Dear Abby: Several months ago, I let the 49-year-old son of a dear friend move into my basement. “Jason” pays me rent plus utilities.Last week, he informed me that he is not vaccinated for COVID. He was drinking at the time. Since my husband passed...
WESTFIELD — Westfield Transition Services’ annual “Bridge to Adulthood” ceremony on June 11 at Shaker Farms Country Club honored the young adults who are turning 22 in 2024, and are leaving the Westfield public school system.This year’s honorees were Jacob Brooks, Colette Croteau, Katelyn Flaherty,...
Dear Abby: My girlfriend and I broke up after six years. Both of us have children from marriages that ended seven years ago. We reached a point a year and a half ago and started looking for a house together. After realizing we couldn’t afford...
Dear Amy: Several years ago, I was involved in projects with a female friend (I’m a man).I occasionally made jokes and said things that in retrospect I realize were inappropriate. She finally set me straight.Then Covid and the MeToo movement hit, and I had time...
By Stephen Owsinski With the frequent mention of the approximate total of law enforcement officers in America —around 850,000 or so— our minds likely automatically default to projections of those cops patrolling mean streets and eyeing beats with populations aggregated in metropolis regions and inherent cacophony...
Dear Annie: I left an extremely abusive marriage almost 30 years ago. The physical, verbal and mental abuse was so bad that I had to escape from the house one day when my husband was not home. I had a son with him that I...
WESTFIELD – The Westfield Little League Softball 12U All-Stars had an electrifying start to their first District 2 tournament game of 2024 and it wasn’t just due to the lightning that ended the game prematurely.Westfield starting pitcher Hailey Zanolli tossed a two-hitter, striking out 11...
WORCESTER -- During a game earlier this month in Buffalo, WooSox manager Chad Tracy felt like his leadoff hitter, Chase Meidroth, was taking especially good at-bats. He said so to his hitting coach, Rich Gedman.“Geddy’s sitting there and he says ‘well, he’s seen 44 pitches...
SPRINGFIELD — The School Committee voted to extend the start date of the new superintendent to July 22 to give the body more time to negotiate her contract.The School Committee selected Sonia Dinnall as its new superintendent on May 30 pending the signing of a...
A report from the National Weather Service was issued on Thursday at 8:32 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 9:15 p.m. for Berkshire County.Expect pea-sized hail (0.25 inches) and wind gusts of up to 40 mph."At 8:31 p.m., Doppler radar tracked a strong thunderstorm over Copake,...
