SPRINGFIELD — Despite it being years since the start of the pandemic, teachers are still feeling the effects of remote learning.Ian Hartigan, a middle school science teacher at Springfield Preparatory Charter School, published an op-ed in May after he noticed his fifth and sixth-grade students...
NORTHAMPTON — After ringing the bell to summon care, it could take hours for Samara Bynum of Springfield to get help at Highview of Northampton, a nursing home.“They take forever to come to you,” Bynum said. She arrived at Highview in September 2023 with mobility...
NORTHAMPTON — Just before last Christmas, Danica Ali saw black mold growing on the wall next to her bed at Highview of Northampton, a skilled nursing home and rehabilitation facility.“Sometimes I would be sleeping and coughing like hell,” she says, sitting in her room at...
NORTHAMPTON — Multidisciplinary artist Ella Alkiewicz held up her original piece, “Under the Atsanik.”The canvas depicts a violet sky, snow-capped mountains, a moose standing on grass, and beneath its hooves are the bodies of those who remained on the land after the Canadian government forced...
NORTHAMPTON — Triona Hanley was admitted to Highview of Northampton, a nursing home, in early 2017 for rehabilitation therapy after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.Hanley was prescribed pain medication, but it wasn’t administered to her one day in early June 2017, despite Hanley rating her...
NORTHAMPTON — Athena Health Care Systems, the company that owns Highview of Northampton, is financially struggling in Connecticut, where it also owns nursing homes.The company recently sold five nursing homes in Connecticut, the Connecticut Mirror reported last month. As part of the deal, the purchaser,...
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LAS VEGAS — Even though the Celtics are fresh off winning the 2024 NBA title, their roster for Summer League still featured notable names. Multiple bench players from the title team make up the future, so they’re getting real playing time in Las Vegas.Among those...
By Michael Biesecker and Michael KunzelmanAssociated Press Updated 7/14 at 12:02 p.m. ET.BUTLER, Pa. — The U.S. Secret Service is investigating how a gunman armed with an AR-style rifle was able to get close enough to shoot and injure former President Donald Trump at a...
On Sunday at 3:22 a.m. the National Weather Service issued a heat advisory valid for Monday between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. for Norfolk County.The weather service comments, "Heat index values up to 99 degrees expected.""Heat related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat and high...
