With work to prepare the electric system to support Eversource’s transition to smart meters nearly complete in Western Massachusetts, the energy company is alerting customers that crews will begin upgrading meters in the next few months. Eversource will begin installing the first smart meters at...
WESTFIELD — Department of Public Works Acting Director Francis Cain recently visited Westfield Middle School with a pair of the new “smart“ Bigbelly compacting trash and recycling cans that will soon be installed downtown.Cain said the seven sets of cans were purchased through a community...
WEST SPRINGFIELD — The Big E has announced its lineup for its Court of Honor Stage performances. The popular venue, situated in front of the Coliseum, hosts four daily shows at 12, 2, 5 and 8 p.m. during the fair, Sept. 12-28.All shows are free...
SPRINGFIELD — If a laughing dormouse or a kangaroo playing air guitar doesn’t make you smile, nothing will.Kris Ludwig, Curator of Art for the Springfield Museums, is hoping that one of the 60 happy-go-lucky animals on display in the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum...
SOUTHWICK — The DPW let the Select Board know last Monday it will start applying for state grants to do a complete renovation of Powder Mill Road, one of the town’s most degraded roads.“The road does need some work,” DPW Director Randy Brown said on...
HOLYOKE — The Western Massachusetts Council of Scouting America hosted its annual Distinguished Citizen Dinner on June 4 at the Log Cabin as a pioneering astronaut, a decorated state senator, a university president and a leading attorney were all highlighted for their career work.State Sen....
Accident reconstruction specialist Daniel Wolfe explains the construction of a taillight assembly from a 2021 Lexus SUV during Karen Read's murder retrial in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Friday, June 6, 2025.(Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)AP...
Wilderado guitarist Tylor Wimpee has played tons of venues with his band, but one stands out among the rest. The indie rock trio officially kicked off their tour in April and already made a splash at a rainy Boston Calling last month. The band is...
Marco Sturm laced up his skates for 1,006 NHL games. He coached Germany to a silver medal at the 2018 Olympics, spent four seasons as an assistant in Los Angeles, and the last three behind the bench for the Ontario Reign. There’s not much Sturm...
Dear Abby: I lost my wife of 20 years four months ago after a prolonged illness. I retired at 62 and became her primary caretaker. The job of caretaker is endless and stressful, and yet rewarding. A female friend of many years (“Dinah”) came to...
