SPRINGFIELD — Wearing a pair of earrings in the shape of a Springfield map, Jean Canosa Albano, assistant director of libraries, said she supports a residency rule as a concept for city jobs, but also said the requirement makes it really difficult to find certified...
An updated air quality alert was issued in effect until Thursday at 11 p.m. for Southern Worcester as well as Essex, Hampshire, Hampden, Norfolk, Middlesex, Suffolk, Bristol and Plymouth counties."The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has issued an Air Quality Alert for Ground Level Ozone,...
On Wednesday at 6:08 p.m. the National Weather Service issued an updated severe thunderstorm warning valid until 6:45 p.m. for Franklin, Hampshire and Worcester counties.Expect nickel-sized hail (0.88 inches) and wind gusts of up to 60 mph.“At 6:08 p.m., a severe thunderstorm was located over...
The name synonymous in the United States for resealable containers, Tupperware, is closing its only factory in the country.The company issued a worker adjustment and retraining notification (WARN) in South Carolina last week, announcing its 148 employees will be laid off starting in September.The facility,...
Season 7 of Tyler Perry’s “Sistas” continues on BET this Wednesday, June 19 at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT with a new episode.Those without cable can watch the new episode for free through either Philo, FuboTV or DirecTV Stream, each of which offer a free trial to new users.“‘Sistas’...
The National Weather Service issued an updated weather alert at 5:08 p.m. on Wednesday for strong thunderstorms until 5:45 p.m. for Berkshire County.Residents may experience wind gusts of up to 50 mph."At 5:08 p.m., Doppler radar tracked a strong thunderstorm over Adams, or near North...
An updated flood warning was issued by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 6:23 p.m. in effect until 7:30 p.m. for Franklin and Hampshire counties.The weather service states, "Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues for Franklin and Hampshire counties.""Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and...
SOUTH HADLEY — Family-owned Rocky’s Ace Hardware expects to open its new 13,000-square-foot location in the Woodlawn Shopping Plaza on “the first warm day” of 2025, said Rocco J. Falcone, president and CEO.The occasion was Wednesday’s celebratory groundbreaking for the project in the Woodlawn Plaza...
Dangerously high heat, with “feels-like” temperatures above 100 degrees in some areas, will continue throughout Wednesday, the second day of a heat wave projected to last through Thursday across the state, meteorologists said.As communities and organizations prepared to mark the Juneteenth holiday, cities from Boston...
A report published this week by a Native American-led nonprofit examines in detail the dispossession of $1.7 trillion worth of Indigenous homelands in Colorado by the state and the U.S. and the more than $546 million the state has reaped in mineral extraction from them.The...