SOUTHWICK — Often looking other-worldly, mushrooms can be eaten — they are nutrient rich — but they can also make one sick or worse and for those who want to learn the difference, the Southwick Land Trust is holding is debuting its free lecture series...
WESTFIELD — With the physical demands of being a firefighter/paramedic, the Fire Department recently enthusiastically accepted a generous donation of exercise equipment from Planet Fitness for the department’s training room.“It’s priceless and we’re very grateful for the donation,” said the department’s Deputy Chief Eric Bishop...
Dear Abby: I have three kids. One of them, “Jake,” is in his early 20s. He has medical issues, so he has always been babied to a certain degree. Jake has struggled with jobs, drugs, friends, and places to live. Somehow, he always ends up...
The Celtics had a special visitor in attendance at the Golden 1 Center Monday night as new owner Bill Chisholm sat courtside alongside Kings owner Vivek Ranadive for the team’s 113-95 win in Sacramento. Chisholm, a private equity investor, led a group to purchase the...
As “Celtics City” continues on a chronological timeline, it tackled multiple issues as Part 4, “Great Hope, Period,” enters the Larry Bird era. The nine-part documentary by HBO is nearing the halfway point as it dives deeper into Celtics history.Episode 3 teased Bird joining the...
A slew of new stores and restaurants are set to open in the Burlington Mall this year. Most of them will open in the summer, according to the Simon Property Group, the agency that owns the mall. The new, incoming retail stores and restaurants include...
Reductions in federal funding have led to changes in housing vouchers, such as Section 8 in Massachusetts, that could hit renters in the wallet.In a letter sent to federally funded voucher holders on March 13, the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) wrote...
The Great Barrington planning board will decide at a meeting Thursday whether to advance a proposal to add additional zoning to the closing Bard College at Simon’s Rock campus.While the campus is only zoned for educational purposes or for one-, two- or three-family homes, the...
Astrid, an almost 2-year-old horse from Franklin County, is recuperating through the MSPCA after she was in “dire need of medical attention” from emaciation.The Percheron filly was surrendered by her owner on Friday, March 7, in Western Massachusetts as part of an ongoing MSPCA law...
You can meet a lot of Worcester-educated entrepreneurs, and visit a lot of Worcester-hatched biotech companies — in Boston. Brad McNamara is among them. I first connected with McNamara when he was designing a hydroponic farming system inside a shipping container that sat in a...