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Six Bay State Conference boys hockey players to watch

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Bay State Carey Division boys hockey power rankings

The Bay State Carey Division is returning three players from last season’s boys hockey all-star team.Among those back is Natick’s Sam Hubbard who has dominated on the ice and on the gridiron for the Redhawks in his career. Following another solid season running the football,...

By Larry Smith

Bay State Conference girls hockey power rankings

Last year the Bay State Conference sent seven teams to the girls hockey postseason but just two, Braintree, and Milton, went beyond the opening round of their state tournaments.The Wamps lost a pair of all-stars from last year’s squad but still look poised to compete...

By Larry Smith

Bay State Herget Division boys hockey power rankings

After sending seven teams to the boys hockey postseason last year, the Bay State Conference looks to be solid once again.On the Herget side of things, Braintree looks to regain its hold on the division after a slight down year last season. Behind two returning...

By Larry Smith

Six Bay State Conference girls hockey players to watch

There were plenty of new names and old to catch up on as Bay State Conference teams hit the ice on Dec. 12 to kick off the girls hockey season.Some like Molly Murphy and Mia Prall will look to continue a run of dominance in...

By Larry Smith

Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival donates $43,000 to area nonprofits

WESTFIELD - Organizers and volunteers from the Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival gathered at the Westfield Athenaeum on Dec. 13 to award two local nonprofit organizations $21,500 each from the proceeds of the Festival. The Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival takes place on the third Saturday in...

By Larry Smith

CT Aktion Club created to provide leadership skills to those with disabilities

WESTFIELD - The Connecticut River Valley Aktion Club is for adults that identify as having a disability who want to develop leadership skills while completing community service projects. It’s a member led organization where each club determines its own meeting schedule, community service projects and...

By Larry Smith

Why Worcester’s new equity chief has hope for role with troubled past

Kevin Lovaincy’s first two months as Worcester’s new Chief Equity Officer have been eventful. Lovaincy, 31, was hired in October to oversee Worcester’s Executive Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (EODEI). He told MassLive that his first months have focused on building relationships with city...

By Larry Smith

You can eat a 4-course meal at this prison — but it’s not your typical prison food

Hector Hernandez stands in the kitchen of The Fife and Drum Restaurant, chopping carrots with a knife that is bound to the table by a steel cable. The carrots are then served to a member of the public as he wears Northeastern Correctional Center’s all...

By Larry Smith

A WMass woman felt sorry for a raccoon on a Springfield street; then she got a hospital bill for $56,130

GREENFIELD —Johanna Guiod loves animals. So when she saw a small raccoon cowering on a residential Springfield street on the third day of spring, she pulled over.Another young woman was already there at Hermitage Drive and Parker Street, trying to coax the raccoon out of...

By Larry Smith

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