Massachusetts is in for a sweltering Thursday with soaring temperatures, humidity and a haze of wildfire smoke in the air — all followed with a chance for thunderstorms.An air quality alert has been issued until 11 p.m. for some parts of Eastern Massachusetts by the...
When firefighters pulled a kayaker out of the water at Long Pond in Plymouth, he didn’t have a pulse. First responders quickly began CPR. The rescue began around 6:38 a.m. Wednesday after multiple 911 calls were made reporting a kayaker had fallen into the water...
The 2025 French Open has reached the semifinals and on Thursday, June 5, the women’s semifinals take place with No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka going against No. 5 Iga Swiatek and No. 2 Coco Gauff taking on Lois Boisson.The first match is scheduled to start at...
BOSTON — Red Sox catcher Carlos Narváez received just one contract offer as a 16-year-old Venezuelan amateur catcher in 2015.“Back then I never was a prospect,” Narváez said here at Fenway Park on Wednesday. “The Yankees were the only team.”The Red Sox and Yankees will...
WESTFIELD — In a gesture of continued of community partnership and collaboration, PeoplesBank presented ArtWorks Westfield with a donation on June 3 that will support the annual ARTober Festival. The donation was presented to ArtWorks Westfield founder and President Bill Westerlind and fellow board members...
Gateway Regional Superintendent Kristen Smidy, at a budget hearing in March, has accepted a position as an associate director at the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. (FILE PHOTO)The Westfield NewsHUNTINGTON — Gateway Regional Superintendent Kristen Smidy announced this week that she has accepted...
SPRINGFIELD – The winning time for last year’s Ironman 70.3 Western Massachusetts triathlon was 3 hours, 58 minutes and 45 seconds.But for Springfield business, the winning number is $2 million. That, says Mary Kay Wydra, is the estimated local economic impact the race will have...
SOUTHWICK — After not getting the two-thirds needed for the borrowing authorization to build a town-owned fiber-optic network at Town Meeting, Select Board member Douglas Moglin wants the full board to discuss if it might be possible to move forward on a network that would...
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Dear Eric: I would add something to your good response to Beleaguered Mom.Her daughter went through substance abuse and self-destructive behaviors as a teen. In her early 20s she was close with her adoptive mom. Things went “sideways” shortly after Mom and Dad left to...
