SPRINGFIELD — With residents across the state concerned about rising utility costs, local legislators in Western Mass., and throughout the state, are ordering the Department of Public Utilities to review recent energy rate increases by investor-owned utility companies like National Grid and Eversource. On Feb....
WESTFIELD — The Planning Board unanimously approved a special permit to Forest Family Real Estate for a change of building use to a retail and contractor’s shop at 125 Medeiros Way, zoned Bus. B & Water Resource. Mike Pietras of Engineering and Land Solutions and...
The statewide basketball and hockey tournament brackets come out on Saturday, and MassLive will have you covered for a closer look at the teams fighting for a state title.MassLive is once again partnering with the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association and Franklin TV to produce two...
WESTFIELD – Working off a diagram, Samuel Florek programs the machine beside him to shape a part from a plain block of metal.The 16-year-old Westfield Technical Academy junior is enthusiastic about his studies in the school’s manufacturing technology program. Here, students start out on manual...
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Last year, Westfield State University celebrated its 185th year in providing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the region with educational resources that have led to the growth of families, resilient communities, progress in government, groundbreaking businesses and stable economies. We are proud to continue the...
A Great Big World’s Ian Axel is returning to the city that helped launch his music career. His upcoming Boston show will be reminiscent of the days when the Grammy-winning artist performed some of his first gigs.This time around, however, Axel will be focused on...
BOSTON — After winning the Stanley Cup in his first full year in the NHL, Brad Marchand thought it would be the first of many.After scoring the tournament-clinching goal for Team Canada in the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, he expected there’d be many best-on-best...
BOSTON — Less than a minute into the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off, Sidney Crosby showed he can still perform at an elite level.On an early power play in Canada’s opening game against Sweden, Connor McDavid passed the puck to Crosby at the goal line. Team...
At a convenience store in South Boston, tall and colorful 1-liter canisters of nitrous oxide gas cover the front countertops.Branded with names like “Doodlez,” “Exotic Whip” and “Galaxy Gas”, the compressed gas cans — sold, ostensibly, to make whipped cream — come in flavors like...
