A fire that started Friday at an off-campus apartment complex near the University of Massachusetts Amherst has now been contained, according to a statement from the town of Amherst.Amherst Town Manager Paul Bockelman rescinded the town’s state of emergency on Sunday at 5 p.m., which...
A Massachusetts man who killed his girlfriend while her two children were home was denied parole last month. William Brown, of Fitchburg, repeatedly stabbed 25-year-old Sarin Chan inside their apartment as her two children hid in a bedroom in July 2010.Assistant District Attorney Christopher Hodgens...
Jaylen Brown has carried the Celtics offense for the majority of the 2025-26 season with Jayson Tatum on the sidelines. On Sunday night, he got some extra help from unlikely places in a 111-107 road win over the Magic. The All-Star helped to spark three...
A bet worth $1.50 ended in one of two jackpot prizes won on Thursday. A MGM Springfield player bet $1.50 on the game “Dragon Link.” The jackpot prize was worth $11,609.11. Another jackpot worth $21,994.98 was won the same day after betting $9 on the...
Holyoke native Rafael Santos Jr. was selected as this month’s recipient for the National Life Group’s Do Good Heroes Recognition Program. The program aims to honor fire rescue and police personnel who go above and beyond in their respective fields. A former UMass football student-athlete...
Dear Abby: My mother is 80 and living alone after my dad passed. Her memory is failing. She recently fell and required shoulder surgery. This wasn’t her first fall; she has also broken her hip within the past four years. I installed a camera in...
Before Sunday, the New England Patriots had just one touchdown from scrimmage longer than 50 yards and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers hadn’t allowed any of that length.But on Sunday, the Patriots offense landed three game-changing home run touchdowns.The first was Kyle Williams’ 72-yard TD from...
Luka Garza earned backup center minutes out of training camp with the Celtics but that playing time had not gone well in the month of November entering Sunday night. Garza had shot just 1-of-10 from the field in his first four games of the month...
Dear Eric: My sister won’t come home for the holidays. She’s not estranged from me or our parents. But she moved across the country about 15 years ago, started a family, and seemingly never looked back. We’re not close but we’re not distant, if that...
Twenty-six Rotary Clubs in Western Massachusetts and Northern Connecticut (Rotary District 7890) have joined to fund a project that will bring fresh drinking water, sanitation facilities and hygiene training to a needy Mayan community in Guatemala. Including matching funds from The Rotary Foundation and those...
