Worcester Telegram and Gazette

22 hours ago | telegram.com | Jesse Collings

WORCESTER ― Higher education professionals from across Worcester spoke out against the Trump administration's actions targeting higher education during a protest outside Worcester City Hall on April 23. "There is chaos, there is confusion, there is suffering and there is fear and that is by design, but now is not the time to be afraid," Deborah Kisatsky, associate professor of history at Assumption University, said.

2 days ago | telegram.com | Jesse Collings

The first meeting of a school building committee is planned for next month. Burncoat High is complicated by the fact that it is connected with Burncoat Middle School. Worcester East Middle School has also been identified as a priority for renovation or replacement. WORCESTER ― The decision to officially kick off his reelection campaign at Burncoat High School was a calculated one by Mayor Joseph Petty.

2 days ago | telegram.com | Tommy Cassell

There were plenty of great girls' lacrosse performances last week and Tommy Cassell found 12 of the best of them for readers to vote on for the Hometeam girls' lacrosse player of the week. These picks were selected from performances reported by area coaches to the Hometeam Scoreboard. Congratulations to Bancroft School's Bella Coughlin for taking the top spot in last week's poll of over 17,000 votes.

3 days ago | telegram.com | John Conceison

For the third time, Colin Bennie ran the Boston Marathon as a professional runner. And for the third time, the former Wachusett Regional High standout finished in the top 20. After passing the halfway point in 1 hour, 4 minutes, 57 seconds, Bennie crossed the finish line at the Boston Public Library in 2:11:46, good for 18th on April 21. He finished sixth among U.S. runners. John Korir of Kenya pulled away from the pack in the 20th mile and breezed to victory in 2:04:45, winning by 19 seconds.

3 days ago | telegram.com | Jennifer Toland

There were plenty of great softball performances last week and Jennifer Toland takes a look at 29 of the best of them for readers to vote on for the Hometeam softball player of the week. These picks were selected from performances reported by area coaches to the Hometeam Scoreboard.