Go ahead, enjoy these Mexican-style stuffed eggs, low on calories, spicy with...
But, properly boil that egg! By SARA MOULTON When I was growing up, I loved my mom's stuffed eggs. Heck, as a chubby and happy-go-lucky kid, I loved anything filled with mayonnaise. As I grew older, I...
View ArticleFacebook's Sheryl Sandberg's 'Lean In' manifesto leads women to form 7,000...
Book said to be enlightening women, and men. By JOCELYN NOVECK In Mexico, says marketing executive Ana Falcon, employers often assume that women like her, in their childbearing years, aren't going to...
View ArticleSci-Tech student musicians play for Massachusetts Lions Club convention
Mariah Girouard, from West Springfield High School, was the state runner-up in a speech contest held as part of the convention. SPRINGFIELD — The annual three day Massachusetts Lions Convention, held...
View ArticleHead of Jewish Family Service posts web statement in response to Springfield...
Cites advocacy in wake of "landlord negligence." Robert Marmor, president and chief executive officer of Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts, posted the following comments on the agency's...
View ArticleFirst female of The Wiggles, that popular Australian fab four for...
Emma is the Yellow Wiggle. NEW YORK — A little girl growing up today has no shortage of strong female role models — senators and presidential candidates, CEOs and astronauts, governors and secretaries...
View ArticleDiocesan Catholic Charities head calls Sarno 'gravely misinformed' in...
States it is not 'resettlement agency.' Kathryn Buckley-Brawner, executive director of the Catholic Charities Agency of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, has released, through the diocese's...
View ArticleGateway Education Foundation meets, makes plans for Gateway Regional School...
Nearly $14,000 was raised in fiscal year 2013, and funding was granted for seven projects, benefiting more than 1,000 students, in the areas of science, English language arts, nutrition, performing...
View ArticleSt. Michael's Academy in Springfield holds uniform pick-up, swap days
Wearing a uniform can help keep costs down for families, and they alleviate many concerns for students about what to wear. SPRINGFIELD - Students and parents at St. Michael's Academy had an easy day...
View ArticleExposition Area Scholarship Fund awards scholarships
Since 1965, the fund has awarded more than $500,000 to applicants with ties to the Exposition Area, or Memorial Avenue, section of the city. WEST SPRINGFIELD — The Exposition Area Scholarship Fund has...
View ArticleJack Marcy, Granby rock collector, to share love of minerals at Chicopee...
Some of the rocks that Marcy brings to his talks include Civil War-era bullets made from a lead mine in Southampton and fluorescent minerals that glow in darkness. His talk will be on Aug. 21 at 11...
View ArticleThoughts from Anne-Gerard Flynn: Resettled refugees are not Springfield's...
There are 45 different languages spoken in Springfield Public Schools. There are a lot of places in the world where displaced citizens from one country create a crisis for another, but Springfield?...
View ArticleCoalition of social services agencies requests 'immediate meeting' with...
We are concerned that Mayor Sarno’s press release regarding refugee resettlement in Springfield reveals a broader attack on our city’s poorest residents. Saying they are concerned that Springfield...
View ArticlePerfectly 'pressed' cucumbers make this salad
Add sour cream dressing for a creamy taste. By J.M. HIRSCH Have you noticed how big and bold and robust salads have become? It's as though salads no longer can be content to be on the side and...
View ArticleVolunteers at Good Samaritan Outreach Center go 'extra mile' to care for needy
Based at Bethany Assembly of God Church in Agawam. Carla Metzler, Helen Bodurtha and Maria Kretschmer run the popular Good Samaritan Outreach Center at the Bethany Assembly of God Church in Agawam....
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Capt. Charles Leonard House to host 'Civil War Ballroom,' Peter Brace Brigade...
The program will also include the teaching of the very simple grand march, in which members of the audience will be able to participate. Spend the afternoon of Aug. 25 at the Capt. Charles Leonard...
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Breathe like bumblebee: Lisa Katz introduces younger set to yoga's flow
Class Aug. 21 at Longmeadow's Bliss Park. Breathe like a bumblebee. This is one concept Lisa Katz, of Longmeadow, might try in her Creative Kids Yoga classes for ages preschoolers on up. A...
View ArticleJane Kaufman: Can the lowly rutabaga be redeemed?
Also known as Swede turnip, the earthy dweller has significant dietary benefits. Ponder the rutabaga. Commonly associated with Thanksgiving, the two-toned rutabaga seems aptly, almost...
View ArticleMary Bogert, Patricia Spradley, Henry Thomas III honored as 'true worshipers'...
Event set Sept. 13 at Chez Josef. Three "true worshipers" will be honored on Sept. 13 as Mount Calvary Baptist Church presents its third annual "Miriam's Gift" awards at 6 p.m. at Chez Josef in...
View ArticleJane Kaufman: Simply Music method transforms frustrated pianist into budding...
Black keys scared me. I grew up in a house with a beautiful Chickering baby grand and with a mother who seemed to produce amazing sounds from it magically, even when she was working on the most...
View ArticleGreek gods set to come 'alive' in Dave Carlson's docent mini-tour at Quadrangle
George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum's plaster cast collection. On Aug. 25 at 1 p.m., the Greek gods will come alive in the sculpture hall of the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum at the...
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