During the activity Makey-Makey, kids at the Spanish American Center in Leominster use things like turkey sandwiches to conduct electricity and complete a circuit. (COURTESY SPANISH AMERICAN CENTER/AARON FEMIA)
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Republican candidate for Massachusetts Senate arrested three times, court records show
A Republican running for a Massachusetts Senate seat has been arrested three times over the past two decades on either disorderly conduct or assault-related charges, including after one alleged altercation inside a Fenway bar in 2007, according to police and court records.
Ernesto tracking close enough to Massachusetts to spark rough surf, ‘dangerous’ rip currents
Ernesto tracking close enough to Massachusetts to spark rough surf, ‘dangerous’ rip currents
A whale of a time
FITCHBURG — Delilah the whale surfaced in the city on Monday. The life size inflatable North Atlantic right whale travels around to events and schools bringing awareness to her endangered species as there are fewer than 340 of them remaining. Delilah is used by the nonprofit organization Whale & Dolphin Conservation to educate people on […]
Chamber’s development arm helps pet salon start up
ATHOL — The North Central Massachusetts Development Corporation (NCMDC), the economic development arm of the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce, recently approved $75,000 in financing to Tails Pet Salon, located at 1265 South Main Street in Athol. The funding supported startup costs for the business and helped create two full-time and four part-time jobs. […]
Massachusetts family sues Eversource Energy for $450M over explosion that killed Maynard man
Eversource continues to call a natural gas explosion that killed a Maynard man an “isolated, tragic accident,” while the man’s family and attorneys argue the utility company’s “systemic failures” had a role in his death.
