Dear Annie: I just read the letter about a friend who talks about politics too much, and the writer said it was causing them to question whether or not to end their friendship.I had a similar situation some years back with a cousin. So I...
Dear Amy: I am a 64-year-old woman, the youngest in my family.When I was 16, one of my cousins, “Will,” (a 30-year-old man who is now a doctor) invited me to New York City for a visit.I barely knew this side of the family, and...
HARTFORD - The Springfield Thunderbirds secured two crucial points as they fended off the Hartford Wolf Pack 6-3 to stay afloat in the playoff hunt in a game at the XL Center Saturday.Jakub Vrana and Hugh McGing were among the many T-Bird players with multi-point...
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AMHERST – Coming off a win over Merrimack College Friday night, the No. 11 UMass hockey team looked to end the weekend as well as it started when it hosted No. 6/5 Maine on Saturday for Pink in the Rink Night. The Minutemen, however, could...
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s American Museum of Natural History is closing two halls featuring Native American objects starting Saturday, acknowledging the exhibits are “severely outdated” and contain culturally sensitive items.The mammoth complex across from Central Park on Manhattan’s Upper West Side is the...
Is there another rivalry brewing between goalies of the Bruins and Canucks?In addition to stopping pucks, Boston goalie Jeremy Swayman is famous for the demonstrative postgame hug he and fellow goalie Linus Ullmark share after each Bruins win. ...
School districts in Springfield, Chicopee and Holyoke say they are on track to spend funds they received from the federal government during the pandemic.If the districts do not plan to spend and then commit their Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding by the...
SPRINGFIELD — “Anybody home? Homeless street count,” Dave Havens called out gently, while crossing a parking lot behind a strip mall.It was dark, but Havens, a program director of homeless services at the nonprofit Mental Health Association, wore a headlamp to light his way....
Smith College student dining workers became one of the first such employee groups in the country to unionize on Feb. 1 after 99% of student workers voted in favor, according to union organizer Sam Heyne.Heyne is an union organizer with Local 153 of the Office...
