Dear Readers: A recent question from “Wondering Parents” raised the topic of giving “gender stereotypical” toys to children. (Wondering Parents were admonished for wanting to give a toy kitchen set to their daughter for Christmas.)This question – and my response – brought on a huge...
Even as he’s struggled through a rough rookie season, Chad Ryland says the New England Patriots never lost faith in him. In fact, the team’s most respected locker room leader predicted that the team would need him in the fourth quarter of their Christmas Eve...
Dear Readers: Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas. Hope you enjoy these poems for the holidays.“Christmas in the Heart” by Paul Laurence Dunbar“The snow lies deep upon the ground,And winter’s brightness all aroundDecks bravely out the forest sere,With jewels of the brave old year.The...
Who doesn’t love a redemption story -- and on Christmas Eve of all nights?That’s what happened to New England Patriots rookie kicker Chad Ryland, who missed a field goal and an extra point in Sunday’s game against the Denver Broncos. With the game tied 23-23...
Would Bailey Zappe be able to put two good halves together playing in the altitude in Denver on Christmas Eve night?With the Patriots starter going the Jekyll & Hyde route the previous two games, one of the pre-game storylines to this ho-hum Week 16 game...
Combining the powers of cannabis and compassion, the owners of a Massachusetts-based cannabis company are raising money and awareness for the state’s opioid epidemic through their first-ever holiday donation drive.Insa Cannabis — with stores in Springfield, Easthampton, Avon and Salem — launched its Forest Park...
If you ran out of time on Saturday to grab drinks or alcohol mix for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, you still have a window of time to get your beverages and more ahead of the holiday.There are few restrictions when it comes to buying...
Frank Colaccino knows even a relatively modest-sized company can have a big impact on the community.“We always like to help when we can, and the need is greater than ever,” said Colaccino, the president of the Colvest Group ,a Springfield-based property management company.“We say, ‘Let’s...
SPRINGFIELD — Antoine Diaz remembers growing up in the 1990s in Forest Park as a time marked by riding bikes around the neighborhood and calling up a friend’s landline and asking their parents if they were home to play.The ‘90s also brought the introduction of...
On one of the longest nights of the year — and shortest days — people gathered in an Amherst hall to sing holiday songs and continue a tradition started thousands of years ago by people who worshiped not deities, but the world around them.Long before...
