Militias in Lexington and Concord sparked the American Revolution 250 years ago, facing the British troops and defining our nation’s fight for democracy and freedom for generations to come.Now, we’re leading America’s commemoration of these world-changing events. This is an historic opportunity to rediscover our...
The Gray House announced the appointment of Isabella Brady-Prankus, a resident of Springfield, as the new executive director of the nonprofit human service agency. Brady-Prankus has been education director at The Gray House for the past three years. In her previous role, she led the...
The Talcott Mountain Music Festival, Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s summer pops season in Simsbury, has announced its 2025 program, which opens with The Australian Bee Gees on June 27, followed by the annual Celebrate America concert with fireworks on July 4 (rain date July 5.) Livingston...
A 50-year-old man was shot and killed in his Lowell home Saturday morning, according to the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office.Lowell police found Tige Dyer with a gunshot wound after responding to his home on Cumberland Road around 11:10 a.m., the district attorney’s office said...
The Boston Celtics will open postseason defense of their 18th NBA championship and start out on the playoff path to No. 19 on Sunday. Boston will host the Orlando Magic in Game 1 of a first-round best-of-seven NBA playoff series, with tip-off set for 3:40...
Associated PressWOBURN, Mass. — Police in a Boston suburb have arrested a man who they say entered a courthouse while wearing a gas mask and tactical gear and attacked several people with pepper spray.The man police identified as Nicholas Akerberg, 28, of Yarmouth Port, wore...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday to bless the thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square and treat them to a surprise popemobile romp through the piazza, drawing wild cheers and applause as he continues his recovery from...
By Richard WintonLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — The FBI is now investigating a jewelry heist that involved thieves tunneling through multiple walls to break into a downtown Los Angeles jewelry store over the weekend.Millions of dollars in gold and jewels were stolen from a downtown...
AGAWAM — Robert Calise, 33, felt he knew the time and place his life would change forever: during an Easter vigil at sunset Saturday at St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church in Agawam.“I don’t think I’ll feel that giant rush of the Holy Spirit....
By Alexis StevensThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionATLANTA — A former Atlanta police officer who contributed to the death of a 62-year-old church deacon when he deployed his Taser should not get his job back, the city’s Civil Service Board ruled this week.That officer, Kiran Kimbrough, should have...