Huntington News

Gwenn Friss on "Joy Unbounded: A Gilbert & Sullivan Musical Jubilee!" Laura Garner has created a warm, clever and playful tribute to the music of Sir Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert, and seven local singers bring it all to life with, well, joy unbounded.

John Wightman, right, and Pat Hill, left, take part in a reaffirmation ceremony for Joel Huntington in celebration of his 20th year as pastor of South Congregational Church in Pittsfield.

They're packing up their glory and bringing it downtown. The singers are young and old, of different creeds and colors and musical approaches, from suburban parishes and inner-city churches and college campuses.

Featuring Melinda Doolittle from a oeAmerican Idola and R&B sensation Brian McKnight The City of Bostona s Official Tree Lighting hosted by Mayor Thomas M. Menino, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, title sponsor Nova Scotia Come to life, and media sponsors WCVB-TV Channel 5 and MAGIC 106.7 FM comes to Boston Common on Thursday, December ...

As some severe budget cuts are in the forecast, the Gateway Regional School District is buckling down.

Alan J. Griffin, left, poses with a stuffed goat, the only goat left on his property after the city ordered him to remove his real goats.

University of Massachusetts Medical School Chancellor Dr. Michael F. Collins said he initially attempted to persuade lawmakers and the governor's office to provide state funding for a second research center at the school with this argument: Hey, we won the Nobel Prize and we're out of research space.

"The Untitled Wichita Project" leading man Tom Cruise and his son, Connor , chowing down on filets and shrimp at Abe & Louie's and then signing autographs for 45 minutes in front of the Boylston Street chophouse .

Observations on politics, the media and life in Massachusetts and beyond from the left side of the road.

A Hampshire County family's faith in God kept them alive when their house went up in flames.

By MANON L. MIRABELLI BLANDFORD - The last of five public hearings on the fate of Gateway Regional School District's elementary schools was held Wednesday with parents pleading with the School Committee to not close Blandford's school.

A house burns to the ground in Huntington. A pile of ashes and rubble is all that remains at 9 Barr Hill Road.

From a distance, Matt McGovern of Ludlow, Mass., looks and sounds about twice his age.

COZY FOR TWO Frank Lloyd Wright's Zimmerman House strives for an open feel in a limited space.

OY! The Old Man of the Mountain does his best to impart a bit of wisdom to Friar Tuck and Robin Hood while the Old Woman of the Mountain looks on impatiently in the Barnstable Summer Family Theatre presentation of Robin Hood and the Quest for the Golden Arrow .

OY! The Old Man of the Mountain does his best to impart a bit of wisdom to Friar Tuck and Robin Hood while the Old Woman of the Mountain looks on impatiently in the Barnstable Summer Family Theatre presentation of Robin Hood and the Quest for the Golden Arrow .

From far away, Matt McGovern of Ludlow, Mass., looks and sounds about twice his age.

A 12-year Westfield firefighter was killed when his motorcycle collided with a car Saturday night.

A 12-year Westfield firefighter was killed when his motorcycle collided with a car Saturday night.

President Barack Obama's nomination of noted geneticist Dr. Francis Collins to head the National Institutes of Health is a compelling choice.