By Shira MooltenSouth Florida Sun-SentinelFT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Spring Break revelers on Fort Lauderdale Beach observed a potentially nerve-wracking sight this week: Police officers patrolling the beach in an ATV, confronting throngs of bikini-clad partiers.But the officers, waving, blasting FloRida and handing out frisbees, were...
SPRINGFIELD — When Dr. Mark Kenton does his daily rounds, he’s taking the pulse of Mercy Medical Center’s entire Department of Emergency Medicine.Kenton wants to know how many patients are there, how long they’ve been waiting and whether their frustration is ready to boil over....
Nurses and staff dressed up babies in the Boston-based Mass General Brigham neonatal intensive care units in green and other holiday-inspired clothes last week to celebrate their first St. Patrick’s Day.“Any hospitalization can be difficult,” said Erika Nolin, a nurse at Mass General for Children....
BOSTON — With 1 minute, 34 seconds remaining and the Bruins’ clinging to a one-goal lead over the Flyers coming out of a timeout, Bruins coach Jim Montgomery sent Johnny Beecher out on the ice to take a faceoff in the Boston end.It was just...
A plan to turn one Massachusetts town’s former state hospital into apartments has hit a regulatory brick wall, erasing the chances of starting construction this month, amid an ongoing statewide housing crisis.As officials have tried to tackle the twin challenges of supply and affordability, they...
No. 1 Cathedral and No. 3 South Hadley will play in the Division IV girls basketball state championship. this afternoon at the Tsongas Center on the campus of UMass Lowell. Tip-off is at noon.The Tigers’ appearance in the title round is their first in program...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Lucas Giolito managed to violate the cardinal rule earlier this week: he publicly acknowledged that he felt he had let his team and his teammates down by incurring a season-ending elbow injury.This was all a certain subset of fans needed to...
BOSTON — On the night the Bruins celebrated him for playing in Game No. 1,000 of his NHL career, James van Riemsdyk spent a moment remembering Game 1.It was Oct. 2, 2009. He was 20, seven months removed from playing at UNH and just over...
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WESTFIELD — Eleventh graders from all Westfield high schools had a chance to meet more than 75 local businesses at the city’s sixth annual Career Fair on March 13.The event hosted by Westfield State University included students from Westfield High School, Westfield Virtual School, Westfield...
