Avery Sharpe, international jazz great who calls the Pioneer Valley home, is hosting New England Public Media’s flagship jazz program, “Jazz a la Mode,” once a week beginning Nov. 3. Sharpe is a world-renowned bassist, composer and educator with deep roots in Western Massachusetts. Along...
Dear Annie: I’m a 23-year-old woman living with my parents because the cost of housing is so high. This is creating problems, especially in my relationship with my father. He has been disrespectful to me for a long time, at least since I was 18....
Dear Amy: When I was a child, my mother was abusive. She’d threaten to send me away (I’m adopted, and therefore I believed her); she’d slap me across the face or hit me with a wooden spoon in a rage, and she constantly gave me...
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- The Springfield Thunderbirds (6-5-0-0) could not withstand a late rally by the Bridgeport Islanders (3-5-1-0) in a 3-2 defeat on Sunday afternoon at Total Mortgage Arena.For the first time in three games this weekend, it would be the T-Birds to get the...
Six Red Sox players, including two of their top four home run hitters, are now free agents.Justin Turner, who finished third among Red Sox hitters in homers with 23, declined his player option Friday to become a free agent. Adam Duvall, who finished with the...
SPRINGFIELD — Allegations that money was paid for votes in Springfield’s mayoral race warrants further inquiry, the state’s top election official says. But questions arose just a week before Election Day — and how that probe will be handled remains unclear.“Any allegations of money being...
Less than two weeks remain before the Massachusetts Legislature wraps up its formal voting sessions for 2023. But before lawmakers on both sides of the State House call it a year on Nov. 15, some big-ticket items are still on their agenda.Here’s a look at...
* Craig Breslow majored in molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale, but surely, somewhere along the way, he learned some Latin, too.And if the new Red Sox chief baseball officer is as smart as he seems, he’ll take this advice: Carpe diem, or, in its...
Top 5 Best Ways to explain this column:5. Something I’m going to do four times a year,4. A weird window into my brain’s need to rank things.3. An excuse to slip some things in that aren’t always sports.2. An occasional way to finish my Sunday...
When Derrick White was out for Saturday’s game due to personal reasons, it had a domino effect on the rest of the roster. It was the first time this season the Celtics had a starter unavailable, so roles naturally shifted for the game.Al Horford, the...
