At the age of 16 while still in high school, Max O’Rourke attended Django Camp in Northampton to learn more about jazz manouche, also referred to as hot club-style jazz.Now years later, O’Rourke is teaching at this week’s Django Camp and this weekend will participate...
Like graduating seniors everywhere, members of Newtown High School’s class of 2024 expect bittersweet feelings at their commencement ceremony — excitement about heading off to college or careers and sadness about leaving their friends and community.But about 60 of the 330 kids graduating Wednesday will...
BOSTON — Red Sox prospect Richard Fitts’ four-seam fastball averaged 94.4 mph and topped out at 96.3 mph when he took a perfect game bid into the eighth inning May 29 for Triple-A Worcester against Charlotte.It marked the 24-year-old righty’s second best average fastball velocity...
Cambridge police are investigating a sexual assault Tuesday, where a person woke up in a parking lot in the city’s Central Square to discover they had been assaulted.The person who had been assaulted told police that around 12:20 a.m. they were talking to three people...
A man was killed in a shooting police believe was not a random act of violence on Tuesday afternoon in Pittsfield, according to the Berkshire County District Attorney’s office.Police learned of a man with possible gunshot wounds on Fenn Street around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. When...
FOXBOROUGH – Patriots players past and present will be in Gillette Stadium on Wednesday evening to see their greatest teammate honored.As expected, current players can’t wait to see Tom Brady and the festivities at the quarterback’s Patriots Hall of Fame ceremony. This year’s roster doesn’t...
BOSTON — It didn’t take long for Kyle Schwarber to get comfortable hitting in Fenway Park again. One pitch was all he needed.Leading off the top of the first for the Philadelphia Phillies, Schwarber jumped on a get-me-over fastball from Red Sox starter Kutter Crawford...
When “MK” was found on the ground in Arlington’s Mount Pleasant Cemetery last winter, the bald eagle was severely anemic, lethargic and struggled to stand.The emblem bird of prey died less than two days later after spontaneously hemorrhaging, rat poison the suspected killer. She was...
MassLive recently asked readers to identify people they consider Black leaders in Massachusetts, working to make a difference in politics, education, business, the arts or another area of interest.Profiles of these leaders will be published leading up to the Juneteenth holiday on June 19. These...
MassLive recently asked readers to identify people they consider Black leaders in Massachusetts, working to make a difference in politics, education, business, the arts or another area of interest.Profiles of these leaders will be published leading up to the Juneteenth holiday on June 19. These...