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Grades K-12 heading back to school in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - The school year is officially starting on Monday in Springfield. Kids in grades 1 through 12 will be heading back to the classroom. Kindergarten will kick off in a few days, on Wednesday, and preschool starts on Thursday. Western Mass News spoke with one parent who’s...
Springfield Councilor Malo Brown pledges to ‘fight for the people’ if elected to Senate
SPRINGFIELD — Negotiating bringing resources to Western Massachusetts is more of a game of chess than checkers, and Malo Brown said he has the skills and strategy to be ready to play. A six-year city councilor whose full-time job is chief of staff to state Rep. Bud L. Williams,...
Wine Wizards Expands St. Agrestis Lineup
Wine Wizards expanded its offerings from Brooklyn-based St. Agrestis with its nonalcoholic offshoot line: Phony Negroni, Phony Mezcal Negroni and Amaro Falso. St. Agrestis offers a line of Italian aperitivos and digestifs, celebrating the traditions of Italian spirits using old-world methods and real herbs, spices and citrus. The nonalcoholic version is created for fans of the flavors in ready-to-drink classic cocktails. Like its spirited counterparts, Phony Negroni, Phony Mezcal Negroni and Amaro Falso each meld all-natural citrus, botanical and herbal ingredients but embrace alternative extraction techniques and carbonation to replicate the negroni’s bitter profile.
Of folk and family: Old Vienna Revival concert shows music venue's continuing influence
What am I doing here? I am at the Old Vienna Revival in Hopkinton on Aug. 17 and wondering the same thing. After all, there’s three-time Grammy-winning songwriter Lori McKenna (“Humble and Kind,” "The Crowded Table" and “Girl Crush”) over there talking to another great songwriter, Cliff Eberhardt (“The Long Road"), and there’s Bonnie...
The 10th annual Overdose Awareness event in Gardner is Wednesday: why you should go
The loss of a loved one to a drug overdose has a long-lasting effect on families. Still, the International Overdose Awareness Day event gives those families a safe space to speak up about the issue and destigmatize addiction. Overdose victims will be memorialized at the annual International Overdose Awareness Day and Night event at Monument Park on Wednesday, Aug. 28, beginning at 6:30 p.m. ...
Medical Notes: Aug. 26, 2024
WILBRAHAM – Rick’s Place provides free, peer grief support groups for youth (ages 5-18) and their caregivers. Rick’s Place offers young people and their families a place to remember their loved ones and to avoid the sense of isolation that such losses can produce Rick’s Place was established in 2007, in memory of Rick Thorpe, who died in Tower Two of the World Trade Center on 9/11. This is for young people and their families from all over Western Massachusetts and Northern Connecticut and offered at no charge. To participate in these free grief support programs provided by Rick’s Place, email info@ricksplacema.org or call 413-279-2010.
Stow tournament shines light on a national trailblazer for Black golfers
Deep in the forests of MetroWest, along one of the backcountry roads criss-crossing the commonwealth, a yellow house hides a gem of golf history. It’s the hub of the Stow Acres Country Club, which sits about halfway between Worcester and Boston. Even on a sleepy Friday, the club is alive: A small fleet of golf carts carrying mostly middle-aged men hums around the hives of two 18-hole courses. The distant thwack of clubs making contact hangs gently in the air.
194 condos will get a water bill credit. But now rates may change for all of Framingham
FRAMINGHAM — The mayor announced that a condo complex will be getting a large water bill credit along with the city's change of its water billing structure at the Aug. 20 City Council meeting. Framingham Mayor Charlie Sisitsky said residents of the Windsor Green condominium complex could potentially see a credit of...
Arts Beat: Singing quartet to bring opera favorites, Broadway hits to Westfield
The Academy of Music Theatre has announced its 2024-25 season in Northampton. Season highlights include Bomba de Aqui, performing Puerto Rican music and dance on Oct. 12, followed by the political satire troupe the Capitol Fools on Oct. 20 (they’re former members of the Capitol Steps). “Letters Aloud,” a reading of correspondence by influential people, will be there Oct. 26. “Generic Male,” the Off-Broadway comedy, comes to Noho on March 1, followed by the Best of Valley Voices Story Slam, April 23. For details: www.aomtheater.com.
Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian nears 100th time bringing a taste of Italy to East Cambridge
Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian nears 100th time bringing a taste of Italy to East Cambridge. For many in Cambridge – a college town – late summer heralds the return of students to the city. Families, teachers and students seek a last gasp of freedom before a return to the fall routine, and those who thrive on the warm temperatures and long days of summer coming slowly to terms with the reappearance of all things pumpkin spice. Late summer is also the time of street festivals, many of which celebrate the history and culture of Cambridge’s wide variety of communities.
Jayson Tatum spotted at Cambridge community BBQ event
Large crowds gathered at Green Rose Heritage Park in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Sunday for a community-wide cook-off, and among them was a certain Boston Celtics star. Cambridge Police spotted Jayson Tatum at the 5th Annual Everybody Gotta Eat BBQ Cook-Off, snapping a photo with the Celtics player. The free event,...
World reacts to brutal women’s college soccer fight
Soccer may be a non-contact sport by definition, but fists were flying in a recent women’s college soccer game between UMass and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. The brawl began when Rutgers forward Gia Girman appeared to foul a UMass player from behind, falling to the grown herself during the play. While Girman was on the ground, a different UMass player ran up and appeared to try to grab the ball out from underneath Girman, and the Scarlet Knights forward was not pleased.
Two transported to the hospital, one with serious injuries after head-on Cape Cod crash
Two were taken to a hospital after a head-on crash on Cape Cod. According to police, on Saturday, at approximately 10:25 p.m., Bourne Police and Bourne Fire & Rescue responded to Sandwich Road in the vicinity of Longboat Road for a reported head-on motor vehicle accident involving two vehicles. Upon...
Taunton teen's death moves family to help others
TAUNTON, MASS. (WJAR) — JJ Facey, 18, was headed into his first collegiate season at Framingham State University when his family got a call that would change their lives forever. The call prompted the Facey family to hit the road and head up to campus. Moments after the call,...
Jacoby Brissett sustains shoulder injury in Patriots' loss
New England Patriots quarterback Jacoby Brissett sustained an injury to his right, throwing shoulder in Sunday's 20-10 preseason loss to the Washington Commanders, but coach Jerod Mayo said he could have continued had the plan been for him play longer.
Drivers warned of strict crackdown that’s already issued 37k tickets – you could pay over $250 & need to take a class
DESPITE law enforcement officials’ best efforts, distracted drivers have continued to rack up tickets at an alarming rate. Now, officials in one state are vowing to crack down on illegal driving habits, and letting drivers know this is their final warning. Massachusetts launched its distracted driving law on February 23, 2020. The law, dubbed Hands-Free […]
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