Grab your Stanley and get it stuffed with your favorite ice cream at one of two ice cream shops on the North Shore next week.Holy Cow Ice Cream Cafe will host its second annual “Stuff Your Stanley” day on Tuesday, Feb. 25.Customers can bring any...
One Massachusetts town’s longstanding tradition still continues to bring the community together every year. Since 1922, the town of Athol has been hosting its annual George Washington Hatchet Hunt. The annual tradition started more than 100 years ago when town resident Johnnie Johnstone hid a...
HOLYOKE — A Holyoke City Council meeting this week was abruptly adjourned after escalating tensions led to a shouting match and a five-minute recess. Tuesday’s chaos wasn’t an exception. The council has struggled with issues of civility, power and procedure, this week leaving 64 agenda...
Dear Abby: I have been in a relationship with someone for 11 months. We’re both each other’s first relationship after being single for a few years following traumatic breakups. During our entire relationship, he has not cut his hair, left his house, or socialized with...
Dear Annie: I retired early from a stressful job about a year ago and now work part-time in an office with one other full-time secretary who started at the same time I did. She pushes most of the work onto me while she spends most...
Dear Eric: I suffered a curable illness I was unaware I had. A symptom of the illness was anxiety. I was acting very differently with anxiety after never having it my entire life. My wife left me since I was such a different person, not...
Dear Eric: I told my husband I was done in our marriage during a marriage-counseling session close to nine months ago. This was our second round of marriage counseling. I have also done some therapy on my own. I have not taken any actions to...
By Ty VinsonThe OlympianOLYMPIA, Wash. — Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders posted on his social media Feb. 19 about a DUI arrest he said was one of the most bizarre cases he’d seen.Sanders said TCSO deputies arrested the same man two nights in a row...
Are you tonight’s lucky winner? Grab your tickets and check your numbers. The Mega Millions lottery jackpot continues to rise after someone won the $113 million prize on January 17.Here are the winning numbers in Friday’s drawing:1-13-28-37-46; Mega Ball: 10; Megaplier: 2XThe estimated jackpot for...
By Sara SchillingThe Charlotte ObserverMARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. — A 34-year-old man accused in a deadly attack on an Arizona sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison, prosecutors said.Clinton Hurley pleaded guilty to 16 charges, including first-degree murder, following the...