In 2024, all three golf divisions were highly competitive in Western Massachusetts. And this year should be no different, with several key returns for every top squad. Let’s look at some teams and players to watch in every division. Division I teams to watch: If...
The 2025 US Open is moving on to the second round starting on Wednesday, Aug. 27 and continuing through Thursday, Aug. 28 at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York.The second round is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. EDT on Wednesday and Thursday...
WESTFIELD — Westfield resident Kathy Fellner, the superintendent of the Springfield Armory National Historic Site, came to the Historical Commission meeting on Aug. 25 to invite Westfield to participate in the Revolutionary Springfield 250 event on Saturday, Sept. 13.Fellner said the Springfield Armory is in...
An MGM Springfield player walked away a jackpot winner in August. The player bet $60 on the game “Huff N’ Even More Puff" on Aug. 17. The jackpot prize was worth $15,392. Overall, there are over 1,500 slot machines at MGM Springfield.In February, the casino...
Dear Annie: My beloved husband of more than 40 years has become something of an embarrassment. He has always been careful with his appearance (almost in the vain category). About six years ago, he had a serious illness with dangerous surgery but made an excellent...
Michael Proctor, the former trooper fired in connection with the Karen Read case, is set to appear before the Civil Service Commission on Wednesday for the second of five days of hearings on his bid to get his job back.Proctor was fired by State Police...
NORTHAMPTON — If thrills are what you are looking for this weekend, then look no further than Northampton’s Three County Fair.America’s oldest ongoing agricultural fair begins on Friday at 4 p.m. and continues through Labor Day, with thrills that are dangerous and others that are...
HOLYOKE — With Ward 4 City Councilor Kocayne S. Givner stepping down, Holyoke voters face a choice between Richard Purcell, a community activist, and Peter Diaz Jr., a newcomer who says he’s turned his life around since serving time in prison.Givner announced she would not...
Decades after her sister was beaten, gagged and left at the bottom of a quarry with cinder blocks weighing down her body, a woman stood before the Massachusetts Parole Board with a painful reminder: This could’ve been your loved one. “Do not let this monster,...
Dear Abby: About eight months ago, I stumbled on my husband watching online porn. He admitted to habitual use but said it was just a stress reliever and he would stop viewing it. Meanwhile, I am plagued by feelings of not being enough for him,...
