By Irene Rotondomasslive.comBOSTON — The highest-ranked woman in the Massachusetts State Police force did not feel welcomed when she joined the academy more than 20 years ago, considering she wasn’t very tall and she had only studied journalism.“When you enter the academy as a woman,...
WESTFIELD - Westfield on Weekends is presenting a free special artists’ reception to wrap up its popular DecemberFest 2024 gallery exhibit “Once Upon a Winter’s Day” on Jan. 26.“The idea behind the exhibit was to examine winters fading light. It’s a season where we found...
WESTFIELD - At the School Committee meeting on Jan. 13, Bo Sullivan announced that Timothy O’Connor will be the 2025 Sons of Erin Parade Marshall representing Westfield in the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade on March 23. After the meeting, Sullivan said as a past parade...
Dietz & Company Architects Inc. announces that Laura Davis has been promoted to the position of senior project manager. Davis joined the firm in 2019 as an architectural associate.Dietz & Company Architects Inc. is based in Springfield and has a satellite office in Cambridge. An...
Maria Scheri seethed as she watched her son and other Peabody middle schoolers catch the bus.As it stopped for the children to board, yellow lights flashing and red stop sign extended, some drivers continued to glide by. Distracted by their cellphones, unaware of the law...
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield has announced the extension of its partnership with Baron Championship Rings as the exclusive ring provider for the Basketball Hall of Fame for an additional five years. Baron will continue to craft commemorative rings for the...
Dear Abby: My sister, brother and I lost our mom to dementia six months ago. We needed to start cleaning out the house. My brother, who lives in assisted living, was unable to help.When I mentioned to my sister that I was going to start...
Dear Eric: I have a friend I will call “Linda”. She is a very sweet, lovely friend, whom I have known for about five years. A few months ago, she had a party at her house, and she introduced me as her best friend. This...
Wishing you all a very happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day! I thought it would be a good time to find some impactful quotes from presidential inaugural speeches and from King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. I found quotes that inspire, unify,...
Dear Eric: I am a 60-something man who struggled for decades, working multiple jobs at a time. Many of those jobs were physically brutal, but thanks to a generous family inheritance late last year I’m finally able to rest my beaten and broken body and...