*The 2025 MLB season is exactly a month old Sunday, and while that’s too soon to make any overarching conclusions about how this season is going to turn out, it’s not too soon to say that the Red Sox are, to date, a disappointment.After Saturday’s...
The feeling couldn’t be different. The same can be said about the roster. A year ago, the Patriots collectively whiffed on free agency. In the draft, they selected prospects for need as opposed to best available. The 90-man roster didn’t look competitive, lacking depth and...
By Mitchell WillettsMerced Sun-Star (Merced, Calif.)WARRICK COUNTY, Ky. — A woman wearing a motorcycle helmet andwaving a sword at an Indiana police officer stole his car and led authorities on a chase that ended violently in Kentucky, officials say.A Chandler police officer was responding to...
By Mark PriceMerced Sun-Star (Merced, Calif.)DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla. — A man’s ambitious plan to use a stolen excavator to carry away a bank’s ATM was thwarted when a cop at the police station next door saw the crime in progress, according to investigators in the...
WESTFIELD — Al Masciadrelli, who serves on the building committee for American Legion Post 124 said the work to renovate the historic home at 124 Broad St. is going very well. The post received $600,000 from the Community Preservation Commission one year ago to make...
Imagine life where you are not protected by regulations and laws that guard our environment and health. Factories spewing toxic smoke into the air and dumping harmful waste into rivers and streams that contaminate our resources and bodies. This is a past and a future...
WESTFIELD — On the morning of April 24 during the spring school break, young visitors to the Westfield Athenaeum were invited to learn about and interact with Pagoo and his hermit crab friends on a habitat set up in the Lang Auditorium by Lindsay Sprague...
SOUTHWICK — New York Times bestselling author Michael Tougias will visit the Public Library on May 5 to talk about the history of the Quabbin Reservoir and offer tips on the best areas for day trips.“We thought it be a great place to visit in...
By Alex CoffeyThe Philadelphia InquirerPHILADELPHIA — Kelly Davis is at every Phillies game, home and away, and is almost always in the background. Sometimes, he’ll sit on a stool behind third base coach Dusty Wathan. Other times, he’ll stand at the bottom of the dugout...
FOXBOROUGH - Three picks into the Patriots draft, and the team’s mission, the objective, was obvious.After failing miserably last year to support Drake Maye in his rookie season, the Patriots have made a concerted effort to provide help. Their attention has turned to making the...