It really is a shame what the NBA’s annual dunk contest has become, slowly evolving into its current form. Sure, two-time reigning champ Mac McClung is back this year, but that’s the extent of the name recognition from this year’s field.No offense to the Spurs’...
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HOLYOKE – Kora Kelly, 19, smiles as she emerges from an enclosed welding booth at the training center run by the Plumbers & Pipefitters, Local 104, in Holyoke.A 2023 graduate of Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School, Kelly, of Northampton, is an apprentice with the...
Like grief, COVID changes lives and lingers. COVID-19 was declared a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020. It officially became a pandemic on March 11, 2020. For the last four years on Valentine’s Day, Westfield has remembered our community members who...
The second-brightest object in the night sky is about to reach its brightest point this year. Venus, the second planet from the sun and Earth’s neighbor, is typically the first star seen in the evening and the last star seen at night. It’s also the...
The first step in becoming a better manager, according to the leadership course I took, is a personality test. I found myself at the beginning of September stepping away from the daily deadlines as news editor at The Republican to sit in a beige classroom...
Nearly a year has passed since the Miss Hall’s School community was first rocked by allegations that a former teacher sexually exploited multiple students and was repeatedly protected by school administrators who had been alerted to his inappropriate behavior with students over a decade prior....
Every day from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Kenmore Diner in Worcester opens its doors to those looking for a spot of breakfast or lunch. Christon Paddock, the diner’s owner, describes the atmosphere as “bright,” with lights shining along the diner’s back wall. Music,...
SPRINGFIELD — After more than 20 years as a corrections officer, DiShanda Callands-Rrobinson landed her dream job at 53.Upon retirement, she earned her commercial driver’s license and now drives buses for Peter Pan Bus Lines, based in Springfield but with a reach to Washington, D.C....
BROSSARD, Quebec — From rival combatants to teammates to linemates, Brad Marchand and Sam Bennett have come a long way in a week.At media day for the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off on Tuesday, Marchand and Bennett both said the history between them is in the...