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  • Trust Your Mother Instead of Google!

    Two weeks before her daughter’s estimated due date, Sylvana boarded a plane in Sau Paulo, Brazil to travel to Massachusetts. She traveled with treats to remind her daughter Debbie of home, a present for her son-in-law, and a cute outfit for the grandson that would soon be born. But more important than all the items…


  • My Daughter, The Mother

    I look at my only daughter, Tara, in awe! And on this Mother’s Day, I want to share some of her with you. She is the mother of Jaxon Ryan Boynton, an almost 8-year-old. If asked what her greatest accomplishment was, she would absolutely say, becoming a mother. She is a Physician’s Assistant, and one…


  • ‘Truly Momentous’

    HOLYOKE – In opening the inauguration ceremony of Holyoke Community College President George Timmons on Friday, April 19, his pastor, the Rev. Damone Paul Johnson, offered a parable about a high rise building with a broken elevator. There was another elevator in the building, the attendant told a concerned tenant – a service elevator. That…


  • Governor Healey Announces Nation-Leading Effort to Pardon Marijuana Possession Misdemeanor Convictions

    BOSTON – Governor Maura T. Healey announced that she is taking executive action to pardon misdemeanor marijuana possession convictions in Massachusetts. If approved by the Governor’s Council, this would be the most comprehensive action by a governor since President Joe Biden pardoned federal marijuana possession convictions and called on governors to take similar actions in…


  • Six Juveniles Criminally Charged in Southwick Racial Bullying Incident

    Springfield – Earlier this morning, on March 14, 2024, Hampden District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni authorized members of his office’s Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit and the Chief of the Juvenile Court Unit, to pursue criminal charges against six juveniles for their alleged roles in facilitating and participating in a hateful, racist online chat that…


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