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Bruins goalie adds chapter to his growing legend

SUNRISE, Fla. — Sam Reinhart had a goal already in the game and 57 during the regular season. So for a Bruins team with its season on the line, the Florida forward was the last person, they’d want open with the puck on his stick...

By Larry Smith

‘Elite’ Bruins, Panthers goalies making series fun and tough

Both Jeremy Swayman and Sergei Bobrovsky have stood on their heads for the Bruins and the Panthers, respectively, throughout their second-round playoff series. That remained true Tuesday night when Swayman made 28 saves in Boston’s 2-1 Game 5 win to force a Game 6. While...

By Larry Smith

‘What riot?’ UMass Amherst protesters face judge, maintain encampment was peaceful

BELCHERTOWN — When Dodi Melnicoff, 67, was booked by police last week, she was told she was being charged with trespassing and failing to disperse a riot.“What riot?” she asked in a court parking lot, after her arraignment Tuesday morning. “These are college students letting...

By Larry Smith

How Brad Marchand’s injury is motivating Bruins

SUNRISE, Fla. — Brad Marchand looked especially short as he tried to buck up his Bruins teammates as they headed for the ice.With him in shoes and them on skates, his already small stature stood out that much more when they traded shoulder bumps to...

By Larry Smith

Big breakfast, big celebration: World’s Largest Pancake Breakfast returns to downtown Springfield

For nearly 20 years, Steve Desilets has been hopping on his motorcycle and driving to the World’s Largest Pancake Breakfast, arriving with spatula in hand to help make those fluffy orbs that diners have been waiting for all year long.On Saturday, May 18, Desilets -...

By Larry Smith

Bruins admitted lacking confidence waiting for goalie interference call

SUNRISE, Fla. — Trent Frederic admitted he was pessimistic when the referees skated over to the scorer’s booth and pulled on the headset in the second period of their 2-1 win in Game 5 on Tuesday at Amerant Bank Arena.The Bruins have had big and...

By Larry Smith

Alyssa Thomas back to posting triple-doubles, leads Sun over Caitlin Clark, Fever

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — DeWanna Bonner was at a loss for words when talking about Alyssa Thomas Tuesday night. That is until she remembered a story from earlier in the week.Thomas missed practice on one of the days leading up to the Connecticut Sun’s season opener...

By Larry Smith

Cops and Campus Unrest

By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Labor strikes, war protests, civil rights marches, anti-police demonstrations, and now pro-Palestinian campus takeovers have been the subject of nightly news broadcasts since there were nightly news broadcasts. Tear gas, nightsticks, rubber bullets, and even gunfire characterized civil disturbances in...

By Larry Smith

Third largest state prison system goes live with Tyler Technologies’ solution suite

PRESS RELEASEPLANO, Texas — Tyler Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: TYL) announced today the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) has successfully gone live with Tyler’s payment and deposit solutions to effectively manage all aspects of money transfer services for correctional facilities across the entire state of Florida.According...

By Larry Smith