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On May 22, 16 exceptional Blackstone Valley students were recognized and congratulated for completing the yearlong Blackstone Valley Youth Leadership Academy, a unique leadership program of the Blackstone Valley Education Foundation that targets ninth- and 10th-grade Blackstone Valley students to "enhance their leadership skills and strengthen ... (more)

The genocide of Armenians is one of history's horrors. The slaughter of 1.5 million of them during World War I was orchestrated to empower a declining Ottoman empire by murdering all non-Muslims. Its start is observed as April 24, 1915 when hundreds of Armenian intellectuals were arrested and later executed.

NORTHBRIDGE, Mass. - The Blackstone Valley Education Foundation recognzed 16 exceptional Blackstone Valley students recently for completing the yearlong Blackstone Valley Youth Leadership Academy .

Amy Amaral and her daughter Abigail at Northbridge Pools in Whitinsville. The Amaral's are holding Christmas in July, collecting toys and donations for Blackstone Valley Marines to honor Gregory Amaral who died in a motorcycle accident in 2007.

Milford police responded to Target, where a man was found with items taken from several stores.

Two runners in Alternatives' Valley Friendship Tour are welcomed back by a sign and a group of supporters with noisemakers.

NORTHBRIDGE, Mass. - A Whitinsville man was arrested Saturday, May 19 at 7:04 p.m. and charged with spitting on a Northbridge Fire Department paramedic.

Jeanne A. Gould of Whitinsville has been selected by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women as an Unsung Heroine of 2012.

The Northbridge Police Department is sponsoring a free rape aggression defense program.

BLACKSTONE VALLEY, Mass. - The annual meeting of the Blackstone Valley Women's Club will be held Wednesday, May 23 beginning with a social at 6:30 p.m. at the Post Office Pub in Grafton.

Co-captain of Team Robert in the annual 5K Walk for Autism which raised nearly $20,000 over 2 years.

NORTHBRIDGE, Mass. - Voters go to the polls today to choose a member of the Board of Selectmen, the only contested race on the ballot, and to act on six ballot questions.

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From left, are Lorna Nogueira, Frank Bartucca, Eric McGowen, Rachel Morandi and David Anderson star in 4th Wall Stage Company's production of 'Long Day's Journey Into Night.' Written by Eugene O'Neill, directed by Whit Wales.

NORTHBRIDGE, Mass. - A 35-year-old Whitinsville woman was arrested Sunday at about 4:47 p.m. and charged with violation of a restraiining order.

NORTHBRIDGE, Mass. - With the Annual Town Election just four days away, political signs are springing up all over town, seemingly evenly divided between Selectman James Marzec and former selectman Joseph Montecalvo, both who want the one available seat on the Board of Selectmen.

NORTHBRIDGE, Mass. - Learn the basics of self-defense from a nationally recognized program in a female-only environment in the Northbridge Police Department's free Rape Aggression Defense program.

NORTHBRIDGE, Mass. - The Northbridge Association of Churches will sponsor its annual Women's Faith Lift on Saturday, May 12 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, 33 Linwood Ave., Whitinsville.

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NORTHBRIDGE, Mass. - A week of rain gave way to mostly sun, just in time for the Northbridge PTA's first-ever 5K Run and Family Fun Day on Sunday.