Audience members at the Majestic Theater who are unfamiliar with Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” will have to wait until the end of the play to learn the true identity of Jack, who was accidentally left at a train station as an infant.The...
Six weeks from now, Red Sox pitchers and catchers will already have had their first workout of spring training at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers. The roster will be (almost certainly) complete and Boston’s mission to contend for the first time in three seasons will...
SPRINGFIELD — The City Council voted to allow members of the Community Preservation Committee to remain on the board after their term is completed to give officials time to appoint new members.Members can serve two terms that are each three years long but have to...
LOWELL — When Megan Keller scored on a Boston power play with 2:40 left to cut Minnesota’s lead to 3-2 in both team’s Professional Women’s Hockey League inaugural game Wednesday at the Tsongas Center, the history of the night became secondary.This was simply two good...
Demario “Pop” Douglas has been a bright spot for the New England Patriots in a season that has been overshadowed by quarterback struggles and head coach questions. The rookie wide receiver surpassed Deion Branch’s 43 catches in 2002 when Douglas caught five passes to bring...
Hydroponics. Some call it the wave of the future. It’s the technique of growing plants using a water-based nutrient solution rather than soil.For Rene McGee, and her husband Thomas, it’s fast becoming a way of life as owners of Aerogreen Urban Farm based in Southwick...
From left to right, Harvard President Dr. Claudine Gay, University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) President Dr. Sally Kornbluth listen during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 in Washington, D.C....
AGAWAM — A plan to improve the availability of affordable housing in Agawam is now getting a look by the state.The town’s 11-member City Council voted unanimously last month to approve a proposed Housing Protection Plan shaped during a year of work with the Pioneer...
Even at the best of times, citizen interactions with law enforcement are often fraught encounters marked by anxiety and stress. And if you’re someone who lives with autism, such encounters can end in long-lasting trauma — or even death.But if two Massachusetts legislators get their...
A Worcester restaurateur is embracing his well-deserved retirement as he is about to celebrate his 50th anniversary of running a landmark Worcester diner before it switches ownership later this month.Looking back at his time owning and operating Kenmore Diner, James “Jimmy” Yantsides is grateful for...