MassLive released this year’s Western Massachusetts girls indoor track & field Super 7 list on Thursday. Six different schools were represented on this year’s project, as Minnechaug leads the charge with two members. Check out the complete list below:Ololara Baptiste, AmherstAmherst’s star in Baptiste got...
Seven years ago, concerned about global warming, I purchased an electric vehicle as the only car for my single person household. After leaving behind my trade-in and picking up my 2019 Chevy Bolt from a dealership in the Berkshires, I drove it to the Big...
RUSSELL — The 25th Russell Parade of Lights organizer Missy Castro, chair of the Recreation Committee, said the cold did not deter anyone from coming out to watch on Dec. 13. “The parade went off without a hitch this year,” she said, adding, “Kids were...
SOUTHWICK — With the newly reformed Open Space Committee tasked with drafting a new Open Space and Recreation Plan, the Conservation Commission unanimously supported asking the Select Board to provide it a secretary and reestablish it as permanent town committee.“We feel they need a secretary...
Electricity and natural gas prices in the state have outpaced inflation, prompting the state’s Department of Public Utilities to investigate charges on utility bills to look at price “volatility.” The inquiry, announced this week, will also look at how bills are designed, their accuracy and...
As the 2025, Toy for Joy drive enters its final days, William Toller is gratified that his organization has once again remembered the children, as it always does.Toller is the program consultant for the Ludlow chapter of American Veterans in Prison, whose inmates realize that...
As much as it is based on talent and ability, track and field is a numbers game. For the Malden Catholic girls’ program, head coach Joy Leone finally feels her team has enough of both to compete in the Catholic Conference this season. “This is...
Dear Eric: I have a friend who is on the opposite side of politics from me. She sent me this message: “After seeing your vile and disgusting lies on Facebook I have no desire to be friends with anyone on the left.”We have never approached...
For years, the city of Springfield tried to interest a developer in the six-story building at 135-155 Lyman St., a property it acquired in 2009 for nonpayment of taxes. But for years, those requests for proposals to revitalize the property, which sits a stone’s throw...
