Back to school finds children with new schools, new teachers and new friends. Respiratory illnesses also find an easy route from one child to the next as children learn and play together.Parents and schools look to public health and medical offices to help decrease sickness....
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D No one questions the lethality of firearms. Lethality is why they were invented. These machines deserve respect, but not irrational fear. Current gun control arguments are based on fear rather than facts. Let’s be clear that we have many laws,...
Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for five years. We have a beautiful daughter, and we’ve got a son on the way. But I keep finding my husband using dating websites and chatrooms for singles. When I ask him about it, he...
Dear Eric: Before he passed years ago, my father transferred his beach house to his six adult kids. We did not ask to become owners of a shared house, and I always thought it was a horrible idea.Most of us kids tend to travel to...
UNCASVILLE — Usually, taking the high road is the civilized and morally correct thing to do. But some actions cannot be ignored - and it’s in those times that a team shows what they’re made of. The Connecticut Sun flexed their muscles against a gritty...
Are you tonight’s lucky winner? Grab your tickets and check your numbers. The Mega Millions lottery jackpot continues to rise after someone won the $560 million prize on June 4.Here are the winning numbers in Friday’s drawing:28-30-44-66-69; Mega Ball: 2; Megaplier: 3XThe estimated jackpot for...
BOSTON — Fresh off a winning road trip that saw them split one series with a first-place team and win another, the Red Sox were hopeful that they could carry some momentum back to Fenway Park and the start of a critically important eight-game homestand.Guess...
BOSTON — The Red Sox had won eight of Brayan Bello’s past nine starts entering Friday. The righty looked especially sharp in his previous two starts, allowing two runs in 12 innings.But the trend didn’t continue Friday. Bello allowed five runs, seven hits and four...
WESTFIELD — A potluck dinner for volunteers took place at Grandmothers’ Garden on Aug. 16, to thank everyone for their hard work in preparing the historical garden for its 90th anniversary year.The garden is part of the city-owned Chauncey Allen Park on Smith Avenue, but...
Former Patriots standout J.C. Jackson is still looking for a job. Friday’s NFL decision won’t help his cause.Jackson, who New England cut loose on March 1, has been suspended by the NFL for one game under the league’s personal conduct policy stemming from missing a...