AGP Executive Report
Last update: 30 minutes agoSchools & Screen Time: Boston Public Schools is weighing a bell-to-bell ban on students’ personal phones, laptops and smartwatches next school year, with a School Committee vote planned for January. Separately, Massachusetts is offering $1.75 million in grants to help schools teach online safety and healthy social media use. Arts & Culture: The Martha’s Vineyard Film Center’s Women in Film Festival runs Oct. 16–18, spotlighting films by women and other marginalized-gender filmmakers. Regional Heritage: The Last Green Valley is moving its headquarters to historic Church Farm in Ashford, Connecticut, while keeping the property available for Eastern Connecticut State University students and faculty. The nonprofit works across 35 towns from south-central Massachusetts to eastern Connecticut. Community Life: A Blackstone ice cream shop’s defense of a teenage worker berated over a 20-cent price difference has drawn a wave of community donations. Greenfield Housing: A proposed rental registry is heading back to City Council; it would require annual landlord registration and inspections for some larger properties.
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