SOUTHWICK – Several residents of neighborhoods near the North Pond Conservation Area made it clear to the Select Board Monday that they didn’t agree with a proposal to install no parking signs on the streets where they live.“You’re trying to solve the problem that doesn’t...
WESTFIELD - The first item on the agenda at the Special City Council meeting on Nov. 26 was acceptance of an appropriation of $1 million from Mayor Michael McCabe from free cash to reduce the FY25 tax rate.“Everyone in this room should take a lot...
Attorney General Andrea Campbell made it clear earlier this week that she doesn’t agree with the Legislature and Gov. Maura Healey that a Boston nonprofit that has been accused of predatory lending should be shielded from the state’s consumer protection laws.The state’s top law enforcement...
WESTFIELD - The Wyben Parade committee anticipated having 15 tractors at its first annual Lighted Tractor Christmas Parade on Nov. 23, but 42 tractors came from throughout Wyben, Middle Farms and other parts of Westfield, said Harry Rock, who filmed the parade for Westfield Community...
Boston businesses and shoppers can take advantage of a winter Open Newbury Street for the very first time. “Open Newbury: Holiday Stroll” will occur on Sunday, Dec. 1 and Sunday, Dec. 8. A rain/weather date is set for Sunday, Dec. 15.The event is meant “to...
Like many people who were adopted, 66-year-old Richard Hanchett long hoped to connect with his biological family.But discovering his mother was the victim of one of Massachusetts’ most infamous cold case murders was far beyond anything he’d imagined....
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Not everybody thinks the Patriots will take a receiver or an offensive lineman with their first-round pick in April’s NFL Draft that is projected to come early.Most of the mock drafts expect them to fill one of those two major areas of need, but some...
Dear Abby: I was recently invited for a long weekend at my friend’s new home in South Carolina. She has wanted me to come there to visit ever since she purchased it. I offered to come down, but then I sprained my ankle, and it...
Dear Eric: Your response to “Sad in Urinetown” strongly implies that urinating on plants can only be a mentally disordered behavior. I challenge this. Perhaps you didn’t have time to read the many easily found studies and articles from agriculture and gardening into this question.In...