WESTFIELD — Tenth grade students in Nicole Hamel’s AP History class at Westfield High School teamed up with residents of Armbrook Village this spring for a “Past Meets Present” living history project.Thirteen students were paired with 12 residents at the senior living facility, meeting first...
Dear Readers: The following Q&A first ran in 2019.Dear Amy: My daughter has my husband’s extremely pale, Nordic appearance. In high school she had some darker-skinned friends of other races. Sometimes they would poke gentle fun at her for her whiteness, such as telling her...
“Unreconciled,” Jay Sefton’s tour-de-force play about a young theater student (Jay Sefton) who is the victim of abuse by a priest, and yet moves on to be a therapist and an actor, has its world premiere at Chester Theatre, July 4-14, after a workshop last...
Dear Annie: Not quite 20 years ago, I worked for a local authority mental health agency with about 650 employees. I worked in the human resources department and knew all the employees by name because I literally had access to everything about them. I made...
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Patrolling a construction site, I saw a vehicle driving slowly among unfinished projects. Knowing that tools and lumber can be easy picking for thieves I made contact with the driver. He was immediately incensed and angrily explained that this was...
Dear Readers: In advance to my departure from this column, I’m spending the next couple of weeks rerunning some favorites.I don’t really have any way of “fool-proofing” the queries sent in to me, and so I’ve treated most of them as if they are serious...
BOSTON — The Red Sox set a franchise single-game record with nine steals in a 9-3 win over the Yankees on Sunday. Boston’s previous record of eight steals happened Sept. 29, 1940 against the then-Philadelphia Athletics.“Hammy kind of carried the load there but glad I...
NEW YORK (AP) — “The Outsiders,” a gritty adaptation of the classic young adult novel, became the essence of a Broadway insider on Sunday, winning the Tony Award for best new musical on a night when women made strides.The musical based on the beloved S....
BOSTON — It was about the least enviable situation for a relief pitcher imaginable. With the Red Sox clinging to a one-run lead in the top of the seventh inning, Zack Kelly entered the game with the bases loaded with New York Yankees and no...
BOSTON — Zack Kelly screamed and pounded his chest as he returned to the Red Sox dugout after escaping a huge jam in the seventh inning.Manager Alex Cora brought in Kelly with no outs, the bases loaded and Boston clinging to a 4-3 lead against...
