A 6-figure jackpot prize was won off of a slot machine game in Massachusetts. On Sept. 20, a player at Encore Boston Harbor bet $125 on a spin on the game “Lightning Cash.” The jackpot prize was awarded and the player won $107,364.55. The casino,...
WESTFIELD — The Westfield Woman’s Club has a series of events scheduled to close out October.The Woman’s Club will host an evening of Contra dance on Friday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m. The event is the finale of the club’s Sounds of Westfield series of...
SOUTHWICK — Five months after Town Meeting voted to approve funding to build six pickleball courts at Whalley Park, the project is slowly coming together.“We got approved funding back in May, so it’s five months, a while ago, and it doesn’t seem to have moved...
The Springfield Thunderbirds are back. Get to know the team ahead of their 2025-26 season opener on Oct. 11 with the player bios below.Goaltenders#1 Vadim Zherenko6-4, 207 lbs, 24 years oldMoscow, RussiaEntering the 2025-26 season, Zherenko has appeared in 86 AHL games, posting a 34-40-9...
When I first heard a news story on the radio about the chikungunya virus, listening phonetically, I’ll admit that my mind went right to chickens and bird virus. Further context in the broadcast proved me wrong. It just goes to show, listening thoroughly is supremely...
It might’ve come during a loss, but Milton High School’s Keira Clark reached another milestone in what has already been a memorable volleyball career.After receiving a clean pass from fellow junior Sophie Derwinski in the third set at Needham High School Thursday, Clark’s spike found...
One of the more intriguing additions to the Celtics roster this offseason came in August. Brad Stevens had been trending younger with his offseason moves, bringing aboard free agent signings like Luka Garza and Josh Minott back in July but that changed in August when...
Dear Eric: My daughter is in a committed relationship with a partner. My daughter insists that she will never get married. They bought a house and have a child together. We live nearby and see them often, providing backup child care as needed. They both...
In a tense May Massachusetts Parole Board hearing, a woman faced her biological father — the man she called “the devil” — and begged that he never be released. Hearing her pain, the board denied him parole on Tuesday, citing his lack of remorse.If you...
Stephanie Ramey needed a distraction.It was early 2021 and the COVID-19 pandemic was still prominent. Ramey was working for the Worcester Railers at the time but she wasn’t used to working only 40 hours a day, she said. While this was happening, Ramey said she...
