Bishop Talbert Swan II, of Springfield, participated in two national conventions. As president of the Greater Springfield NAACP, Swan was a delegate to the NAACP national convention in Boston and offered the invocation and benediction during the Spingarn Freedom Fund Celebration on Aug. 1. As...
A new bill that aims to change Massachusetts’ firearm laws is sparking controversy between legislators who are pushing for safer gun laws and gun ownership groups who say the bill goes too far and violates Second Amendment rights.Bill HD.4420, titled, “An Act Modernizing Firearm Laws,”...
New esketamine program for treatment-resistant depressionNORTHAMPTON – ServiceNet, a provider of community mental health services in western Massachusetts, is launching a new esketamine program at its Northampton clinic for people experiencing treatment-resistant depression. Though preciously limited to those with substantial financial means, this breakthrough treatment...
By Stephen Owsinski Summer break for students is segueing to back-to-school sales at retailers, marking the season when school resource officers (SROs) gear up and prep for the new semester. Given the tumultuous climate in our society, with educational institutions targeted by armed whackos harboring hatred,...
Dear Annie: My husband was out of town traveling for business during our first anniversary. So I thought it would be romantic if I met him where he was staying in Washington, D.C. That way, we wouldn’t spend our first anniversary apart. I drove 13...
Dear Amy: My son graduated from high school recently and a few weeks later discovered, via social media, that his six best high school friends went on a graduation trip to Europe without him.They made sure he wouldn’t know about this trip ahead of time...
Miguel Cabrera stepped to the plate in the ninth inning of the Tigers-Red Sox game in what was his final at-bat at Fenway Park on Sunday afternoon and was welcomed by a standing ovation.Cabrera, who’s retiring after a Hall of Fame 21-year career at the...
FOXBOROUGH — The Patriots used three quarterbacks in team drills during a lightning-delayed practice on Sunday afternoon.Surprisingly, Malik Cunningham was the first signal caller up, but the dual-threat didn’t attempt a pass. All told, he took five snaps at quarterback over the course of practice...
FOXBOROUGH — With thunderstorms rolling through Gillette Stadium, the Patriots had their first weather-delayed practice of the summer.Bill Belichick halted Sunday’s session after a half hour due to lightning in the area, and the players went back to the locker room and waited an hour...
The Bravo series “Luann & Sonja Welcome to Crappie Lake” continues this Sunday, Aug. 13 at 10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT on the network with a new episode.The show can be streamed on platforms like FuboTV and DirecTV Stream for free, if you can’t watch the new episode with...
