bay Co., which includes the Bay and [...]

When Boston humorist and author Steve Almond unplugged his Baby Daddy blog last month, he posted a goodbye note saying he and his wife had never planned to post beyond their daughter Josie’s diaper years. But he also cited a few ethical concerns with writing the blog, which ran on the hip parenting site Babble.com.
For [...]