The Mattoon Street Arts Festival was held this weekend in Springfield’s first historic district. The 51st annual event featured more than 90 exhibitors, food vendors, strolling musicians and a wandering Tin Man.For more information, visit the festival’s website....
The New England Patriots are undefeated under head coach Jerod Mayo. Sure, it’s only one week, but the Patriots raised some eyebrows Sunday as the new-look team scored a major upset on the road over the Cincinnati Bengals.How did Mayo react to his first win...
WESTFIELD — Out of a record 7,455 applications and 5,947 acceptance letters, 1,073 first year and transfer students are continuing their academic careers at Westfield State University this fall.“This was a big institutional effort and we’re really, really excited about the end result,” said WSU...
WEST SPRINGFIELD – New signs will go up with fresh warnings to wash hands after visiting animal exhibits at the Big E this year.But concerns about the spread of avian flu, H5N1, are waning across the country and shouldn’t have a big impact on this...
Jacoby Brissett said he cried at least three times before Sunday’s game. That’s how much it meant to him.A journeyman quarterback for much of his NFL career, Brissett came in as the starting quarterback, got the support of his coaches and led the New England...
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One of my favorite stories about The Republican is that its founder, Samuel Bowles, poled a rented printing press on a flat-bottomed barge up the Connecticut River to reach Springfield, his wife and infant daughter aboard.Yes, we’re that old as a publication – 200 years...
I’m no regular. The young waitress behind the counter, though, marks my entrance to Petros Breakfast & Lunch in Chicopee with a broad smile on her lips and a brightness in her eyes.She delivers my black coffee in one of those thick-walled, white diner mugs...
Ann M. Murphy still counts the days.Twenty-three years.It’s now been a generation, enough time for her brother’s two children to have grown from little girls in kindergarten and nursery school into accomplished women, one an attorney and the other in her second year of medical...
When Nashoba Valley Medical Center and Carney Hospital in Dorchester closed their doors for the final time last week, scores of workers suddenly found themselves without a job.And with the hospital’s owners, Dallas-based Steward Health Care, in the middle of a messy federal bankruptcy case,...