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Company Notebook Country Bank, WooSox Announce Community Giving Campaign WARE Country Bank and the Worcester Red Sox have announced a community giving campaign to support nonprofit leaders throughout the region. To kick off the campaign, dubbed “WooStars,” Country Bank recognized 11 local nonprofits at Polar Park, including Springfield-based organizations Friends of the Homeless, Ronald McDonald House, Christina’s House, and Habitat for Humanity, along with Worcester-based organizations the United Way, Why Me, Sherry’s House, Provision Ministry, St. John’s Food Pantry for the Poor, the Boys and Girls Club, and Habitat for Humanity. Each nonprofit was presented with a $5,000 check from Paul Scully, president and CEO of Country Bank. Representatives of the nonprofits also participated in a television commercial to support the campaign. Country Bank and the Worcester Red Sox Foundation will select nine additional nonprofit leaders who have stepped up to the plate ....
The Pandemic Has Made a Big Problem That Much Worse Help Wanted Long before COVID-19 arrived in Western Mass., businesses across many sectors were struggling to find adequate supplies of good help. But now, just as the economy seems ready to surge, the problem, fueled increasingly by unemployment benefits that are conspiring to keep workers on the sidelines, is getting considerably worse, with no real end in sight.
Steve Corrigan has been in the landscaping business for more than 40 years now, and for most of that time, finding good help has been a challenge to one degree or another. But he says he’s never seen anything quite like this. ....
‘Has he ever been here?’: Tucker Carlson’s description of Springfield doesn’t mesh with reality, residents and officials say Updated Feb 26, 2021; Posted Feb 26, 2021 Fox News host Tucker Carlson referred to Springfield, Massachusetts, as a place famous for burned-out buildings and murders during his Thursday night broadcast. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Getty Images Facebook Share Fox News’ Tucker Carlson whose on-air statements a court determined shouldn’t be viewed as facts opened Thursday night’s show smearing Springfield in a story about cultural friction at Smith College in Northampton. “One place is famous for burned-out buildings and murders,” Carlson said, according to a transcript of the show. “The other has wrought-iron gates and a nationally known art museum on campus. ....