WESTFIELD — Kismet Brewing Company has new ownership is excited to grow the brewery and establish a deeper connection with the Westfield community. Jake and Kerstin Golen are the new owners of Kismet and Jake is now head brewer. Jake, born and raised in Westfield...
The Healey-Driscoll administration announced nearly $500,000 in grants from the inaugural Environmental Justice Capacity Building Grant Program. This funding is provided by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs’ Office of Environmental Justice and Equity. The following organizations received grants: — Neighbor to Neighbor...
bankESB recently promoted Susan Cody to assistant branch manager of its 605 Granby St., South Hadley office. Cody, of Feeding Hills, has nearly four years of banking experience. She was hired in 2021 as a teller and was most recently a teller supervisor in the...
BLANDFORD — A group of Blandford residents is currently collecting signatures on a petition entitled, “Petition to Protect Blandford’s Wildlife and Safety from Unsafe Solar and Battery Storage,” demanding that a special town meeting be called within 45 days with the Board of Health, Fire...
Sometimes it takes a little time at sea to remind musicians of the impact they have left. That was the case for Tony Scalzo, lead singer of the band Fastball, when his group set sail on the star-studded The 90s Cruise earlier this year. “It’s...
Dear Abby: I am worried about my 21-year-old son, “Travis.” He hasn’t quite left our home that he shares with me and my husband, but he sleeps here only one or two nights. He’s in school part time and works part time, which means working...
By Jim Vertuno, Julio Cortez and John Seewer Associated PressKERRVILLE, Texas — The death toll from flash floods that rampaged through Central Texas rose to at least 67 on Sunday as rescuers maneuvering through challenging terrain found more bodies and continued their desperate search for...
AMHERST ― The Amherst Town Council voted unanimously last week to create a Black Reparations Committee. This decision comes almost two years after the African Heritage Reparation Assembly gave its final report to the council.The new committee will recommend how to spend reparations funds to...
By Alexis StevensThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionCOBB COUNTY, Ga. — Ameerah Hardy-Dozier didn’t just beat “The Freeze.” The Cobb County police detective left the Atlanta Braves’ speed demon in the warning track dust.“I just had to do it,” she said after Sunday’s race.Hardy-Dozier outstepped The Freeze in...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Ian Smith scored his first goal in MLS, David Da Costa also scored a goal, and the Portland Timbers beat the New England Revolution 2-1 on Saturday night.Maxime Crépeau had two saves for Portland (9-5-6).David Da Costa bent a shot from...
