A two-alarm fire in Falmouth on Sunday afternoon sent three people to a hospital and killed two dogs who could not escape, the town’s fire department said.First responders were called to Lakeshore Drive at around 2:30 p.m. Monday for a report of a basement fire....
Potentially dangerous heat and humidity returns to Massachusetts this week, with temperatures approaching 90 and humidity making it feel even warmer than that on Monday.The heat is the result of a mid-level ridge, or an area of high pressure, moving east into the region with...
On Monday, Brenda Cropper should be celebrating turning 67 at Gabriel House in Fall River surrounded by friends and family. But after a deadly fire took her life on July 18, her family is marking the day by celebrating the way she lived — with...
SPRINGFIELD — The next time Koryd Lavimoniere rushes onto the ice to help an injured hockey player, it won’t be for the Springfield Thunderbirds. The team’s athletic trainer has been hired by the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes to be their assistant athletic trainer.After working for several...
SOUTHWICK — The Board of Assessment recently released its annual division of the town’s $15.57 tax rate for fiscal 2024 and 2025, and as it has been for years, the regional school assessment uses the lion’s share of the rate at $6.25 or 40.12%, according...
Dear Eric: My wife and I are a white couple in our mid-70s. We have numerous Black friends and acquaintances we see frequently at our church and workplace. Everybody is very cordial, and our conversations share insights into each other’s goings-on (family, friends, et cetera).What...
The Kinti Ensemble, with acclaimed cellist Rebecca Hartka and multi-instrumentalist/virtuosic quena flute player Inti Curi Cachimuel, will present a performance of original compositions and traditional tunes, weaving the lyricism of classical music, folk rhythms and improvisation at North Hall in Huntington on Aug. 3.They call...
WESTFIELD — State and local representatives, members of the Westfield Chamber of Commerce and the community joined owners Mark and Alisa Sychev, their parents Valeriy and Nataliya Pozhar and their five children for the grand opening and ribbon cutting of Café Zernó at 54 Elm...
HUNTINGTON — It Takes a Village at 2 East Main Street in the former St. Thomas Catholic Church is gearing up for two major events;the launch of a capital campaign to repair the building purchased by the nonprofit last year, and its Back to School...
For Madeleine Elizabeth Jackman, the only thing scarier than choking as members of her family looked on was realizing that “no one sitting around me knew what to do.”“In a whole restaurant full of people, only one customer, a registered nurse, had the proper training...
