Combining the powers of cannabis and compassion, the owners of a Massachusetts-based cannabis company are raising money and awareness for the state’s opioid epidemic through their first-ever holiday donation drive.Insa Cannabis — with stores in Springfield, Easthampton, Avon and Salem — launched its Forest Park...
If you ran out of time on Saturday to grab drinks or alcohol mix for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, you still have a window of time to get your beverages and more ahead of the holiday.There are few restrictions when it comes to buying...
Frank Colaccino knows even a relatively modest-sized company can have a big impact on the community.“We always like to help when we can, and the need is greater than ever,” said Colaccino, the president of the Colvest Group ,a Springfield-based property management company.“We say, ‘Let’s...
SPRINGFIELD — Antoine Diaz remembers growing up in the 1990s in Forest Park as a time marked by riding bikes around the neighborhood and calling up a friend’s landline and asking their parents if they were home to play.The ‘90s also brought the introduction of...
On one of the longest nights of the year — and shortest days — people gathered in an Amherst hall to sing holiday songs and continue a tradition started thousands of years ago by people who worshiped not deities, but the world around them.Long before...
It’s no coincidence that the car radio starts playing sleigh bells, once turning onto Sumner Avenue in Springfield.The three-hour curated playlist for Bright Nights at Forest Park is set to put drivers at ease before they enter the LED-lit gates.Keith O’Connor of Holyoke is the...
SPRINGFIELD — In a month where Dr. Seuss’ character the Grinch usually takes center stage, the Lorax has seemed to push him out of the way in one holiday exhibition.At the “Gingerbread: In the Land of Sugar & Seuss” exhibit at the Springfield Science Museum,...
By Dana RieckSt. Louis Post-DispatchST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — The police department here is on track to become just the second in the U.S. to provide its officers with subsidized child care, part of an effort to attract and retain officers — especially women.The St....
By David MatthewsNew York Daily NewsSAN DIEGO — Customs and Border Protection agents seized $10 million worth of cocaine and meth hidden in vats of jalapeño paste at an inspection site in San Diego.The bust happened at the Otay Mesa Cargo Facility on Dec. 13...
By Christian MartinezLos Angeles TimesORANGE COUNTY, Calif. —The case began with the investigation of three home burglaries, one in Yorba Linda and two in Santa Ana in September of 2022.More than a year later, the investigation has expanded to crimes in Anaheim, Fullerton, Laguna Beach...
