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Event to recognize International Overdose Awareness Day taking place in Northampton
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - Members of the Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with several regional organizations will be hosting an event on Thursday to honor lives lost to overdose and raise awareness about the opioid crisis. This year’s theme is “Together We Can,” which emphasizes the importance...
Holyoke High School Athletic Hall of Fame announces inductees for Class of 2024
The Holyoke High School Athletic Hall of Fame Committee announced through multiple press releases this past week that three individuals and a “legendary team” will be commemorated during its annual enshrinement. Those honored members are as followed:. The first is Martin J. Dunn, who served as the 39th...
Ex-Massachusetts Cop Charged With Killing Pregnant Woman To Conceal Abuse & Exploitation
BOSTON, MA – A former police officer in Massachusetts is facing federal charges for allegedly killing a woman in 2021 to conceal his “longstanding sexual exploitation” of her beginning when she was a minor. Matthew Farwell, 38, a former Stoughton Police officer, was indicted on one count...
Women’s Soccer Battles to Scoreless Draw at UMass
AMHERST, Mass. – The Harvard women's soccer team was back in action this afternoon to take on the University of Massachusetts-Amherst Minutewomen at Rudd Field. The Crimson (1-0-1, 0-0-0 Ivy) came away with a draw against the Minutewomen (1-2-1, 0-0-0 A10) after a tightly contested battle against the regional foe.
UMass vs. Eastern Michigan Prediction, Odds, Picks - August 31, 2024
Oddsmakers give the UMass Minutemen (0-0) the advantage on Saturday, August 31, 2024 against the Eastern Michigan Eagles (0-0). UMass is favored by 3 points. A 51-point over/under is set for the contest. Last year the Minutemen failed to qualify for a bowl game after finishing 3-9 during the regular...
Religion Notes: Aug. 29, 2024
Springfield - The thrift shop at St. Gregory Armenian Church, 135 Goodwin St., in the Indian Orchard section, is open Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more information, go online to saintgregoryarmenianchurch.org. Church events. Sunderland – First Congregational Church of Sunderland, 91 S. Main St., Serendipity Shop is...
Patients will suffer with bankrupt health care firm’s closure of Massachusetts hospitals, staff say
AYER, Mass. (AP) — When Christina Hernon was 5, her throat swelled shut from an infection and her mother rushed her to a local Massachusetts hospital in the dead of night. She couldn’t breathe, suffered a seizure and was near death when a doctor saved her by inserting a tube down her throat.
A Rude Awakening For Mass. Jurors
I recently wrapped up watching "Presumed Innocent" starring Jake Gyllenhaal on Apple TV. The show spends a lot of time in the courtroom and it got me thinking about jury duty. I've only been called for civic duty twice in my life. The first time, my letter went to the wrong address somehow and the other I never got chosen for.
Statewide policy on student cellphones in Massachusetts classrooms?
NEEDHAM, Mass. — With back-to-school season here, the issue of student cellphone use in classrooms is once again front and center across schools in Massachusetts. Massachusetts Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler said the state is funding individual school districts that need help addressing student distractions from cellphones. "We've offered $1.3...
Is fall the best season in New England?
BOSTON - The fast-approaching end to summer and earlier sunsets has many in mourning, but it's time to get excited for what might be New England's best season: Fall.Pumpkin beverages, apple picking, leaf peeping, festivals ... when it comes to fall, nobody does it better than New England.And there's great news for autumn lovers: With Labor Day weekend and September around the corner, there's some good old-fashioned New England fall weather in the forecast.The major change in airmasses that occurred overnight was noticeable if you stepped outside Thursday. There's a lovely few days ahead to finish the week with highs...
Hard-to-place cats in Mass. need loving homes
Hard-to-place cats across Massachusetts are getting special attention as animal shelters waive adoption fees in hopes of finding the cats loving homes. “We’ve focused a lot of time on dogs recently, and that makes sense given the ongoing dog population crisis,” Mike Keiley, MSPCA-Angell vice president of animal protection. “But we and plenty of other shelters in the coalition also have some cats that have been in our care for a while and need an extra boost.”
Mohegan Sun to Host UConn’s First Step Towards a Three-peat
The University of Connecticut's back-to-back National Champion men's basketball team will take their first step towards a Three-peat in front of some of the NBA's greatest players, inside the most incredible venue in our state. The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, located in nearby Springfield, Massachusetts, has just announced that...
Popular NJ supermarket will stop selling cigarettes
🚬 A popular grocery chain will stop selling tobacco products permanently. 🚬 The goal is to help customers and staff make better health choices. As of Aug. 31, Stop & Shop will stop selling all cigarettes and tobacco products at its 360 stores. The grocery chain announced it...
Massachusetts health officials report second case of potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts health officials on Thursday announced a second confirmed case of the mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus in the state. A second case of the virus in a horse was also confirmed. The human case is a woman in her 30s. Both were exposed in the...
Steward has "definitive agreements" to sell 3 hospitals in Mass.
BOSTON - Steward Health Care said Thursday it has "definitive agreements" to sell three of its hospitals in Massachusetts, as Gov. Maura Healey says the state is closer to being rid of the bankrupt company "once and for all."Rhode Island-based Lifespan has filed an asset purchase agreement to buy Saint Anne's Hospital in Fall River and Morton Hospital in Taunton. Lawrence General Hospital is set to buy the Holy Family hospital campuses in Methuen and Haverhill. "As Steward continues to progress through the ongoing Chapter 11 proceedings, we are thrilled to have identified such qualified acquirers for hospitals in the Commonwealth...
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