March has arrived, marking the first month of spring. That might leave you wondering: is it time to change the clocks for daylight saving time yet?The answer is: very nearly.Daylight saving time begins on Sunday, March 10, at 2 a.m., when people will move their...
A man from Rehoboth was killed in a head-on crash with another car in Seekonk on Monday afternoon, the Bristol County District Attorney’s office said.John Denardo, 85, was identified by the office as the victim of the fatal crash. The crash happened on County Street...
SPRINGFIELD – The School Committee will conduct a national search to find its next superintendent, aided by an outside organization and attorney.Debate over how to go about the search lasted well over three hours Thursday and was interrupted occasionally by audience members, who clapped every...
A lottery player in Massachusetts used their extra day in February this year to claim a $1 million lottery prize, leaving just one grand prize left in the game.The $1 million prize was from the lottery’s “50X Cash” scratch ticket game, which costs $5 per...
Back home after a two-and-a-half-week stay in Fort Myers — with another return trip planned soon — here are five thoughts about what I saw and heard during my first stay:1) The atmosphere is different.Scoff all you want about the talk of a “culture change,”...
As a teenager growing up in Lawrence, Daniel Vazquez was arrested nearly a dozen times, most often for selling marijuana. His juvenile record would chase him for years.But through a Boston nonprofit’s workforce development program, Vazquez has sealed his case files and is now employed...
A local Nashville-style hot chicken restaurant is breaking into Boston for the first time.Birdie’s Hot Chicken, which already has perches in Brockton and Westwood, will open its third location in Downtown Crossing “in the next few weeks,” owner Vivian Chow told MassLive on Thursday.Read More:...
BELCHERTOWN — Bill Alderman was driving to work during a snowstorm last winter when he realized slippery roads were the least of his problems.“All of a sudden I had a God-awful pain in my kidney and I couldn’t figure out what was going on,” he...
We’re running a mailbag on Fridays during the offseason. If you have questions on the Patriots, NFL, or want gripe about past answers, email cmason@masslive.com or tweet @bychrismason. This week’s installment comes from the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. Now let’s get to this week’s questions!Hey...
With Massachusetts being the birth place of the beloved chocolate chip cookie, perhaps it is no surprise Bay Staters are celebrating Chocolate Chip Cookie Week from March 3-9.The classic cookie came to be after a Massachusetts woman, Ruth Wakefield of Whitman, added chunks of Nestlé...
