A 33-year-old Massachusetts man has been granted parole after killing a man in Waltham when he was 18. Shaquan Jacobs was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to second-degree murder on Oct. 2, 2012, in Middlesex Superior Court.Prior...
Most areas of Massachusetts will enjoy the warmest afternoon in more than a week, as Tuesday ushers in above-freezing temperatures for the first time since Jan. 23.Boston and Worcester will reach a high of 33 degrees in the afternoon, with sunny skies helping to melt...
The Celtics are expected to be buyers ahead of Thursday’s trade deadline, and if do they make a move, it’ll likely be for a big man. That much has been spelled out over the past few months as another front-court player would round out the...
WESTFIELD — A Connecticut man who has a residence in Tolland was arraigned in district court after police claimed he was illegally in possession of an assault rifle, despite it not being found after a search of his Tolland residence, according to court records.Joshua L....
Dear Eric: I’m deaf, gradually lost my hearing and got a cochlear implant in December 1994. I wanted to respond to “Hearing Jokes,” a person with hearing loss whose hearing-impaired siblings staged an intervention because the letter writer didn’t want to get a hearing aid.I...
WESTFIELD — The 2026 Lower Valley Spring Gardening Workshops, Let’s Get Growing, will take place on Saturday, March 28, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Westfield Middle School, 30 W. Silver St. Presented by the Western Massachusetts Master Gardener Association, this program features 10...
WESTFIELD — The deadlines are approaching for students wishing to apply for admission to Westfield Technical Academy, the Lower Pioneer Valley Educational Collaborative and to career technical education programs at Gateway Regional High School.This year’s admissions will be impacted by new state regulations requiring all...
SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Health recently announced new leadership of its Board of Trustees, with Dr. Akinyele Lovelace serving as chair and Attorney Tony Dos Santos serving as vice chair.“The leadership of our Board of Trustees is essential to Baystate Health’s role as a health and...
Kristaps Porzingis could play in his first game since Jan. 7 when the Hawks play the Heat on Tuesday. Porzingis was upgraded on Atlanta’s injury report to questionable as he’s been dealing with left Achilles tendinitis over the past several weeks. He’s not guaranteed to...
As the final buzzer sounded in a frigid, snowy Copeland Field House, the Milton boys basketball team fell to Needham for the second time this season in a game they never led. It wasn’t the outcome a team chasing a league title wanted, but there...
