Community mourns sudden death of Fall River student
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A local family and their community are left mourning after a beloved young girl died unexpectedly last week. Destiny, 9 years old and a third grade student at John J. Doran Community School, suffered a severe asthma attack and died at her family’s Fall River home on Thanksgiving. Read more on this story here.
Students at Atlantis Charter School are getting a lesson in entrepreneurship and technology as they run a school store selling items they made themselves using 3D printers. Those in the STEM pathway are using the school’s 3D printing lab to create products, while business students are working on signs and marketing tactics for a store that’s open during lunch periods and after school. Read more on their efforts here.
Gov. Charlie Baker, a two-term Republican who at his peak was one of the most popular governors in the country, will not seek a third term, throwing wide open the 2022 race for the state's top political office after close to two years of managing through a global pandemic. Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, who was widely considered to be the heir to the Baker political legacy, has also decided against a run for governor in 2022. Find out what that means here.
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