WESTFIELD — While all three of the men charged on Jan. 31 with multiple weapons and firearms charges were deemed dangerous after a dangerousness hearing in district court last Friday, only one was ordered held without bail for 120 days.Last week in Montgomery after a...
I may have a last name associated with basketball, and I drive past the Basketball Hall of Fame at least daily, but I know little about the sport, and even less about LeBron James. Let me start by saying that King James, Rajiv Joseph’s play...
SOUTHWICK — Two things are certain about a citizens’ petition proposed in May 2023 to have three of the seven members of the Conservation Commission instead of elected: it was approved at Town Meeting twice with a vast majority of residents supporting it, and it...
WESTFIELD — At the Feb. 10 meeting of the City Council, Superintendent Stefan Czaporowski presented the district’s vision for a new high school and the vote by the School Committee to submit a statement of interest (SOI) to the Massachusetts School Building Authority by April...
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. The previous rankings can be viewed here.Below are the top teams through nine weeks of the regular season:...
Brad Marchand knows all about the rumors and the logic behind them. He’s an unsigned veteran who’ll be 37 next year, but is still playing at a high level.The Bruins have some incentive to deal him if they’re moving toward a rebuild, and there would...
SOUTH HADLEY — Russell Sawyer, owner of AllStar Dairy Foods in South Hadley, has been on the phone for most of the last two days trying to obtain eggs.Customers visiting the store at Diemand Farm in Wendell have to wash their boots and shoes —...
Years ago, when someone said they were going camping, it meant heading out to the forest, pitching a tent to sleep in, and starting a campfire to keep you warm or cook something.Today, things are much different, as you will find with a visit to...
Love is in the air, and on the page, at Lovestruck Books — a newly opened bookstore and café in Cambridge’s Harvard Square specializing in romance novels to fill every heart and desire.The 44 Brattle St. shop hosted its official grand opening in mid-January and...
MONTREAL — Last spring Sam Bennett’s behind-the-play sucker punch of Brad Marchand knocked the Bruins captain out for two games and helped tilt the second-round playoff series in the Panthers' favor.On Wednesday night at the Bell Centre, they’ll be suiting up for Canada together to...