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Matthew Oliveira was speeding along at 25mph when he somehow crashed into a closed gate. He suffered severe bruising and minor internal bleeding in the fall, but insisted on getting back on his bike. He was, after all, in the middle of a race for cha...

A head wrap can be a bold form of self-expression, if you know how to do it right. Zarinah El-Amin Naeem plans to show women here how it’s done, at a workshop tomorrow night. The Muslim, who is a native of Detroit, will give a brief history of headw...

It’s not easy having a large family. You are almost never alone. There are mountains of laundry, and always someone who needs to be driven somewhere. Fiona and Nicholas Dill have six children, as do Susan and Joseph Simmons — and neither couple woul...

Carlene Spencer started writing poetry to cope with the frustrations of a rocky romance. She said they were dating; her boyfriend “Hash” said they were just friends. “He said he’d be ready to commit in 2017,” Ms Spencer said. “It was 2013. His life ...

Santa, you’ve lost weight! So exclaimed the children when the jolly old elf popped in at the Frog & Onion Pub and Restaurant. He’s been visiting the Dockyard venue every Sunday in the run-up to Christmas for the last 18 years. He attributed the weigh...

All Evan Farrow wants under his Christmas tree this year is $14,300. It’s for a good cause. The 15-year-old wants the cash to pay for 13 solar panels at his school, Somersfield Academy. “I still have a ways to go in fundraising,” he said. “When I sta...

Amne Osseyran was one of just three students when United Dance Productions opened its doors. The company’s single studio was housed on Court Street “in a wooden building on stilts”; founder Suzette Harvey barely had enough money to install mirrors. D...

Kayuntae’ Ming’s first year at CedarBridge Academy was a rough one, full of drama and bullying. Kevonté Jennings-Lathan didn’t put much effort into his studies. Neither student imagined that four years later they would be wearing the school crown as ...

Akilah Acka was “super shocked” when she got the lead role in CedarBridge Academy’s Annie. Her friends were also surprised. According to the 16-year-old, she’s usually a “church mouse” in class but decided to try out for Annie because she wanted to ...

Kym Whitley has a lot to be thankful for. Four years ago she thought she was being pranked when she got a call saying her baby was waiting to be picked up from the hospital. She was 50. She hadn't given birth and wasn't considering adoption — motherh...