Though the late May layoff announcement from one of Massachusetts’ major biopharma companies dominated recent business headlines, experts point elsewhere for a true snapshot of what’s happening in the industry.Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. plans to lay off about 10% of its Massachusetts-based workforce — 641...
SPRINGFIELD – Work on a new palliative care unit at Mercy Medical Center is 75% complete, but additional funding is still needed, officials say.The Andy Yee Palliative Care Unit will be more than a physical space. It is designed to provide individualized care with “dignity...
A weather alert was issued by the National Weather Service on Friday at 4:18 a.m. for dense fog until 7 a.m. for Berkshire County."Areas of dense fog have developed in the Upper Hudson River Valley in New York, Housatonic River Valley in western Massachusetts and...
Matchday 2 for Group E starts on Friday, June 21 at UEFA Euro 2024 with Slovakia taking on Ukraine at Merkur Spiel-Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany.The match is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. EST and will be broadcast on Fubo Sports. Fans looking to watch...
Group 2 of the Super Eight groups enters Matchday 2 on Friday, June 21 and it starts with England taking the pitch against South Africa at Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium at Gros Islet, St. Lucia.The match is scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m. EST...
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...
