In something of an unusual twist, this year’s Birmingham Bowl will feature two schools — Duke and Troy — with interim coaches.The Troy Trojans, who come into the game with a 10-game winning streak, will be led by Greg Gasparato after head coach Jon Sumrall...
A Boston-born composer, James Pierpont, wrote one of the most well-known Christmas songs. But did he do it while he was in Massachusetts?Two states, Massachusetts and Georgia, are in what’s known as the “Jingle Bell Wars.”There is a plaque in Medford near 19 High St....
More than 80 years ago, a woman in Massachusetts was taking a nap when a song got stuck in her head. It wasn’t a song the world had heard — but it’d one day be one everyone can recognize.Katherine K. Davis, who had graduated from...
AgawamMarilyn D. Kochan, trustee, and Edwin C. Demara Revocable Trust, trustee of, to Janet Marie Michelakis, 30 Ash Lane, Unit 30, $270,000.AmherstJohn J. Michaels and Christine A. Kline to Affordable Home Solutions LLC, 18 North Prospect St., $700.00.Cambridge Trust Co., trustee, and Paricia Z. Levine...
FOXBORUGH — There will be plenty of creatures stirring in New England houses on Christmas Eve this year.Most will be in front of television sets as the Patriots are slated to take on the Broncos for an 8:15 p.m. kickoff in Denver. Sean Payton’s team...
SPRINGFIELD — Burnt attic rafters painted over and installation work never finished.These are among Mercedes Tejada’s allegations of what she got after paying more than $300,000 to a Springfield-area contractor to fix her home after a 2021 fire left it severely damaged....
From pop-ups to storefronts, co-founders Noel Stemn and Isaiah Tatum started Woo Juice to bring freshly pressed juices to all following the pandemic.After soft openings and rave reviews, the co-founders took the plunge in February and locked in a brick-and-mortar location in downtown Worcester in...
HOLYOKE — For the last two months, Brenda Lamagdeleine, manager at Margaret’s Pantry, and her team have worked 16-hour days with the goal of fulfilling an uptick in requests for food, toys and winter gear before Christmas Day.“I think every kid should believe in Santa,...
FOXBOROUGH – We’ve entered a strange stretch here in New England where fans are rooting for the Patriots to lose. At 3-11, the sad truth is that losing is probably what’s best for the future of the Patriots franchise.At this moment, the Patriots are in...
WESTFIELD — Planning board members expressed aesthetic and traffic concerns this week with a proposed expansion of the Russian Evangelical Baptist Church.Rebecca Lee of R. Levesque Associates, representing applicant Andrey Korchevskiy, said at the Dec. 19 meeting that the church is proposing a 6,750-square foot,...
