Sunshine, unique food and Ludacris helped bring in more attendees to opening weekend of The Big E in 2024 than the year before. There were a total of 275,444 fairgoers in West Springfield from Friday-Sunday, with a record 121,854 attendees on Saturday. Although the fair...
Evangeline Murray, who most recently served as director of nursing operations at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center, has been appointed as the associate chief nursing 0fficer at MiraVista Behavioral Health Center in Holyoke.Murray holds a Master of Science degree in nursing clinical leadership from Saint Xavier...
Fifty years to the day since yellow school buses first rolled Boston toward a desegregated future, some of the players from the era’s historic events returned to the scene and reminisced about how busing came to be.Ira Jackson, chief of staff to Boston Mayor Kevin...
UniFirst Corp., which provides customized business uniform programs, facility service products and first aid and safety services, recently held its 24th annual Founder’s Day.Founder’s Day has been a yearly UniFirst event following the passing of its company founder, Aldo Croatti, in 2001. This event is...
MassLive recently asked readers to identify people they consider Hispanic and Latino leaders in Massachusetts, working to make a difference across the state.Profiles of these leaders will be published over the course of Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15. These are people...
MassLive recently asked readers to identify people they consider Hispanic and Latino leaders in Massachusetts, working to make a difference across the state.Profiles of these leaders will be published over the course of Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15. These are people...
MassLive recently asked readers to identify people they consider Hispanic and Latino leaders in Massachusetts, working to make a difference across the state.Profiles of these leaders will be published over the course of Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15. These are people...
For 22 years, Jeremy Yamin served with the U.S. State Department protecting its embassies, diplomats and staff as they advanced American interests across the globe.His current post is far closer to home and not with the federal government. But it’s a job he said has...
When you were a child and fell playing outside, a single bandage — a placebo of sorts — could take away the pain.The placebo effect has long been somewhat of a medical mystery. While researchers found it triggers a chemical reaction in the brain about...
For those looking for a sweet treat in a fall fair environment full of fried foods heavy on the stomach, one dessert option found in The Big E’s Young Building offers a refreshing and light alternative.Called “tanghulu,” this skewer of fruit — in this case,...