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Baystate Medical Center hosts annual back-to-school drive for Western Mass students
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Baystate Medical Center hosted their annual back-to-school drive in Springfield Friday to support children in Western Mass ahead of their first day. More 3000 students across eight schools in Springfield will receive several classroom supplies including pencils, notebooks, markers and calculators. The items, which were requested...
Palmer sues PFAS makers, says landfill is contaminated
PALMER — Two closed landfills here are leaching so-called forever chemicals into groundwater, and now the town has joined a suit against PFAS manufacturers, alleging product liability and negligence, and seeking costs to cover testing and remediation. PFAS, short for “per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances,” are a group of thousands...
(Archive March 2016) Zachary Marr, MWCC Student Goes Missing
On February 13th, Zachary Marr went missing at a Boston pub known as the Bell in Hand Tavern. Marr had left the bar around 1:30 in the morning to go smoke a cigarette, neglecting his coat and leaving it inside. Within a ten minute window of him leaving the bar, he was gone.
Help wanted: Manufacturers network while encouraging students to train on machine tools
WESTFIELD — Precision machine shops in the Pioneer Valley have the equipment and — particularly thanks to the aerospace industry — customers willing to place orders. But they don’t have enough trained employees, especially with older workers entering retirement. If you purchase a product or register...
Boys & Girls Club in Chicopee gets $1.5M bond for teen center
CHICOPEE — Boys & Girls Club of Chicopee has received $1.5 million in lower-cost financing for Haven, the new teen center now under construction at its campus at 508 Meadow St. MassDevelopment, the state’s development finance agency and land bank, announced the bond this week. The tax-exempt bond through...
Upcoming Back-To-School Event offers free haircuts, school supplies, food in Chicopee
CHICOPEE — Chicopee students will be heading back to school with new school supplies, fresh haircuts and painted nails, thanks to the third Back-To-School Event headed by Ricardo Diaz, the owner of Faded Barber Lounge. This Sunday, Chicopee youth and their families can stop by Faded Barber Lounge from...
Tech sues ASC for failing to stop inappropriate photos circulating in workplace
Former X-ray technician Moira McDonald has filed a complaint against the Springfield, Mass.-based Surgery Center of New England claiming that the center’s human resources department failed to step in when inappropriate photos of her were circulating in the workplace, according to an Aug. 21 report from MassLive. Ms. McDonald...
Modified plan discussed to convert Westfield medical building to apartments
WESTFIELD — The Planning Board determined that a new application to convert the former Westfield Professional Center building at 70 Court St. into an apartment complex was “materially different” from the original, setting the stage for a new public hearing in September. The new application adds two...
Man pleads guilty to stealing guns from Waterville business
BANGOR - A man who stole guns from a Waterville pawn shop has pleaded guilty. Ryan Ansart,22, of West Springfield, Massachusetts was charged with conspiring to steal firearms from a federally licensed firearms dealer, as well as actually stealing firearms. According to court records, Ansart and a co-conspirator broke into...
Temescal Facing Eviction From North Adams Plant
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Two years ago Temescal Wellness cut the ribbon on a $21 million cannabis cultivation facility on Curran Highway with much fanfare. Now the property owners are trying to evict the business for nonpayment of rent. The Berkshire Eagle on Thursday reported the lawsuit filed in...
Authorities warn of new scam targeting Eversource and UI customers
The Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) is issuing a warning about a new scam that appears to target Eversource and United Illuminating customers. DCP said scammers are calling Eversource and UI customers pretending to represent the electric companies. The scammer then offers the customer a discounted rate for elderly residents.
Maki Park opens in downtown Gardner: What it offers - a one minute read
The Chair City's new pocket park is officially open to the public. Maki Park, so named because it is located on the site of the former Maki Building on Parker Street downtown, is a three-tiered space that can be used for outdoor dining and live music performances. The park also features game tables and...
Gov. Healey tried Malört during her trip to Chicago’s DNC. Here’s what she thought.
“I’m just saying that it’s the one that if you want to prove your mettle, you’ve gotta have a shot of Malört.”. When in Rome… or Chicago, for that matter. As high-profile politicians flocked to the Windy City this week for the Democratic National Convention, Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker declared Malört the “unofficial shot” of the DNC. You know, Chicago’s iconic wormwood-based digestif that Food & Wine has described as both “citrus-flavored gasoline” and “the regional prank beverage.”
'Give them hope': A pickleball program inside a CT prison helps incarcerated people find self-worth
Caesar Oneil and three other pickleball players are doing warm-up exercises in an echoey gym. They’re not at just any gym. They're playing on a court in Suffield, inside the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution, a maximum security prison, where they are incarcerated. Their coach, Angelo Rossetti, shows up a few...
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