WESTFIELD — Robert Goyette won Tuesday’s special election for Ward 5 Municipal Light Board representative with 91% of the vote, according to unofficial results.He received 525 out of the 578 total votes. Write-in candidates, including Kenneth McLean, received 49 votes, 8% of the total. The...
Dear Abby: My cat recently passed away, and it has devastated me. He was my emotional support during some of the hardest times of my life — relationships ending, moving to different states, deaths in my family, lonely nights battling depression. My cat was my...
A letter-writer in the June 15 edition of The Westfield News wonders why we don’t fly a “heterosexual” flag and celebrate “straight” month, in the same way we celebrate Pride Month.Part of me hesitates to even dignify the letter with a response because I believe...
Dear Amy: I’m having a hard time letting go of being snubbed by a close friend of many years.My friendship with “Shelley” included our spouses and children.We’ve celebrated, laughed, shared meals, vacations, worries and mourned together.Recently I learned from a mutual friend that we both...
Dear Annie: I’ve been dating my boyfriend, “Tom,” for three years, and we recently moved in together. Things have been mostly great, but there’s one issue I’m struggling with. Tom spends a lot of time with his friends and usually doesn’t include me. He’ll go...
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TORONTO — After taking two of three from the Yankees over the weekend, Red Sox manager Alex Cora preached the importance of his team staying laser-focused as they began their road trip with a three-day trip to Rogers Centre. On Wednesday, behind a Houdini act...
WORCESTER -- Jamie Westbrook always knew that he was good enough to be a major league baseball player. It was a feeling that didn’t leave him as he labored through 11 professional seasons and 1,159 minor league games.Westbrook’s feeling was proven right earlier this month,...
TORONTO — Wilyer Abreu looks ready to rejoin the Red Sox.The rookie outfielder, who has been out since June 3 after spraining his right ankle falling down the dugout steps at Fenway Park, homered twice for the WooSox in his second rehab game at Triple-A...
The Las Vegas Aces are expected to welcome back Chelsea Gray on Wednesday night when the Seattle Storm come to town, and the timing couldn’t be better.The Aces, who have won the past two WNBA championships, are off to a slow start. Las Vegas has...