I'm stuck in limbo at the moment, my doctor sent me a letter in November stating she was moving her practice to join UMass primary group. It included the new number to call for appointments, etc.

I called last week to schedule my physical for later this year and instead of speaking with someone at her office directly, I was dealing with UMass Central Booking who informed me that the doctor was on vacation but that they had closed her scheduling and she was not accepting any more patients. They suggested after 20 years of her being my doctor that I not tried to find another primary care doctor.

Ive been calling around and no one is taking patients. It sucks because I'm currently in treatment for three different medical issues, and i don't know what to do. Going to try to call back in a couple weeks to see if she's back in the office and hopefully I get a different answer.

I saw him on Merrick Street... close to the corner of Austin Street last night around 3 am. I stopped the car but he took off behind one of the houses so I just assumed maybe an owner had let out their dog to relieve himself.

I'm a college student who does food deliveries at night so I Buzz around the whole city, I will be sure to keep my eyes open

Big Y pizzas are amazing!

According to the management, a few weeks ago when we had that extreme cold, they had a pipe freeze and later burst.

I fully agree which is why I take to emailing my city councilor every few weeks, if other people did it too I'm sure they would get sick and tired of hearing about it and would actually move to do something.

The funny thing is that if I look up the address on Google maps, even the footage they have shows the house with trash in front of it.

Send an online request to have it taken care of through the customer service form and if that doesn't work enail your councilor.

I see an area like this at the top of Vernon that looks very bad with trash everywhere. The residents just dumped the trash on the sidewalk haphazardly, DPW picks up what they can and the rest literally just sits there, at the end of the month it accumulates to the point where the sidewalk is blocked with trash and the wind blows a lot of it everywhere.

Once a month I go on the customer service form online and submit a request to have it taken care of. Sometimes it works sometimes they ignore it and then I email my councilor who takes care of it within a couple of days.

It's actually very simple, it has to do with the fact that these are plastic zip ties, the colder weather makes plastic more prone to breaking, and these trash guys love to toss them around .

I ended up buying a pack of zip ties to have on hand.

The best way to handle this is to lean into any activities or hobbies that you enjoy, and then find a place were you can partake around other people..classes, groups, etc.

Once there, just be approachable and friendly. Everything else will fall into place.

I found success this way because when you think about it you're not starting from zero. You're going to already have something in common with those other folks there and that can be the foundation for conversations/hangouts.

I was in the same situation about 6yrs ago after breakup with no friends. I have made dozens of acquaintances and three of which I can say are the best friends ive ever had.