SPRINGFIELD — With Springfield Fashion Week now underway, the city’s own international fashion designer and tailor, Justin Haynes, is set to take a global stage.This season, Haynes’s collections, under his JUS10H label, will be featured in fashion events in New York and Paris. Haynes also...
DEAR ABBY: I admire your wit and appreciate your candor, which is why I’m writing to you. I’ve been dating a man for 4 1/2 years. He’s 56; I’m 60. I hope for a life with him, marriage, a place of our own, etc. The...
Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD) Caregivers Support Group Virtual MeetingHOLYOKE - The Holyoke FTD Caregiver’s Support Group will be holding its monthly meeting as a virtual Zoom meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 13 from 4 to 5 p.m. It is for caregivers of those afflicted with Frontotemporal Degeneration.FTD...
WESTFIELD — The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Westfield has put out a call for auditions for “Disney’s High School Musical Jr.,” directed by Devereaux Merchant-Finnell and music director Rick Marcil.There are 35 spots available in the cast. Boys & Girls Club Chief Operating...
Dear Eric: I’m a straight woman and good friends with a gay male. Lately, I’ve wondered if we could be more than friends.He has not been in any relationship or dated anyone since we met three years ago.I’m willing to ask if he’d consider it...
“Flight of the Monarch,” a new play by Great Barrington Public Theater’s Jim Frangione, has its world premiere at Shakespeare & Company through Aug. 25. Judy Braha directs the darkly comic play about two siblings (Allyn Burrows and Corinna May) who live in a small...
Dear Annie: I want to thank you for sharing reader responses to “Emotional Blackmail,” the woman who reconnected with her son after many years apart and is emotionally and financially drained. You’ve set a great example of how to correct a mistake with grace —...
Dear Eric: I have a long-time friend (with benefits) from the past who is still in my life, though platonic. He lives a very comfortable life without the monetary struggles I deal with day to day.He would like for me to move in with him...
Despite losing their regular-season finale on Sunday afternoon, the Westfield Starfires will open the 2024 Futures League postseason against the New Britain Bees Monday night from Bullens Field at 6:30 p.m.The four-team bracket was announced Sunday, as the Norwich Sea Unicorns claimed their second consecutive...
Jayson Tatum being benched for Team USA’s first game in the 2024 Paris Olympics didn’t sit right with a lot of people — including Steve Kerr’s own Golden State Warriors players. And while Kerr said he simply went with the matchups that made the most...