A Massachusetts firefighter was arrested at work on Wednesday in connection with owning and sharing child sex abuse materials. Kyle Lichwell, 34, of Sterling, was charged with two counts of possession of child pornography and two counts of distributing material of a child in a...
A Springfield casino player bet $1.80 on a slots game. They won the jackpot prize Thursday. The game was "Buffalo Gold" at MGM Springfield and the jackpot prize was worth $10,496.91. There are over 1,500 slot machines at MGM Springfield.In February, MGM Springfield paid out...
Westfield High School Bronze Tablet nominees for 2025. Rear, from left, Brandon Guyott, Luke Bulan, Logan Szenda, Emery Smith and Ceileigh Thomson. Front, Jillian Battles, Sydney Drugan and Sophie Svantesson. (SUBMITTED)The Westfield NewsWESTFIELD — Eight Westfield High School students have been nominated for The Bronze...
As the first postseason games rapidly approach, the Bay State Conference prepares to send seven teams into the Division I and II state baseball tournaments.The league’s teams are spread all throughout the field with Wellesley, Braintree, and Weymouth, all making the top 11 in Division...
Before last year, no schools in this iteration of the Bay State Conference had won a state softball title.In 2024, Walpole broke that drought, taking home the Division II title with a 1-0 win over Westfield.This year, while the Timberwolves have had more bumps in...
Baseball titles run in the water at the Catholic Conference High Schools. Since 2000, five of the conference’s six teams have captured a Division I state baseball crown.When the MIAA went to Super 8s, BC High, St. John’s Prep, Saint John’s Shrewsbury, and Xaverian all...
SOUTHWICK — It often happens at Town Meeting and is often seen on various social media platforms that focus on town issues. Residents want to know: “Why do we need a splash pad when we can’t fix our roads?”For Community Preservation Committee Coordinator Sabrina Pooler...
FOXBOROUGH - Jabrill Peppers hasn’t played for Mike Vrabel before.But he did enjoy a memorable interaction with the Patriots coach when he was making college visits a dozen years ago.“I met coach Vrabes when I took my visit to Ohio State. I didn’t know he...
Trade rumors are already starting to swirl around the Celtics offseason this week. A host of options lie ahead for Brad Stevens and the front office and the work will begin sooner than you think. Let’s explore some questions on those topics, some hypothetical deals...
DEAR ABBY: A man I know has been married for 40 years. His wife gets mad at him for small things and stops talking to him for three to four months at a time. Also, he will make her supper, and she’ll make something else....
