WESTFIELD — Out of more than $17 million the mayor’s office received in federal COVID-19 pandemic relief funds, all but half a million has been spent or is attached to planned projects, Mayor Michael McCabe told the City Council last month.The council had requested an...
By Stephen Owsinski I watched a pseudo-TED speech by a seasoned policeman whose beginnings of swearing in as a cop were riddled with abject trauma from the gruesome loss of his mom (fatal crime victim) and dad (suicide), manifesting resiliency to turn worst-case scenarios into...
By Steve Karnowski and Heather Hollingsworth Associated PressBURNSVILLE, Minn. — A man armed with multiple guns and large amounts of ammunition shot at police officers from both the upper and lower levels of a suburban Minneapolis home on Sunday, killing two officers and a firefighter,...
By Rocco ParascandolaNew York Daily NewsNEW YORK — Anyone who’s ever misplaced a cell phone would probably be jealous of having dogs like Louis, Qaid, Hugh or Robbie — NYPD Labradors trained to find electronic devices hidden by criminals in laundry bags or secret compartments,...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — New Red Sox reliever Lucas Luetge has a fun and interesting way to describe himself as a professional baseball player.“I always tell people I’m like a cockroach,” Luetge said Saturday at JetBlue Park. “You can’t get rid of me.”The 36-year-old left...
Beginning my sixth term as mayor of the city of Springfield, I am energized and driven to tackle the various opportunities that stands before the city at this moment.My administration has worked to enhanced all core city services, invested over $750 million in new school...
By Sarah RankinAssociated PressRICHMOND, Va. — John Clair, the police chief of a small Appalachian town in southwest Virginia, spends his days consumed by a growing problem: the frequency with which his officers are tapped to detain, transport and wait in hospitals with people in...
The NHL’s Stadium Series — separate and apart from their Winter Classic game held annually on New Year’s Day — is coming to New Jersey. The New York Rangers will face off against the New York Islanders Sunday afternoon.The Rangers have been one of the...
Fresh off a Champions League matchup with RB Leipzig on Tuesday, Real Madrid is back in La Liga action Sunday with a road matchup against Rayo Vallecano in Madrid. Kickoff is scheduled for 8 am EST.Real Madrid (19-4-1, 61 PTS) is a -170 favorite to...
“Valley Economy 101: Ledgers and Livelihood” is the theme of this year’s Outlook feature.As the manager of The Big E, you might expect me to write about “Ledgers and Livestock,” and indeed I could wax on for hours about those subjects. But I am an...
