BY RYAN O’CONNORA 15-5 playoff loss to Pinkerton in the Division I quarterfinals aside, Bill Lawson is ecstatic about the progress his Central boys lacrosse team made this season. “We ended up 10-9, including the playoffs, but we had five losses in tight games that could have gone either way,” said Lawson, who added that ...

BY SUSANNA HARGREAVESAshley Poland, 18, says she is extremely thankful to be graduating from Central High School this June. She even knows what she wants to do with her life, which is unique from most typical high school graduates. A survivor of a traumatic brain injury from a serious snowmobile accident in March 2007, Poland said her recovery ...

BY NICHOLAS BROWNKindergartners, don’t fret. You may still get into Harvard even if your report card shows that you need to improve your ability to name geometric shapes, plan and control your body movements or recite the alphabet. But your report card will be changing, and becoming more stringent, at almost every level of your ...