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Mass. home sale prices soar while sales plummet in June
BOSTON — The median sale prices of both single-family homes and condos hit new all-time highs in Massachusetts last month, real estate market analysts said as a group of six Beacon Hill lawmakers attempts to produce a compromise housing production-inducing bill by the end of July. There were 4,441 single-family home sales in Massachusetts in June, according to The Warren Group, an 8.9% decrease compared to June 2023. At the same time, the median sale price increased...
Full menu returns to Tavern on the Hill after scaling back due to staff shortage
A Massachusetts restaurant that had to scale back its menu due to staffing shortages has brought back its full menu. “We are still working with a short staff, but we have been able to make a few shifts and we are now able to offer our entire menu,” Tavern on the Hill said on its Instagram story Tuesday.
Mass. State Lottery winner: Stop & Shop sells $100,000 ticket
A lottery player won $100,000 on Tuesday from a ticket they bought at a Stop & Shop grocery store in Massachusetts. The $100,000 prize was from the daily “Mass Cash” drawing. The winning numbers from the July 23 drawing were 2, 3, 10, 17, 35. The winning $100,000...
Peter Langone, Wilbraham Junior Falcons soar past Westfield, 7-4
WESTFIELD – Westfield Post 124′s Junior Legion Baseball team ran into a two-way player that determined the outcome of their latest game. Wilbraham Junior Falcons pitcher Peter Langone tossed a complete game, striking out seven batters to defeat Westfield, 7-4, Wednesday night at Bullens Field. Langone helped himself at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a walk, two runs, and two RBIs.
Mass. SJC tosses out murder conviction for getaway driver in Charlestown shooting
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday overturned a first-degree murder conviction against a man who prosecutors say was the getaway driver in a fatal November 2014 shooting in the Charlestown section of Boston. The court found there was no evidence to suggest the man intended for the victim to be killed.
WMass American Legion Baseball Championship: Belchertown Post 239 earns second consecutive crown
BELCHERTOWN – It was hard to remain comfortable after numerous lead changes during Wednesday’s Western Massachusetts American Legion baseball championship between No. 1 Belchertown Post 239 and No. 6 Aldenville (Chicopee) Post 337. Moments after Cody West moved Belchertown ahead with a run-scoring single during the bottom of...
Former Mass. congressional candidate sentenced to 21 months in prison for campaign law violations
Abhijit “Beej” Das was convicted last year of violating the Federal Election Campaign Act and making false statements. A former Massachusetts congressional candidate will serve prison time for violating campaign finance laws and other charges, prosecutors announced. Abhijit “Beej” Das was sentenced last week to 21 months in...
The man behind Saint Joseph’s University hawk mascot dies at 91
HAMPDEN — Hampden resident and creator of Saint Joseph’s University hawk mascot James “Jim” Brennan died on June 21 at age 91 after a life of encouraging and uplifting those around him, his family said. In 1955, as a sophomore cheerleader at Saint Joseph’s University in...
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