SOUTH HADLEY — For one Saturday in March, you’re invited to step back in time to the era of Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller, when swing music was all the rage, radio was king, and the broadcasts were live.March 8 marks the 20th anniversary of...
WESTFIELD — Although all 13 of the Allied Health students recognized in Westfield Technical Academy’s 18th annual CNA pinning ceremony on Feb. 14 have received their certificates as certified nursing assistants, their future goals in the health profession are diverse.Seniors honored for earning their CNA...
SOUTHWICK — The Lake Management Committee was blindsided in January when it learned that Ken Eggleston, the owner of Gem Marina, had gotten approval from the harbormaster to revert his two floating docks to its original 40-slips configuration, and like it has done since the...
It’s going to be a “Girls Night” at The Bushnell in Hartford on Feb. 20.That’s the name of the “tell-it-like-it-is” musical that first began touring off-Broadway in the United States in 2007. Since then, it has received numerous accolades including being described as “an infectious,...
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The stated Outlook theme for this year is “profound changes in the nature of work.” I do not subscribe to the theory that there have been “profound changes” in work. Work still — and — always will require the fulfillment of duties, which demand sustained...
I pull into the Applebee’s parking lot and see David Williams in his car, a blue SUV that could probably tell a lot of stories if it could talk. Fortunately, I don’t need it to.Williams gets out of the car as I approach. We’re family,...
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Brent Bonfiglio did five tours of duty in Iraq. He was in Bosnia in the 1990s and Afghanistan in the aughts. After serving in three military branches — the Army, Air Force and Navy — he worked a stressful job at the...
WESTFIELD — At the Wellness Center at the Barnes Air National Guard Base, employees stock shelves with donated groceries, military members stop to ask for help and families grab supplies for the week. “I’m like the Walmart greeter,” said Brad Caney, the readiness specialist for...
In Holyoke, everything old is new again.Old mills are being repurposed for new industries. The Connecticut River, power source for dozens of 19th century manufacturers, is being harnessed anew by high-tech companies that like their energy clean, green, and inexpensive.History lesson: Early industrialists took note...
