Every Wednesday morning throughout the basketball season, MassLive will release updated power rankings for the top 20 high school boys basketball teams in Western Massachusetts. The previous rankings can be viewed here.Below are the top teams through nine weeks of the regular season:...
SOUTH HADLEY — Russell Sawyer, owner of AllStar Dairy Foods in South Hadley, has been on the phone for most of the last two days trying to obtain eggs.Customers visiting the store at Diemand Farm in Wendell have to wash their boots and shoes —...
Years ago, when someone said they were going camping, it meant heading out to the forest, pitching a tent to sleep in, and starting a campfire to keep you warm or cook something.Today, things are much different, as you will find with a visit to...
Love is in the air, and on the page, at Lovestruck Books — a newly opened bookstore and café in Cambridge’s Harvard Square specializing in romance novels to fill every heart and desire.The 44 Brattle St. shop hosted its official grand opening in mid-January and...
MONTREAL — Last spring Sam Bennett’s behind-the-play sucker punch of Brad Marchand knocked the Bruins captain out for two games and helped tilt the second-round playoff series in the Panthers' favor.On Wednesday night at the Bell Centre, they’ll be suiting up for Canada together to...
MONTREAL — There was a lot of talk about unity at NHL 4 Nations Face-Off media day as rivals came together for the good of team and country.It was mostly universal. It’s the middle of February. And while it Bruins and Panthers might be expected...
NASSAU COUNTY, N.Y. — A former Nassau County Police Department officer has died as a result of cancer from serving at Ground Zero after the 9/11 terror attacks, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page.Officer Philip Schifini, 63, served with the Nassau County Police Department...
By Thomas TracyNew York Daily NewsNEW YORK — The city has settled a federal discrimination lawsuit filed by a group of nursing NYPD moms who claim that the department didn’t provide them with clean, safe spaces to express breast milk — then punished them when...
FARGO, N.D. — A Fargo police officer who was critically injured in a 2023 ambush shooting has returned to duty after months of recovery, KMSP reported.Officer Tyler Hawes underwent 19 surgeries over 18 months following the July 2023 attack that killed Officer Jake Wallin and...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. —A former Alachua County Sheriff’s Office sergeant has been awarded more than $15 million in a racial discrimination lawsuit against the department under a former sheriff’s administration, The Gainesville Sun reported.A jury determined that Kevin Davis, who is white, was denied promotions and...