Every Wednesday morning throughout the basketball season, MassLive will release updated power rankings for the top 20 high school boys basketball teams in Western Massachusetts.Here’s a look at the top teams after the first week of the 2024 season:...
Payton Pritchard has gotten plenty of headlines this season for his offensive contributions with the Celtics. Yet, it was his defensive pressure that drew some extra attention in Sunday’s win over the Wizards in Washington DC. Pritchard played a team-high 37 minutes in the victory...
The Shot, Robin Gerber’s play about Washington Post publisher Katherine Graham, was a big hit at Great Barrington Public Theatre at its premiere in 2022. Now, it heads to North Carolina’s Playmakers Repertory Theatre on January 7-12, with original star Sharon Lawrence, and original director,...
SOUTHWICK — Residents will only have to wait a few more months before they will be able to enroll in the town’s municipal aggregation program and save money on their electric bills now that the state’s Department of Public Utilities has approved the town’s application.“My...
Just Roots, a farming and food access nonprofit based in Greenfield, has named Meryl LaTronica and Joshua Faller as co-executive directors.LaTronica has spent the past eight years driving change at Just Roots, combining her knowledge of sustainable agriculture with a passion for strengthening local food...
Tech Goes Home, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit, recently received a $30,000 grant from Comcast to expand digital skills programming in Holyoke and Springfield. The grant brings Comcast’s total 2024 commitment to supporting TGH’s digital inclusion efforts to $130,000.TGH was chosen as one of three nonprofits to...
A winter weather advisory was in place for the greater Springfield area Monday morning as forecasters warned light snow and freezing rain could cause icy conditions on the roads. The following school districts have announced delays — and at least one closing — for Monday,...
Sweat slicked down backs, blended with the scent of fried food and livestock at The Big E, as fairgoers came to a slow halt in the dense crowd. The sea of strangers on Commonwealth Avenue felt unusually large, loud and still, and the air was...
Aaron Robinson, a former University of Massachusetts Lowell student journalist, knew of a part of campus most of his peers did not.It wasn’t a secret study spot or a bench under a tree. It was an entire section of the school grounds, known as West...
The only reason — The ONLY REASON — the Patriots could consider bringing back both Jerod Mayo and Eliot Wolf is that Robert Kraft doesn’t want to admit he blew it.Simply put, this leadership combination didn’t work. Running it back would be another sign of...
