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Parents Medications Accidentally Poisoning Children

By Pete Braley March 21, 2013

Parents are being reminded of the danger from prescription medications in the hands of children. A new report from Safe Kids Worldwide says over 67,000 children are taken to the emergency room every year because they accidentally took prescription meds

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Star Kids Makes a Difference in Lives of Local Children

By Phil Paleologos March 13, 2013

New Bedford Star Kids is one of my favorite non-profits that gives "high-risk, low income children an opportunity to a better educational opportunity."

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Talking to Children About Tragedy in Wake of Connecticut School Shooting

By Stephanie McMaster December 14, 2012

How do you explain the unexplainable to children? Today, parents across the country, including myself, were faced with this  -- fumbling over words while explaining the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown - located only 20 miles away from my own daughter's elementary school.

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Local Toy Drive To Help Children [AUDIO]

By Pete Braley December 12, 2012

Jerry Pinto called in this morning. Jerry is having his 2nd Annual Toy Drive and has decided to share some of the collection with WBSM'S Holiday Giving Tree.

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New Guidelines Will Have Kids Eat More in School

By Pete Braley December 10, 2012

My kids will be happy to hear this, in response to criticism that the new school lunch guidelines that went into effect in September weren't giving kids enough to eat, the Agriculture Department is changing the rules to allow more grains and meat.

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Massachusetts Tutor Facing More Than 100 Child Sex Abuse Charges

By BJ Ragone December 6, 2012

In what the Middlesex DA is calling one of the worst cases they have ever seen, a tutor is being charged with multiple counts of child rape.

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MassPIRG Warns Of Hazardous Toys

By Jim Phillips November 20, 2012

With the Christmas shopping season about to begin, the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group has released its 27th annual Trouble In Toyland report. 

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Carney Acadamy Hosts “Reading Is Fundamental” Program

By Jim Phillips November 13, 2012

Dozens of volunteer readers visited classrooms Tuesday at Carney Acadamy in New Bedford, as part of the "Reading Is Fundamental" program. 

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Children’s Community Garden Unveiled in New Bedford South End

By Taylor Cormier August 14, 2012

A new community garden was unveiled Tuesday in New Bedford. The Victory Park Children's Garden on Freedom Boulevard in the South End was planted by children and volunteers through the Mass In Motion New Bedford project.

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