The Celtics are entering the final phase of roster evaluation leading up to the trade deadline next month. With Boston in the middle of a very tight Eastern Conference playoff picture, there will be a lot to weigh for Brad Stevens and the rest of...
For those in the area who take advantage of the state’s open burning season from Jan. 15 to May 1, each local fire department has its own policies to ensure the public’s safety.Westfield Deputy Fire Chief and Fire Prevention Officer Christopher King offered what could...
Ordinarily, the arrival of the annual Baseball Hall of Fame ballot involves careful examination of the newcomers and their qualifications.Most years, there are a handful of players at least worthy of serious consideration for induction. Some may be borderline candidates, some may be no-doubt first-time...
When Da’Naysia Banks graduates from Sci-Tech, she will walk away with her name hanging from a banner, forever etched in Cybercats’ history. As Sci-Tech’s first girls basketball player to reach 1,000 career points in program history, the milestone symbolizes the new standard that Banks has...
For Jane Peirce, the cataclysmic flooding and massive displacement of thousands of people that turned the Swift River Valley into the Quabbin Reservoir isn’t just a page torn from the history books.It’s her family’s story, told and retold over the decades, one that is a...
The Celtics looked off-balance right from tipoff against the Heat. Their starters missed shots and gave up open looks on the other end. It was a sluggish open that saw the C’s down 19 points midway through the first quarter.Jaylen Brown made an important admission...
A man convicted in 1995 of shooting a 19-year-old in the face at a Medford park, then fatally stabbing him almost 80 times was granted parole. Jeffrey Hardy will be released after serving 31 years of his life sentence in prison, after he serves six...
Last fall, the world’s richest and most popular search engine exhibited a moral compass of sorts when it banned advertisements for machines often used to make dangerous counterfeit pills.As of Sept. 1, 2025, Google updated its “dangerous products or services” policies to prohibit advertisements for...
A convicted murderer whose parole in Massachusetts was previously revoked has once again been granted parole. In 2004, a Bristol County Superior Court jury convicted Justin Gaouette, now 44, on charges including second-degree murder in the death of 27-year-old David Silva. He was sentenced to...
