Is It Illegal for Massachusetts Employees to Skip Their Lunch Breaks?
One thing that many people including myself look forward to each day is lunch. Working in radio in the Berkshires, particularly a morning shift, I don't usually take a lunch break as I just wait to go to my home in Pittsfield and eat there. That routine works for me. However,...
Historic Massachusetts Spot is Among Best Small Town Museums in the U.S.
There is no question that Massachusetts has a vast wealth of history. Some of the U.S.'s greatest historic moments have taken place right here in the Bay State. It's certainly only fitting that one of our most prominent museums, which happens to be at in an equally as historic...
Accumulating snow, wind chills in single digits and teens expected across Massachusetts, Rhode Island,...
It is not expected to be the biggest storm southern New England has ever seen, but certainly something residents should be aware of. According to the National Weather Service, increasing clouds and cold are expected today with highs in the 20s, and wind chill values in the...
Editorial: Graduated ban on cellphone use right school course
It appears that consensus continues to build for some form of cellphone restrictions in the state’s public schools. Whether codified by state law, or instituted through guidelines issued by the state’s chief law enforcement officer, total or situational cellphone bans seem...
Massachusetts groundhog Ms. G makes winter prediction
LINCOLN – Massachusetts groundhog Ms. G has some bad news for people hoping the New England winter will be coming to an end sooner rather than later. During an annual Groundhog Day event at Mass Audubon's Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in Lincoln, Ms. G saw her shadow, thus...
Fall River Faces Lowest Risk in Massachusetts From Climate Change
The climate has changed and will continue to change until the Earth explodes, turns into a ball of ice, or floats away into oblivion. Whatever your views on climate change or what you believe is responsible for those changes, we should all agree that the climate has...
Half of All Ticks in the Northeast Carry Lyme Disease
Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick— also called a deer tick — is a risk during spring, summer, and fall. A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria that causes Lyme...
Did you feel it? 3rd earthquake this week detected off coast of New England
A third earthquake in a week was detected off the coast of New England Sunday morning.
A Massachusetts Prison Cell Gave Rise to Activist Malcolm X
One of the most prominent figures of the American Civil Rights movement, Malcolm X, was assassination in New York City on February 21, 1965 – nearly 60 years ago. Unlike Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who chose non-violent direct action protests, Malcolm X often favored a more...
Local Yorkie Poo Searching For Home After Family With “Increasingly Busy Schedule” Surrenders Him
(MA) Meet Lemon a Yorkie Poo who, despite his name, is one of the sweetest pups you'll meet. This good boy has spent the majority of his life living with a "loving family". However, said family has reportedly had an "increasingly busy schedule and can no longer give this guy...
