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Michael Carolan

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Michael Charles Carolan was born in Kansas City, Missouri. His writing was awarded an Atlantic Monthly prize and named “Notable” in the Best American Essays series and has appeared in publications like the Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Post, Santa Fe New Mexican, Springfield Republican, Nashville Review, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Kansas City Star and the Massachusetts Review. He edited a collection of memoirs translated from the Polish published in 2009. His audio essays appear on New Englan…

Michael Carolan’s Journalist Portfolio

An immigrant family's first appearance on the US census

An immigrant family's first appearance on the US census

IrishCentral contributor Michael Carolan marks the anniversary of a singular moment in the American time-hono…

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An actor who cut to audience's core

An actor who cut to audience's core

Like many who saw him perform, I won't soon forget Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. Not because I …

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What kinds of music are kids from Senegal, Gambia listening to? A group of Amherst-area scholars ...

What kinds of music are kids from Senegal, Gambia listening to? A group of Amherst-area scholars ...

Lucia Dingo-Early, a 10th grader, said she admired the African "way of being." "It's just very different ther…

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Pansy Park put Dwight on the map in the late 1800s

Pansy Park put Dwight on the map in the late 1800s

Deemed a popular destination in the 1890 guide, "Carriage Driving in Western Massachusetts," there were aster…

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Railroad Connected Pioneer Valley to World, Established Forgotten Town and Inspired Emily Dickins...

Railroad Connected Pioneer Valley to World, Established Forgotten Town and Inspired Emily Dickins...

Dwight resident Walter Jenks, 82, remembers the railroad station that once stood down the street from his hom…

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Autism report calls for Worcester leaders, parents to work together Original

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By Michael Carolan
| MassLive Verified
Five years ago, Diesel Cruz began kindergarten at Gates Lane School of International Studies, a 500-plus student elementary school near Webster Square in Worcester. As a non-verbal and autistic student, Cruz needed the school’s Specialized Approaches to Individual Learning (SAIL), a program that utilizes teams of health and education professionals. This fall, Cruz enters the fourth grade. But not at the school he has known since kindergarten.
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Worcester schools with open seats still denied many transfer requests, data shows

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By Michael Carolan
| Yahoo Verified
At least nine under-capacity Worcester schools rejected in-district student transfer requests at some of the highest rates for the 2026-27 school year, a new analysis found. The findings come as the district begins public discussions on its ambitious school realignment effort. The school capacity figures came to light in data released by the city of Worcester's Law Department earlier this month to Parent Data Force, an Attleboro-based educational reform initiative.
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Worcester parents appeal to School Committee to address voluntary transfer concerns

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By Michael Carolan
| MassLive Verified
Two parents at the Worcester School Committee Thursday made an impassioned plea that the district keep their child with special needs at Nelson Place Elementary School and prevent attorneys’ involvement in the process.
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Atlantic Monthly

2007 - Writing

The Atlantic Monthly Writing Award for Creative Nonfiction

New England Newspaper & Press Association (NENPA)

2015 - History reporting

Evocative, well-researched feature article on important familial narrative with contemporary currents

Virginia Press Association

1990 - Business writing

Perfectly reported article on Mobil corporation's affect in Northern Virginia suburban communities