Daughter of fallen Worcester firefighter brings game ball to mound for WooSox home opener Share Updated: 6:09 PM EDT May 11, 2021 By Russ Reed NESN Ava Roy (center), the daughter of fallen Worcester Firefighter Christopher Roy, delivered the game ball to the mound before the WooSox s inaugural game at Polar Park on May 11, 2021. SOURCE: NESN Share Updated: 6:09 PM EDT May 11, 2021 By Russ Reed The young daughter of a fallen Worcester firefighter played a big part in the pregame ceremony for the Worcester Red Sox s inaugural home game at Polar Park.Ava Roy, the daughter of late Worcester Firefighter Christopher Roy, brought the game ball to the mound on Tuesday. She was just 9 years old when her 36-year-old father died in the line of duty while battling a fire on Lowell Street on Dec. 9, 2018.The WooSox s 2021 home opener against the Syracuse Mets on Tuesday marked the first minor league basebal
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Frank Martinez
KINGSTON, R.I. May 10, 2021 When University of Rhode Island graduate student Frank Martinez, talks about his educational and professional journeys at URI’s Graduate School Commencement on May 21, he won’t be using journey as a figurative term.
After earning his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Havana in 2015, he completed a six-credit summer program at Georgetown University in Foundations of the American Constitution as a James Madison Fellow. Then it was off to Miami for two years to visit family and for jobs with Pacific Northwest Advisors, where he analyzed Cuban industry, and Off the Beaten Path, where he conducted travel industry research. Anaheim, California, was next on his travel itinerary, where he worked for Bible Truth & Church Service Training conducting advanced theological research and organized and led Bible studies, Sunday fellowships, and youth mentoring and coun
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Harvard University will require all students to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before returning to the universityâs campus, officials announced Wednesday, becoming the latest in a series of local colleges and universities to require the shots for students coming back in the fall.
The announcement from University President Lawrence S. Bacow and several other top administrators said the school expects staff, faculty, and researchers on campus âwill make every effort to be vaccinated as well.â
Bacowâs announcement noted the increased availability of vaccines as a potential route to a return to normal life and a reason for the requirement.