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Defilippo cancels interview with Eagle Action "Several of you had asked about my annual interview with Gene DeFilippo, which was scheduled for last Friday and which I had hoped to start posting here this week.

Daikiel Shorts recently took an unofficial visit to Boston College and met for a long time with wide receivers coach Aaron Smith.

It has been more than 20 years since Gilbert McLaughlin ran the fire department in Providence.

Wide receiver Terrence Alls hails from Hialeah, Florida and has interest in Wake Forest.

Each week, we go back and look at some of the best tweets we've read from people Newton Patch follows.

Aspirando et perseverando - aspire and persevere. That is not only the Avon Old Farms School slogan that 127 Class of 2012 graduates recognize.

In case you missed some great events from last weekend, Newton Patch featured photo galleries from both the Mayor's Hoops for Troops event and the annual Newton Memorial Day Parade .

AGE : 18 HOMETOWN : Fitchburg PARENTS : Kinya Davis and Stephen Martin HONORS AND AWARDS : Honors student; valedictorian SCHOOL ACTIVITIES : SkillsUSA - Health Knowledge Bowl, Grade 12, captain; Leo Club; SkillsUSA - Nursing Assistant Competition, Grade 11.

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YORK, Maine - In what's being called a "huge win" for the quarry abutter, Old York Quarry Inc.

MORE than 250 staff and students from Boston College have taken part in an event exploring a world of religions and cultures.

Authorities say an unruly passenger onboard an American Airlines flight from Jamaica had to be restrained after the plane landed in Miami.

Victoria Kennedy, the widow of U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., delivers the commencement address to Boston College Law School graduates in Boston, Friday, May 25, 2012.

Roger Clemens' genetic makeup helped make him one of the most successful pitchers in baseball history.

Graduation season is upon us! Colleges and high schools all over the country are celebrating their recent or soon to be graduates.

The Northern Ireland peace process was signed in 1998 but paramilitary murals -- this one for the Ulster Volunteer Force -- still cover Belfast walls.

At Fontbonne Academy 's 55 th Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, May 24, the 72 graduates were prompted to be courageous by a member of the Class of 1962 and challenged by their classmates to make an impact on the world.

This year's WEA scholarship is awarded to our graduating senior, Loren Ball, based on academic achievement, school activities and community service.

The man considered the unofficial dean of Boston history was buried Thursday. Thomas O'Connor had taught at Boston College for more than 50 years and wrote more than a dozen books, including "Boston Catholics," "Civil War Boston," and "The Boston Irish." He died Sunday at his home in Milton at the age of 89.

And at Harvard, where I teach, thousands of graduates will parade to Harvard Yard in the annual rite of spring that never fails to remind that our young people are our greatest hope.