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The comeback, RCC women back in the game after four-year hiatus

Mark Leszczyk has a thing for lost causes. In 1999, he took the girl's basketball coaching job at Our Lady of Fatima High School in Providence, R.I., which hadn't won a single game in four years. His first year, the team won one game. The next year, they went to the league playoffs. Last Saturday, six years after Leszczyk had moved on, they played for a Rhode Island state championship. More »

Whittier's Williams to be honored by UMass-Boston

Frederica Williams, president and CEO of Whittier Street Health Center in Roxbury, will receive the University of Massachusetts-Boston's Robert H. Quinn Award for Community Leadership in recognition of her long-running commitment to reversing racial disparities in health care and being an advocate for community health in urban and multicultural communities, the health center announced Sunday. More »

Casino debate devolving amid Deval/DiMasi tension

There was a time not too long ago when Gov. Deval Patrick was criticized for not working hard enough to win approval for his casino gambling bill. More »