NEWTON – Numbers have been ever in the Raiders’ favor. In some respects, figures have reached ridiculous heights.The team hadn’t just won 34 consecutive matches. It swept 10 straight opponents, marking over a month without allowing a single point.But all of that nearly came crashing...
The Western Massachusetts boys volleyball tournament began on Tuesday, May 20. Send missing results to sports@masslive.com.Class ANo. 1 Agawam (3), No. 4 Springfield Central (1)On Tuesday night Agawam won their 14th straight game, a semifinals matchup with Springfield Central.The last time the two teams faced...
A Cohasset man who was struck and killed by an MBTA Commuter Rail train earlier this month is being remembered for always putting his family before himself. On May 3, 78-year-old John Canney was driving a pickup truck over the Beechwood Street railroad crossing in...
The Longmeadow girls tennis team has found themselves victorious once again, winning the Class A Western Mass. tournament title for the ninth straight year.The Lancers swept Amherst in the final round to maintain their undefeated 19-0 record.“It feels great. This is always one of our...
Ben Rathbun, who starred in the reality TV show “90 Day Fiancé: Before The 90 Days,” has died at age 55, TMZ reported.Rathbun died Monday morning at his home in Greencastle, Indiana after a battle with stage 4 stomach cancer. He had been fighting the...
Views expressed here represent those of the author and not necessarily of MassLive or The Republican. Readers are invited to share their opinions by emailing to letters@repub.com.Springfield Technical Community College nursing program graduates (from left) Lynette Trujillo, Malak Elkadri and Margaret Geaney at their commencement...
A man has been arrested after police said he followed a woman into her North End home last week and sexually assaulted her. Cornelius Williams, 34, of Boston has been charged with indecent assault and battery and assault with intent to rape, according to the...
Who is Nick Ahmed? That would be a Massachusetts-born MLB player who’s won two Gold Gloves.More recently, the former East Longmeadow star was featured on a “Jeopardy!” clue. During Monday night’s episode of the long-running quiz show, Ahmed appeared in the $200 clue under the...
A late season nor’easter is on track to drench Massachusetts this week and bring up to 50 mph winds, following days of unseasonably cold temperatures. The storm is forecast to begin late Wednesday, with the worst of the weather hitting Thursday before tapering off Friday,...
BOSTON — As Celtics president Brad Stevens warned when he took the podium, he doesn’t quite know what the team will do this summer yet. Those discussions by the front office will take place over the next few weeks. The C’s saw their season unexpectedly...
