WESTFIELD — The Westfield City Council again heard from advocates and some detractors of an ordinance to allow backyard chickens by right in residential areas in the city, with councilors seemingly equally split in favor and opposed to the plan. The ordinance was then sent...
WESTFIELD — The City Council on May 15 unanimously approved all of the Community Preservation Committee grants before it on recommendations from the Finance committee, with some discussion on taking another look at the Community Preservation Act in Westfield. In discussing the recommendation from the...
SOUTHWICK — After the chair of the Parks and Recreation Commission made an impassioned plea to have the commission’s director’s salary increased during a Select Board meeting last Thursday, it was decided to come up with a “commensurate” salary after a reevaluation of the position’s...
BOSTON — While the Celtics fell short of their goal of going back-to-back, they still had an overall stellar season. They won 61 games, set a franchise record for road victories and notched other impressive marks along the way.So, Boston president Brad Stevens only had...
Editor’s note: This story is part of an occasional series, “Breaking Bread,” which explores the crossroads of food, culture and business in the Pioneer Valley. We welcome suggestions on restaurants to cover. Email ideas to nsampath@repub.com Friday, April 18, 2025- Since October 2023, Dee Fernando...
Digital forensics analyst Shanon Burgess is grilled by defense attorney Robert Alessi over errors in his CV and LinkedIn profile during the retrial of Karen Read in the Norfolk Superior Court, Monday, May 19, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)AP...
A world premiere by the legendary John Williams, popular contemporary artists including Jon Baptiste and John Legend, a special celebration honoring Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart, and the classical masterpieces of Ravel, Beethoven and other brilliant composers highlight the 2025 Tanglewood season.Tanglewood, the famed music...
What will the autonomous vehicle startup Waymo find once it starts mapping the streets of Boston, as it plans to do this month? Regulatory hurdles, rotaries and roads riddled with potholes, for a start.I’ve been talking with people who have experience testing autonomous vehicles (AVs)...
Boston Calling’s on-site indoor arena, which returns to the music festival this year after several years, will serve as a chill space for attendees to get a break from the outdoors.The music festival’s indoor arena — that’s historically been used for everything from comedic sets...
Dear Abby: We asked our 19-year-old college daughter, “Lulu,” to dog-sit and housesit several months ago. She knew our rule of no visitors allowed in our home while we were out of town. Because of this, we didn’t feel we needed to prepare the house...
