AGAWAM — A plan to improve the availability of affordable housing in Agawam is now getting a look by the state.The town’s 11-member City Council voted unanimously last month to approve a proposed Housing Protection Plan shaped during a year of work with the Pioneer...
Even at the best of times, citizen interactions with law enforcement are often fraught encounters marked by anxiety and stress. And if you’re someone who lives with autism, such encounters can end in long-lasting trauma — or even death.But if two Massachusetts legislators get their...
A Worcester restaurateur is embracing his well-deserved retirement as he is about to celebrate his 50th anniversary of running a landmark Worcester diner before it switches ownership later this month.Looking back at his time owning and operating Kenmore Diner, James “Jimmy” Yantsides is grateful for...
SPRINGFIELD — When Michelle Murphy, vice president of development and marketing at the Springfield Museums, walked the grounds of the museums Wednesday, she said she observed a wide range of age groups reflected in the visitors.Murphy said the visitors included a group of mothers from...
After the death of her infant daughter, Amanda A. Adams, of South Hadley, channeled her grief into finding ways to create a legacy in her daughter’s honor through acts of kindness: a Little Free Library was one of the ways she thought of to help...
Thrift shopSpringfield - The thrift shop at St. Gregory Armenian Church, 135 Goodwin St., in the Indian Orchard section, is open Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more information, go online to saintgregoryarmenianchurch.org.Church eventsSunderland – First Congregational Church of Sunderland, 91 S. Main...
WESTFIELD — The Planning Board is recommending that the City Council approve a zone change for a business property between Union Street and Woodcliff Drive. The zoning proposal, which will appear on tonight’s City Council agenda and was taken up by the Planning Board at...
Dear Annie. My former boyfriend has a wife in the Philippines. He used to sometimes say, “Oh, stay with me, and we can keep sleeping together even when she moves to this country.” Why would someone say something like that? I have a difficult time...
Despite top officials’ claims this fall that the number of migrant families coming into Massachusetts was decreasing, thousands of families continue to apply for placement in the state’s emergency shelter system.Since Nov. 10, 1,393 families have applied to live in Emergency Assistance housing, according to...
Parts of Central and Western Massachusetts currently have a strong chance of receiving more than three inches of snow this weekend, according to forecasters. But meteorologists also caution against the certainty of such forecasts this far out.Current snow predictionsNational Weather Service Forecaster Bryce Williams said...
