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Even though Maine already has 31 official state symbols — including a soil type, soft drink, fossil and insect — there seems to be a tendency to focus on what we don't have. Take for example two ...

Three new state symbols are proposed this year – reptile, amphibian and dog – which would bring Maine's total to 34.

Westside Legends, in partnership with Berkshire County NAACP, ROPE and Milltown Funding, seeks an artist or artist team to lead a three month painted mural project for Durant Park that ...

It's Black History Month and the city of Springfield kicked off the first weekend of February with a flag-raising ceremony to ...

The recent vote by the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) to “deny” Girls High School Flag Football as a state-sanctioned sport during the Spring 2025 Season, is a ...

The City of Springfield will commemorate the start of Black History Month on Saturday with an annual flag raising at City Hall.

REPORTING LIVE IN EVERE Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education officials discussed the impact federal immigration policies could have on students during a meeting Tuesday ...

If you could have a perfect weekend, how would you spend it? Where would you go? Whom would you be with? By Natalie Proulx We asked students, “What are you thinking and feeling as President ...

Today is the last day flags will be flying at half-staff in honor of former President Jimmy Carter. Carter died in Plains, Georgia, Dec. 29, 2024, at the age of 100. After Carter's death then ...

Flags across the nation will return to full-staff this week, following the 30 days at half-staff in honor of the death of former president Jimmy Carter. Carter died at the age of 100 in Plains ...