WESTFIELD — The first merit badge Sean McMahon earned as a Boy Scout was for basket weaving. Since then, he’s earned an additional 65 merit badges — a level of success only a few Scouts achieve.For most scouts, the Eagle badge is the pinnacle of...
Dear Eric: I have a first cousin “Karen” who lives in Florida. I live in Connecticut. We are close in age, but I don’t have a close relationship with that side of my family in general. My aunts and uncle have spoken to me a...
Dear Annie: You told a reader to call doctors by their last name until invited otherwise. Your writer had called the doctor by the first name on the first visit. Had she never been to a doctor before? No one should think this is appropriate!This...
Dear Eric: I’ve been seeing my partner for more than a year. They’re over 40, noncommittal and “don’t know what [they] want out of life”. I’m in my late 30s and definitely want to cohabitate and consider parenthood. How do I deal with my partner?—...
It’s time to grab your tickets and check to see if you’re a big winner! The Powerball lottery jackpot continues to rise after one lucky winner in New Jersey won $221 million in the June 10 drawing. Is this your lucky night?Here are Monday’s winning...
SPRINGFIELD — The Forest Park Pool reopened on Monday after it was drained and cleaned of glass following a series of problems caused by a large group of youths and young adults.By Monday evening, Thomas Ashe, head of parks, buildings and recreational management, said the...
A Massachusetts State Police trooper whose admittedly “unprofessional” text messages took on a critical role in the murder trial of Karen Read, which ended in a mistrial on Monday, was relieved of his duty, acting State Police Colonel Jack Mawn announced.Proctor, the lead investigator in...
A man was pronounced dead and another person was taken to a hospital with a broken leg after a car slammed into a house in Dorchester in an incident that police first believed was a shooting.Boston police went to 24 Fifield St. in Dorchester for...
A 13-year-old girl was struck by a car as she crossed Belmont Street in Worcester Friday afternoon and later died at a hospital, police said.Worcester police learned of a crash involving a pedestrian near 370 Belmont St. around 2:28 p.m. Friday afternoon, the department said...
El torneo y festival de baloncesto 3x3 Hooplandia 2024 concluyó el 23 de junio, cuando 25 equipos se coronaron campeones de su división correspondiente.La mayoría de los juegos de campeonato se jugaron por la tarde en la Eastern States Exposition en West Springfield, pero algunos...
