The Healey-Driscoll administration has released a work plan for the “Forests as Climate Solutions” initiative unveiled a year ago.While Healey’s team is winning praise from environmentalists, some feel it doesn’t go far enough to safeguard state lands from logging.The initiative will set new forest management...
CINCINNATI — Rookie David Hamilton is a man of few words. He spoke with reporters after the Red Sox set their single-game franchise stolen base record with nine against the Yankees on June 16. Hamilton swiped four of the nine bags, then gave a simple...
Dear Abby: I am experiencing significant anxiety over losing another co-worker. I am happy for her, but I’m also sad because all her responsibilities will again be dumped on me. Our department consists of three employees. I’m the lowest-paid administrative assistant in the office and...
WESTFIELD — Friends, family, and acquaintances of the late City Councilor Barbara Swords dedicated a park in her honor at a ceremony behind Highland Elementary School last week.“Hopefully through this dedication, this plot of land that extends to Crane Avenue will be protected from future...
Dear Amy: I am a 53-year-old man engaged to a wonderful woman several years younger. She is honest, sweet, and attractive. She has a goodness that few others possess.My problem is that even though I love her, I am not in love with her. We...
“Abe Lincoln in Illinois,” Robert E. Sherwood’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece that tells the tale of the remarkable journey of Abraham Lincoln, plays Berkshire Theatre Group’s Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge through July 14. David Auburn directs, and the cast includes some familiar faces, including David Adkins,...
Dear Annie: We would like to respond to your answer to “Retired and Busy,” the grandparent who complained about overscheduled grandkids. To us, your answer was spot-on. We never felt “gaslit.” At 80 and 76, we are still traveling to see our young adult grandchildren...
Dear Readers: To mark my last week of publishing “Ask Amy,” I’ve fired up the Ask Amy Wayback machine, and will run some favorite previously published Q&As.Following is my very first column, published in July 2003.Dear Amy: I have a major problem that has come...
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NASHUA – Another quick turnaround and another home-away doubleheader closed out a strong weekend for the Westfield Starfires, who split a set with the Nashua Silver Knights, 11-16 and 4-2, on Sunday. Westfield is now 14-8 on the season, leading the Futures Collegiate Baseball League...
