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WORCESTER — Union Hill School Assistant Principal Kareem Tatum said one of the biggest things that helped turn the school around from its designation as one of the lowest performing schools in the state was building trust with students and parents.

STURBRIDGE � A tour in Vietnam is nothing compared with participating in the second annual "Dancing With the Stars" Saturday.

WORCESTER � The Committee to Elect Dianna L. Biancheria, who is seeking re-election to the School Committee, will hold a campaign kick-off event Tuesday evening at Piccolo's Restaurant, 157 Shrewsbury St.

STURBRIDGE � While there is only one race in this year's annual election, someone whose name is on the ballot might "win" his bid for a selectman's seat posthumously.

BELCHERTOWN � The common loon, a species of special concern in Massachusetts, will be featured in an illustrated program at 2 p.m. Sunday at Quabbin Visitor Center.

BOLTON � Dams in the watershed for the Sudbury, Assabet and Concord rivers are in good condition but unable to handle all of the extra water resulting from significant new development upstream.

WORCESTER � Police arrested a man Wednesday after a chase they said ensued after they observed a drug deal in the May Street/Florence Street area.

DUDLEY � Budget actions by the Dudley-Charlton Regional School Committee Wednesday cut $550,246 from member town assessments for fiscal 2016.

CLINTON � Will Jent, 11, Pam Jent and Samantha Andrade, 15, right, all from Clinton, try to keep warm in front of a snowbank along the right field line at Fuller Field, as they watch Clinton play Ayer-Shirley in the opening game of the high school baseball season Wednesday.