This spring is going to be a big year for cicada lovers.Two groups — or broods — of periodical cicadas will emerge from underneath the Earth’s soil.An event rarer than Haley’s Comet, the last time a cicada co-emergence took place was in 1803, according to...
CHICOPEE — In an open, grassy field at Westover Air Reserve Base, firefighting training took place several times a year from the mid-1960s through the 1980s. An estimated 4,800 gallons of a specialized suppressant was sprayed there.Decades later, these man-made chemicals still lurk in the...
Building resilience from within programSPRINGFIELD - Jewish Family Services of Western Massachusetts presents “Building Resilience from Within” program, a six-week self care series for caregivers and anyone experiencing heightened stress in their lives. Learn simple techniques to build core resilience, balance the nervous system and...
Dear Amy: Our youngest son is transgender.Our daughter refuses to include him in family gatherings unless he goes as his former name and gender.I have been going along with their separate holidays because my daughter and her husband have young children and they don’t want...
WESTFIELD — Nearly a century ago, Albert Steiger gave the city Chauncey Allen Park, located on Smith Avenue, and four years later, in 1934, Grandmothers’ Garden was built there as a tribute to “Grandmother Steiger.”Today, Grandmothers’ Garden is a flourishing part of the city cared...
Dear Annie: I could have written the letter from “Regretful,” who was sad that she and her husband had left the city and moved into a rural area where she is missing out on so much that had made her life fun. For me, it’s...
Toni McBride Instagram Indianapolis – March 24, 2024. In June 2022 the National Police Association (“NPA”) filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals case of Estate of Daniel Hernandez, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Nos. 21-55994 & 21-55995....
California’s Yurok Tribe, which had 90% of its territory taken from it during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800s, will be getting a slice of its land back to serve as a new gateway to Redwood National and State Parks visited by 1 million people...
Spring is here. Time to get outside and enjoy our lawns and gardens again. This year, could we rethink adding more poisons to our world?There are many good reasons not to use lawn chemicals in the spaces that surround us. Pesticide exposure elevates the risk...
By Mark PriceThe Charlotte ObserverENGLEWOOD, Fla. — Messing with a patrol car is a bit like tugging on Superman’s cape, but that didn’t stop some jokester from adding a “For Sale” sign to a cop car strategically placed to deter speeding in Florida.It happened the...