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The new Pride Travel Plaza off I-91 in Hartford has fueling for cars, trucks, Teslas and other EV cars, hydrogen-fueled vehicles and numerous amenities.
Springfield-based Hot Table plans 8th location at Shoppers World in Framingham Updated Mar 04, 2021; Posted Mar 03, 2021 John DeVoie is president of Hot Table LLC, which plans to open its eighth location at Shoppers World in Framingham. (Don Treeger | The Republican file photo) Facebook Share SPRINGFIELD — Hot Table, a grilled panini, soup and salad restaurant chain founded in Springfield in 2007, plans to open its eighth location this spring. It’ll be a Hot Table restaurant geared to takeout dining and located at Shoppers World in Framingham, a location Hot Table President John DeVo...
There’s thought behind every Toy for Joy gift as generosity abounds: Viewpoint Updated Jan 03, 2021; As I wrapped gifts for my two grandnieces, Ellie and Alba, I remembered back to my own childhood when Christmas mornings – and the nights before – were filled with joy. The tradition at our house was that my brother and I could open one gift on Christmas eve. Somehow, it often wound up being a gift from our wonderful aunt Barbara. As I reflected, I tumbled to the idea that those gifts would be as much a surprise for my parents as us kids since they had no idea what they would be.
Public’s generosity helps Toy for Joy surpass goal Updated Jan 03, 2021; Posted Jan 03, 2021 Don Alexander, a volunteer from Veterans Inc., carries a box to a waiting car as distribution of Toy for Joy gift boxes begins at the Salvation Army Springfield Citadel last month. (Don Treeger / The Republican file photo) Facebook Share SPRINGFIELD — Children throughout three counties had a merry Christmas because the public showed its generosity at the end of an especially difficult year. Are good people out there? There are many, many such people and they made the 2020 Toy for Joy campaign a...
Minimum wage hike, Family and Medical Leave Act take effect Jan. 1; here’s what businesses and workers say it means to them Updated Dec 28, 2020; Posted Dec 28, 2020 Jeremiah Micka holds a remote ordering machine at Union Station in Northampton, Dec. 8, 2020. (Hoang ‘Leon’ Nguyen / The Republican) Facebook Share NORTHAMPTON — Jeremiah Micka has been dealing with a lot lately. Like many, the owner of the Union Station complex in Northampton — which includes the Tunnel Bar, the Roosevelt Room banquet facility, the Platform Sports Bar and a patio bar called The Deck — has struggle...