Hydroponics. Some call it the wave of the future. It’s the technique of growing plants using a water-based nutrient solution rather than soil.For Rene McGee, and her husband Thomas, it’s fast becoming a way of life as owners of Aerogreen Urban Farm based in Southwick...
From left to right, Harvard President Dr. Claudine Gay, University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) President Dr. Sally Kornbluth listen during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 in Washington, D.C....
AGAWAM — A plan to improve the availability of affordable housing in Agawam is now getting a look by the state.The town’s 11-member City Council voted unanimously last month to approve a proposed Housing Protection Plan shaped during a year of work with the Pioneer...
Even at the best of times, citizen interactions with law enforcement are often fraught encounters marked by anxiety and stress. And if you’re someone who lives with autism, such encounters can end in long-lasting trauma — or even death.But if two Massachusetts legislators get their...
A Worcester restaurateur is embracing his well-deserved retirement as he is about to celebrate his 50th anniversary of running a landmark Worcester diner before it switches ownership later this month.Looking back at his time owning and operating Kenmore Diner, James “Jimmy” Yantsides is grateful for...
SPRINGFIELD — When Michelle Murphy, vice president of development and marketing at the Springfield Museums, walked the grounds of the museums Wednesday, she said she observed a wide range of age groups reflected in the visitors.Murphy said the visitors included a group of mothers from...
After the death of her infant daughter, Amanda A. Adams, of South Hadley, channeled her grief into finding ways to create a legacy in her daughter’s honor through acts of kindness: a Little Free Library was one of the ways she thought of to help...
Thrift shopSpringfield - The thrift shop at St. Gregory Armenian Church, 135 Goodwin St., in the Indian Orchard section, is open Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more information, go online to saintgregoryarmenianchurch.org.Church eventsSunderland – First Congregational Church of Sunderland, 91 S. Main...
WESTFIELD — The Planning Board is recommending that the City Council approve a zone change for a business property between Union Street and Woodcliff Drive. The zoning proposal, which will appear on tonight’s City Council agenda and was taken up by the Planning Board at...
Dear Annie. My former boyfriend has a wife in the Philippines. He used to sometimes say, “Oh, stay with me, and we can keep sleeping together even when she moves to this country.” Why would someone say something like that? I have a difficult time...
