nah they said specifically it was for the weekend

The Westfield Police Department is trying to locate 13 year-old, Jovan Morrison. He is described as being about 6 six-feet tall, thin build with curly hair. His hair was dyed red but has faded to a pinkish color. He typically wears a hooded sweatshirt with the hood over his head and a balaclava style mask over his face. If you have any information regarding his whereabouts please contact the Westfield Police Department at 413-562-5411 or your local police department.

Source -- The Westfield Police Department via their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/westfielddetectivebureau/posts/pfbid0hG8rUYegquQQSJyFgi6qRpRKAwCnNkQexSa7eWJn9FmLkyD36tDxQ7KUVWdvtaEcl

Check out Greenfield

here’s a nice house for under $300k. They do exist!

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/46-Deborah-Ave_Pittsfield_MA_01201_M32615-63970

Aw cmon, black bears are just oversized raccoons. Raise your arms and yell and they’ll run terrified.

Have you been to Springfield in the last ten years? Tons of good restaurants, supposedly the highest lgbtq population in the state, right off the highway, and decent housing prices. The biggest complaint you hear about is literally folks drag racing dirt bikes down main lol. I wouldn’t personally send my kids there, but even with schools they’ve improved massively.

You can totally still get houses in that range in western mass, just smaller and not in Amherst or northampton. We have a 4 bedroom in a “good” town, on a cute cul de sac, and I don’t think we could get more than Zillow’s $400k estimate for it. Smaller houses in the same desirable town definitely go between $250-300k. Even in Amherst you can get a tiny house with no yard for $300k.

Congratulations on discovering jungle juice. Who gives a shit

From the article:

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is blaming a TikTok drinking fad for 28 ambulances getting called to off-campus parties over the weekend.

According to school officials, students on Saturday were seen carrying large water jugs that contained a mixture of alcohol, electrolytes, and flavoring, believed to be what TikTokers call "borgs," or "blackout rage gallons."

The phenomenon has been fueled by recent viral videos featuring college students on TikTok making and drinking the concoction (though some videos referencing the drink date back to 2020). The viral drink has spawned borg tutorials, borg challenges, and borg skits.

While it's unclear if all 28 instances were related to "borg" drinking, UMass officials said they had never seen so many of these drinks before Saturday's "Blarney Blowout," an annual school celebration that typically comes before St. Patrick's Day, The Associated Press reported.

None of the cases were life-threatening, the Amherst Fire Department said.

I mean…if you’re going to binge drink, you might as well add electrolytes. The drink isn’t the problem. The problem is they’re binging more than they can handle.

Sparks>OG Four Loko. I used to pound 4 of those as a pregame. They came in 3 flavors:

-Silver can, orange trim -silver can, orange & blue trim -silver can, black trim, orange accents.

I can’t believe input my heart through that…man, to be in your 20’s again.

Even in the early to mid 2010s it was slowing down, the admin started cracking down on things like the "riots" after Super Bowl/World Series and events like Blarney as they wanted to reform the school's image. Heard stories about Hobart Hoedown as the event that predated Blarney and was said to have been significantly more out of control

Steel Reserve was cost effective but impressively nasty. I used to pour a tall boy into a little jug I had and then drop a shot of everclear in it. Malt liquor was a better way to go honestly. Don’t know people stopped drinking 40s.

Im seeing a few places browsing Zillow now, like everyone else said western MA or northwestern Worcester county. Small 2 or 3 bedrooms and a lot of them are probably going to have iffy quality and are in the middle of nowhere. But I will say they’re in safe neighborhoods, save for the bears and coyote.

Yeah, Southwest was well known as the Jock hell hole late 90s. Central was mostly potheads, Northeast was nerds. Sylvan (sp?) was were you went to disappear.

Longmeadow is a great place to raise a family, right in the suburbs of Springfield. With one of the best education systems in the state its very desirable among young homeowners looking to start a family.

However, you have to keep in mind with this comes very VERY high tax rates, it is the second highest town in the state in regards to property tax. With plenty to do here in the valley ( and hopefully soon a commuter rail to Boston.) If you do decide to move your house very well may move up in value within the next few years

Lol

Western Mass but not Springfield, which is a dead, crime ridden city now. Try the suburbs of Springfield or go a bit northward to places like Easthampton. Western Mass cities like Northampton used to be cheap but NYers moved in and took over so Northampton is more expensive than it used to be. It's still nowhere as expensive as the Boston area though. The Northampton area is artsy and very cultured with great colleges but not a lot of jobs unless you are a college professor or you work in a service type job.

Maybe you could live somewhere around Northampton and commute to a job in the Springfield area, but definitely stay away from Springfield as a place to live. I don't know why some posters are recommended Springfield but it's probably because they have never been there, have never seen it. They probably wouldn't recommend their "prize" city of Lawrence to you!

Yes

"(250-300k max)"

For your down payment?

Western Mass in the Pioneer Valley. It's the next up and coming part of MA. Get in while you still can.

I’m in western MA…condos are $300k, a decent house is $500k+…they weren’t three years ago, and then everyone fleeing Boston & NYC came here and drove up our prices.

You'll have to be in western mass, way out in the sticks, to get anything in that price range. And even then you're looking at a cottage. Within 50 miles of Boston, a 250k-300k down payment will provide some options.

Realistically, you'll have to up your budget to about 500-550k for a small suburban home here.

It’s all the same 🤝

Meh, I was there early 90’s. I should be dead. We didn’t need no stinkin ambulances.