SPRINGFIELD – About $4.2 million. That’s the amount of money the U.S. Department of Education held back from the Springfield Public Schools as part of nationwide freeze of education grants, according to the Springfield mayor’s office. That freeze appeared to have thawed. If you purchase...
WESTFIELD — The second session of the Parks & Recreation Department’s Summer Act Theater Group presented its culminating program after two weeks of summer camp on July 25 in the Westfield Intermediate School auditorium. Among the one-act plays performed was one written by a former...
WESTFIELD — The Westfield Athenaeum has announced its next art exhibit for the Rand Art Gallery. entitled “Westfield Eclecticism: Forty Years of Artistic Collaboration at ArtsWest.”The exhibit features the work of 14 Westfield artists who are members of ArtsWest, and marks the 40th anniversary of...
Dear Eric: For many years, three friends and I have gotten together for lunch once a month. The venue changes each time, and we decide then where and when we will meet the next month.Three of us write down the information, and the fourth person...
SPRINGFIELD — How many actors portraying Annie does it take to stage the popular smash Broadway musical “Annie”?If you are the Springfield Community Theater of MA, which is producing the beloved play this weekend at 52 Sumner, the answer is two.And they are both equally...
A nearly 46-acre, mixed-use complex proposed in Cambridge could add an entirely new neighborhood to the city. The proposal includes more than 2,000 homes, office and lab buildings, retail, open spaces and a pedestrian bridge over the MBTA Commuter Rail tracks.The estimated $4.5 billion project,...
Does a Cambridge startup have a pill that can treat sleep apnea?Last week, Apnimed, a little-known pharma startup founded in 2017, announced encouraging results from its clinical trial of a new drug for people who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea, a breathing interruption during sleep...
A restaurant chain that serves soup dumplings is coming to Shrewsbury.Nan Xiang Express will be “coming soon” to the town’s White City shopping center off of Route 9 just over the bridge from Worcester. Signage featuring soup dumplings in a basket and Nan Xiang’s Express...
Remember Dan Koppen? The two-time Super Bowl champ was spotted at New England Patriots practice Monday as part of his new role as the coach of a high school football team. Let’s check in and see what the former Patriots center has been up to...
MINNEAPOLIS — For the second time in a week, Jordan Hicks faced a bases-loaded, no-out jam with the game on the line Monday night.For the second time in a week, it didn’t end well.Inheriting a one-run lead following a 90-minute rain delay that came in...
