With cases of avian influenza, or bird flu as many have called it, popping up in western Massachusetts, one local farm is taking extra precautions.

Comedian Heather Shaw will be bringing her talents to MGM Springfield’s Roar! Comedy Club. “It’s very goofy and definitely not clean, but it’s very unhinged and fun,” she said.

A young man from Montgomery is in need of community love and support after suffering a severe spinal cord injury just last week, which left him partially paralyzed.