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FOXBORO -- The nominees for the 2024 Rodman Awards, recognizing individuals and groups who have made a significant difference in their communities, have been announced.

Cyclists could soon see improvements to bike infrastructure in Old Ottawa South and Billings Bridge after the city's transportation committee approved a list of staff recommendations Thursday morning. 

Svitlana Pokliatska, her mother and brother fled Ukraine shortly after the war started. They're staying at her uncle's home in Sharon, Mass. Pokliatska says she wants to return to Ukraine after the war and help make it stronger than it was before.

Maine creates pool COVID-19 testing program to help schools more fully reopen © WMTW school covid-19 pool testing Pooled COVID-19 testing is the state’s newest tool to increase full-time in-person learning for more Maine children. The testing will be available to school districts statewide by mid-May.Sign up for our Newsletters Students are tested in classes, cohorts or in groups. The state has partnered with Ginkgo Bioworks for the pool testing program. Chief Commercial Officer Matthew McKnight said testing takes about 8 minutes per classroom. “They all swab their nose, 4 seconds on e...

Ginkgo and Helix Partner on Pooled COVID Testing for Schools The biotechnology company Ginkgo, in partnership with the diagnostics company Helix and its automated lab, aims to provide pooled COVID-19 testing programs in 2,000 school districts on the West Coast. TNS As millions of K-12 students return to in-person learning, school districts across the country have looked to pooled testing as a cost-effective means of monitoring the deadly virus. The method  – which minimizes the number of tests by using combined samples, and only testing individuals if a combined sample turns...