More than 400 hundred young ballet dancers from the Northeast gathered with the hopes of winning a prestigious scholarship at the Youth America Grand Prix auditions.

First-graders at Dighton Elementary School won a naming contest sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

It wasn't a blockbuster storm, but many communities in Massachusetts find themselves clearing snow that fell Sunday into Monday.

Many Massachusetts residents woke up to blankets of white Monday morning after several inches of snow fell across the state overnight. The National Weather Service's Boston office issued snowfall totals showing upwards of five inches across much of Massachusetts, with some areas getting more or less accumulation.

Young ballet dancers gathered in Massachusetts with the hopes of winning a prestigious scholarship at the Youth America Grand Prix auditions.

The four-day competition at a historic theater in Worcester, Massachusetts ... a 15-year-old from Dighton, Massachusetts, who was warming up under the watchful eye of her mother, Ashley Wilkinson.

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP ... a 15-year-old from Dighton, Massachusetts, who was warming up under the watchful eye of her mother, Ashley Wilkinson. Her makeup and brown costume was meant to ...

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP ... a 15-year-old from Dighton, Massachusetts, who was warming up under the watchful eye of her mother, Ashley Wilkinson. Her makeup and brown costume was meant to ...

“I love performing for people and becoming like a character when I dance,” said Karli Wilkinson, a 15-year-old from Dighton, Massachusetts, who was warming up under the watchful eye of her ...

The four-day competition at a historic theater in Worcester, Massachusetts ... a 15-year-old from Dighton, Massachusetts, who was warming up under the watchful eye of her mother, Ashley Wilkinson.

Call it what you want, but today was the best day for Mrs. Perry’s first grade class at Dighton Elementary School. “It warms my heart up just to see how excited they were,” teacher Lisa Perry said. “From the moment they stepped into school this morning they knew something big was about to happen.

Many areas saw just a light dusting of snow Tuesday night into Wednesday, while part of Franklin County was hit with six inches.