Heidi Richardson did not want to call it quits when Worcester’s Rotmans Furniture closed last December.She and a group of veteran employees banded together and decided to start a new business venture called Harte’s Home, a home furnishing store, that opens doors Saturday, Dec. 9....
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 — Community leaders in Westfield are looking to this weekend’s menorah lighting ceremony as a light in the darkness.The event at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, is called “Latkes and Lights.” It will start with a public candle lighting of the large community menorah...
Dear Amy: I am in my 40s and a single adoptive mother of two girls.Many years ago, I met “Jeremy” on an internet dating site. While I wasn’t romantically attracted to him, we became friends.From our first meeting, Jeremy made it very clear that he...
Dear Annie: I have a co-worker who consistently spreads misinformation in order to get out of doing her job. She often makes up policies that don’t exist to try to trick other departments in our workplace into doing her work (even when that means the...
It’s time to grab your tickets and check to see if you’re a big winner! The Powerball lottery jackpot continues to rise after one lucky winner in California won $1.73 billion in the October 11 drawing. Is this your lucky night?Here are Wednesday’s winning lottery...
Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah — a multibranched candelabra.In Hebrew, Hanukkah means “dedication,” and the holiday...
A Massachusetts college student was “taken from us way too soon” after he died from bacterial meningitis on Nov. 30, according to his obituary.Shane McCarthy, 21, from Greenfield, is being remembered for his love of ultimate frisbee and the ocean.“We like to say that Shane...
Red Sox prospect Christopher Troye said he was “dying laughing” when he saw Triston Casas’ response to his Instagram reel.“I posted a reel on Instagram (Nov. 3) — just some (Arizona) Fall League highlights of me pitching and I was feeling a little confident and...
On Dec. 6, MassLive released the 2023 All-Western Mass. boys soccer selections for each class.This year’s selection is highlighted by several players from state semifinalist Hampshire, as well as state quarterfinalists Ludlow, Agawam and Monument Mountain. Ludlow and Hampshire won the WMass Class A and...
