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With end of 11-day Newton, Mass. teachers strike, union faces $1 million in fines

Newton, Mass. teachers on the picket line during their 11-day strike. Late Friday, February 2, the Newton Teachers Association (NTA) and the Newton School Committee announced an end to the strike by 2 ...
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No class for 12,000 students as Newton, Mass., teachers take to picket lines

There were no classes Friday for nearly 12,000 Newton, Massachusetts, Public School students after the city's teachers overwhelmingly voted to strike. With Newton's action, there have now been teacher ...
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Mass. leaders address road ahead at New Year's Day inauguration ceremonies

A new year brings new beginnings across Massachusetts, with Framingham and Newton among the cities swearing in elected ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Tentative deal reached to end Newton teachers' strike; classes to resume on Monday

Newton's teachers and the city's School Committee reached a deal Friday night to resolve an acrimonious strike that kept children out of their classrooms for more than two weeks in one of ...