If recent headlines about craft brewery closings have made you worried about your favorite local brewhouse, you’re right to be concerned.For the first time in about a decade, the number of Massachusetts craft breweries that closed this year was nearly equal to the number that...
Steve Roberts and his wife split time between their Longmeadow home and Cape Cod, but their hearts never really leave Western Massachusetts.Every year, the Steven and Georgianne Roberts Donor Advised Fund remembers the children of Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin counties. Their 2024 donation of $4,024...
When he testified before a Worcester County grand jury in October 2018, Jonathan Lind was asked to describe everything he did on a June weekend earlier that year — the same weekend, prosecutors say, he helped Julia Enright dispose of Brandon Chicklis' body.Or he wasn’t....
Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson’s arrest last week on federal theft and fraud charges was only the latest in a string of ethics and campaign finance violations to plague the second-term Democrat.But it was certainly the most serious....
At the first Boston City Council meeting since Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson was arrested by federal authorities and accused of running a kickback scheme, fellow Councilor Ed Flynn proposed creating a new committee focused on ethics.Though councilors avoided mentioning the arrest during the meeting, Flynn...
We’re running a mailbag on Thursdays during the season. If you have questions on the Patriots, NFL, or want to gripe about past answers, email cmason@masslive.com or tweet @bychrismason. Now let’s get to this week’s questions!Will new Tar Heels coach Bill Belichick have success at...
According to ESPN’s FPI, the Patriots enter the last four weeks of the season with a 23.1 percent chance of finishing with the No. 1 overall draft pick. Currently, on the strength of the weakest schedule among teams near the top of the NFL Draft,...
FOXBOROUGH - Whether Jerod Mayo is truly on the hot seat, or not, his primary job over the remaining four games has to be seeped in evaluations.While Mayo talked Wednesday about wanting to go out on a high note and winning games, that’s pretty much...
FOXBOROUGH – Drake Maye saw the promise this offseason. The talented Patriots rookie says he’s continued to see it in practice this season.Maye also understands that Ja’Lynn Polk and Javon Baker now need to show that potential in an NFL game.With four weeks left in...
That’s it?Bill Belichick is really out of our lives forever? That doesn’t feel right.There was supposed to be at least one more NFL chapter. One more storyline. He was going to gather his band of familiar Patriots coaching pals together for one more building job....