Worcester has a plan to reduce heat, prevent flooding and improve air quality throughout the city — but it needs the public’s help plant the seeds for its success.City officials are asking for volunteers to help plant trees for two “Miyawaki Forests” located at McGrath...
Once a human heart is outside the body, every second counts. And that’s true no matter how carefully a transplant surgeon has laid it over ice cubes in a waiting plastic cooler, or how clean and sterile the operating room was. Those frigid, bloodless moments...
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SPRINGFIELD — For most medical or recreational cannabis consumers, buying the drug is as easy as heading to the nearest dispensary. But that wasn’t always the case.For people like Tim McBride, who was a Florida-based marijuana smuggler in the 1980s, bringing in marijuana to the...
At age 78, David Fersh, a performer with the Young@Heart Chorus, is just two years shy of Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones who is still rocking at the age of 80.Just as Jagger would, but not quite as animated, Fersh plans on adding a...
Should the Patriots do it again?Last year, the team made Chad Ryland the highest-selected kicker in the Bill Belichick era. Drafted 112th overall in the fourth round, Ryland showcased a big leg but lacked the consistency that New England saw from decades with Adam Vinatieri,...
BOSTON — For weeks, Brad Marchand has been preaching the same message about the postseason. The Bruins had to get in the playoffs and play well when they got there.They checked the first box weeks ago. They’ll try to begin work on the second Saturday...
Thrift shopSpringfield - The thrift shop at St. Gregory Armenian Church, 135 Goodwin St., in the Indian Orchard section, is open Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more information, go online to saintgregoryarmenianchurch.org.Church eventsSunderland – First Congregational Church of Sunderland, 91 S. Main...
Dear Amy: I need a gut check.I’ve been with my girlfriend, “Stella” for three years. We are in our late-20′s.Stella is great. She is gorgeous and loving and very nice. Everyone loves her. I do, too.The problem I’m having is that she is extremely gullible....
Dear Annie: I’m a mom and have been married for nearly six years. But for the past few years, my husband and I have not been on the same path. We can’t communicate without fighting, bickering, arguing, etc. Our sex life has been nonexistent. And...
