We’re running a mailbag every week during the offseason. If you have questions on the Patriots, NFL, or want to gripe about past answers, email cmason@masslive.com or tweet @bychrismason. Now let’s get to this week’s questions!Obviously it’ll depend on how guys do in camp, but...
People who visit the home of Rick and Angela Kowal in Belchertown can still see evidence of the stray bullet that hit their home in December 2022 and penetrated an outside wall. It’s a reminder that even in a quiet neighborhood surrounded by woods, strange...
As tensions around pro-Palestinian protests at colleges and universities continued to rise, police arrested more than 100 protesters at Dartmouth College and the University of New Hampshire on Wednesday evening.On Wednesday, Hanover police arrested 90 protesters at Dartmouth for “multiple offenses” including criminal trespass and...
Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as “Rebel Rouser” and “Peter Gunn” helped put the twang in early rock ‘n’ roll and influenced George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen and countless other musicians, has died at age 86.Eddy died of...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is testing infant formula, cottage cheese and sour cream after diary cows in multiple states got the bird flu. According to the FDA, the bird flu is causing cows in eight states to have decreased lactation, low appetite and other...
Say goodbye to New England Patriots rookies wearing weird jersey numbers heading into training camp.As the Patriots’ official roster indicates, the team has done away with one of Bill Belichick’s longtime rituals where rookie players had to “earn” their numbers in New England.Multiple rookies have...
The afternoon following the release of Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department,” I settled into my comfiest couch, ready to embark on a 31-song journey with pop’s biggest star. However, I didn’t expect I’d be left pondering how I, along with other multiple sclerosis patients,...
A handwritten letter by First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln is for sale for the first time.The letter, which attempts to get a girl a job at the Treasury Department, was an inherited family heirloom. It’s now for sale through The Raab Collection for $15,000.“The girl...
Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said he understands the second-guessing he’s received about his Game 5 lineup decisions, but he’s comfortable with the choices he made — Matt Grzelcyk for Kevin Shattenkirk and Justin Brazeau in for Johnny Beecher — that have come under some scrutiny.“When...
The call came to serve our city’s students, and these educators not only answered the call, but in doing so, have gone above and beyond.Twenty-one Springfield Public Schools educators have been named recipients of the 2024 Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Award. Now in its...