Dear Abby: I have been with my wife for 40 years, including 32 years of marriage. I have done the best I could as a boyfriend, a fiancé, a husband, and a father to our two adult children, and I continue to do so today.Until...
SPRINGFIELD — When he was in the ninth grade, Noel Padilla, now 20, said he dropped out of high school and moved from Springfield to Florida with his family.He worked in fast food and thought his life had stalled.“It was a rocky situation. I didn’t...
Construction to renovate the Kane Building on 204 Main St. in Worcester into a 20-unit apartment building has begun.Menkiti Group, a Washington, D.C.-based developer with offices in Worcester, is responsible for the renovation project. The company expects construction to be finished by 2026, it said...
Music lovers are welcome to channel their inner “Barbara” this summer, especially if they have a strong attachment to Old Dominion.The mega-popular country music band has broken records, topped the charts, sold millions of albums and headlined arenas and amphitheaters around the world for the...
BOSTON — Years from now, it will be interesting to look back at the 2025-26 hockey season and determine which team featured more future Boston Bruins regulars - the Providence Bruins or Boston College.If Vegas had odds on such things, they’d likely be pretty close.After...
BOSTON — A day after experts gushed about the Bruins’ first round performance in the NHL Draft, Boston largely drew praise for their picks for the event as a whole.Here are some excerpts of how Don Sweeney and his staff were evaluated for their six...
BOSTON — With the NHL Draft behind them, the Bruins front office can turn its attention to other roster-building tasks.General manager Don Sweeney said fans might not have to wait long for news.Sweeney hinted that there could be contract news shortly about one of the...
BOSTON — A quick Google search of Vashek Blanar produced limited options — not even an Elite Prospects profile.So when the Bruins drafted the Czech defenseman from Colorado with the 100th overall pick in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, it was difficult to find information...
The junction of Main Street and Boland Way in Springfield, June 24, 2025. (Douglas Hook / The Republican) ...
*A little more than a month from now, baseball’s trade deadline will be here and the Red Sox will have some big decisions to make. The buy-or-sell option has never seemed so complicated.Of course, a lot can happen in a month. When you look at...
