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VOORHEESVILLE — Robert G. “Bob” Prentiss, a former New York State Assemblyman, died peacefully at his home on Friday, March 18, 2022, after a three-year battle with Alzheimer’s. He was five days short of his 86th birthday. Born on March 23,1936 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late Doris and James Prentiss.

Good morning! Where once bettors would fly from Bradley to Vegas to bet the Super Bowl, now they can drive to Bradley and bet it at the teletheater.Alternately called Winners Bradley or Bobby V’s Restaurant & Sports Book, the former OTB palace...

The news came from Bob Dobias, “Quite a career!” he wrote, together with a link to an article about Garry Brown’s passing on Monday at age 90.It was quite a career indeed. The longtime Springfield sportswriter, columnist and editor hailed from an era...

The news came from Bob Dobias, “Quite a career!” he wrote, together with a link to an article about Garry Brown’s passing on Monday at age 90.It was quite a career indeed. The longtime Springfield sportswriter, columnist and editor hailed from an era...

The late Mad Magazine’s Alfred E. Neuman’s, “What, me worry?” was a dimwit. Here’s a list of recent headline bugaboos that trouble me. You may have similar anxieties — feel free to add on.1. Red Soxxer Chris Sale had Covid-19 twice and is...

This interactive map features urban rebellions and incidents of social unrest in Latino communities from 1964 to the present.

By Sarah and Carrie Sherman

Planners promise 10-to-1 payback with $6.4B to $9.4B Hartford-Springfield-Boston rail proposal Updated May 06, 2021; Facebook Share SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield/Hartford area has missed out on 130,000 new jobs since 1990, jobs that could have come here if the region had the commuter rail service enjoyed by other East Coast cities. “That’s the major differentiating factor, the availability of rail,” said Jessica Jones, senior analyst for the engineering firm AECOM. Improving rail servi...

SAN DIEGO — Caitlin Rother did not set out to become a true-crime writer. But if you look back at the San Diego authors life, the clues were there all

Print Caitlin Rother did not set out to become a true-crime writer. But if you look back at the San Diego author’s life, the clues were there all along. When she was a general-assignment reporter for the Berkshire Eagle and the Springfield Union-News in western Massachusetts in the late 1980s, Rother spent her spare time reading about sensational murder cases and devious criminals in New York magazine. From 1993 until 2006, Rother was a reporter at The San Diego Union-Tribune, where she ende...