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... - 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 ... - 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, ... - 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 (o... - 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 ... - 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 ... - 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 sum... - 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 ... - 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 ... - 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 fundrai... - Posted on August 4, 2009