Soaked from below: Region confronts rising water tables unable to absorb water during more intense storms

07-18-2025 3:37 PM

WILLIAMSBURG — Instead of selling fresh, seafood-filled food on the busiest brunch weekend of the year, Williamsburg Snack Bar spent Mother’s Day pumping out 3 inches of water from its restaurant.


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Built to last: How DRIVE Hoops became the longest-running basketball league in Western Mass.
07-18-2025 1:40 PM

GREENFIELD — Chris Brown directs traffic at the top of the key. He tells his teammate, Troy Snell, to set a down screen for Ethan Slavin. Slavin comes off of it, catches the ball and throws it right back to Brown, who rips through and attacks the paint. Brown comes to a jump stop and pump fakes.

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Guest columnist Jeanne Barron: The sweet spot — volunteering to tutor an immigrant
07-18-2025 10:21 AM

Among the many volunteer opportunities I’ve explored and experienced, while enriching, none have offered the level of connection, cross-cultural understanding, and depth of feeling that I’ve made a difference in someone’s life as tutoring an International Language Institute student. Biased? Maybe.

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