SPRINGFIELD — Ysabel Garcia is gaining national recognition for transforming her own mental health struggles into a mission to reform suicide care through a lens of racial justice and cultural humility.Drawing from her lived experience, Garcia founded Estoy Aquí in 2020 to fill what she...
As the Boston Red Sox continue their push toward postseason baseball, their ongoing struggles at first base have become impossible to ignore. A potential solution emerged on the waiver wire this week: former Washington Nationals first baseman Nathaniel Lowe.The timing couldn’t be more relevant, as...
Sean Kingston will spend three and a half years in federal prison after he was found guilty of a $1 million fraud scheme that also involved his mother, Janice Eleanor Turner.U.S. Judge David Leibowitz handed down Kingston’s sentence in a South Florida courtroom on Friday,...
A couple of NL Central squads fighting for playoff positioning open up a three-game series on Friday, Aug. 15 when the Milwaukee Brewers visit the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.This Friday Night Baseball game is scheduled to start at 6:40 p.m....
WEST SPRINGFIELD — West Springfield is tapping into more than half a million dollars in casino impact funds to help make the town more accessible and resilient.West Springfield secured more than $518,000 from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission’s Community Mitigation Fund, Mayor William Reichelt said in...
A long-awaited review by State Auditor Diana DiZoglio has found that the Massachusetts cannabis oversight agency displayed a pattern of mismanagement and showed “the appearance of potential favoritism and/or impropriety” in its dealings with some businesses.The auditor determined the Cannabis Control Commission violated state regulations...
Three women were treated after they were all struck by a person with a broken bottle at a nightclub in Worcester on Sunday, police said Friday. At around 2:18 a.m., officers went to the area of 41 Pleasant St. over a report of an assault...
Bundle up, and prepare your strongest shovels: a “cold, snow-filled” winter awaits New England and the Northeast United States, according to the latest edition of Farmers’ Almanac.The publication, which makes seasonal weather predictions based on “correlations between celestial events, and various meteorological conditions,” recently shared...
BOSTON — As the Red Sox return home Friday after a tough week-long road trip, Ceddanne Rafaela will be in his natural position and Masataka Yoshida isn’t in the lineup.Rafaela is in center field against the Marlins and righty Sandy Alcantara with Roman Anthony serving...
Editor’s note: MassLive is a tenant of Venture X in the Mercantile Center building.The president of a company that lists the Mercantile Center in downtown Worcester as one of its properties has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, according to court documents.Charles “Chip” Norton filed a...
