By Frank LesnefskyThe Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.OLYPHANT, Pa. — Olyphant will use nearly $200,000 in grant funding to expand and upgrade its police station, improving safety for both officers and those in custody.Borough council voted this month to approve the use of a $187,000 Local Share...
Memories will be made with the 2025 Easter egg hunts set for Southwick and Westfield.Mayor Michael McCabe is extending an invitation to the city’s 31st Annual Mayor’s Easter Egg Hunt starting at 1 p.m., Sunday, April 13, at the Shaker Farms Country Club. The event...
WESTFIELD — The Board of Early Education and Care visited the Westfield Boys & Girls Club on April 9 for a tour of its expanded William R. Parks Early Childhood Center before hosting its monthly meeting on location.Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler and EEC Board...
Former Celtics top assistant coach Charles Lee made his first return to TD Garden on Friday night since being hired as coach of the Charlotte Hornets. Lee just spent one season in Boston but it was a historic one as he helped to guide the...
Dear Abby: At 63, I am the youngest sister of four siblings. We grew up in the turmoil of Dad’s alcoholism and hoarding, as well as physical and emotional abuse from both our parents.One of my sisters, “June,” was sexually assaulted by my brother. She’s...
WESTFIELD — After a unanimous vote by the Community Preservation Commission of $500,000 on April 10, and the recent news that the project has been recommended by the state for an $800,000 Land & Water Conservation Fund grant, a newly modernized skate park is looking...
A coming-of-age psychological drama is filming in New England and looking for local residents to cast. The movie, “The Starfish,” is about a young man who is inspired to pursue his longtime crush while hosting friends at his family’s lakeside cottage, Backstage wrote. “Hanging out...
HOLYOKE — The distant sound of a police siren drifted through an open door at the Wistariahurst Museum, as if it was taunting those who created the images and essays Megan Seiler was hanging on the walls. The artists and writers are men and women...
A pizzeria with several restaurants in Florida is planning to open its first Massachusetts location this year.Slice House is aiming to open in Union Square in Somerville this summer. The restaurant will take over the former space of Bull McCabe’s, which closed in 2020.The new...
The Lyrid meteor shower, a celestial event first seen thousands of years ago, is about to streak through the night sky in April. First observed in China in 687 B.C.E., the Lyrid meteor shower should begin on April 17, reach its peak between April 21...