This is Registration Week for families seeking to bring Christmas happiness to their children through Toy for Joy.The 103rd edition of this treasured holiday tradition is underway. Families with children 16 or under are eligible to be recipients, but prior registration is required.From the Springfield...
Dear Eric: My wife and I have three children in their 20s. We paid for their college educations; they have no debt.Each has their own unique ambitions. My oldest child has a professional job, the youngest just graduated college and is still figuring out his...
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FOXBOROUGH — As Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay hushes to observe a moment of silence for Marshawn Kneeland, the New England Patriots will stand quietly to honor and remember the Dallas Cowboys defensive end, who took his own life on Thursday.Kneeland’s death was a...
Dear Abby: I just left a verbally and physically abusive relationship. I suffer from mental illness, and “Scott” made it worse. We lived together for almost four years. I could beat myself up over deciding to live with him. He’s an alcoholic, narcissistic, bipolar, sociopathic...
The New England Patriots Week 10 matchup with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is significant on so many levels.First off, for the first time in five weeks, the Patriots will be facing a winning team, and a legitimate starting quarterback.It’s another important test, another litmus test...
The joy on the Bruins rookie’s face was apparent.Fraser Minten dumped the puck deep into the Toronto end from the right wing boards with just over three minutes to go. When Mark Kastelic won a puck battle to retrieve it, Minten went toward the net.As...
Dear Eric: My dilemma is about Christmas cards. I am separated from my husband of 25 years, and while it’s mostly amicable, I feel disingenuous including him on the card this year. Our divorce will be final less than a month after Christmas. I am...
