CHICOPEE — The roundabout project at the intersection of Montgomery Street, Granby Road and McKinstry Avenue will include another facet after the City Council approved the authorization of a $1.2 million bond to replace water utility infrastructure at the project’s site.

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Public Schools is getting some help in the reading department.

NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton Community Music Center’s Instrument Petting Zoo and Open House is returning for the third year of what has become a beloved community event that connects the city’s youth with instruments for the school year.

HOLYOKE — The probability of a sports complex and new home for the International Volleyball Hall of Fame coming to Holyoke is still up in the air.

CHICOPEE — Chicopee’s 32nd annual National Night event on Aug. 10 at Szot Park featured hundreds of vendors and plenty of residents despite the new location.

SPRINGFIELD — Thirty-six people who have not had a stable place to call home will soon move into an apartment of their own in a new building owned and operated by Clinical & Support Options, Inc.

EAST LONGMEADOW — East Longmeadow residents gathered at the Pleasant View Senior Center for the unveiling of items inside the 1976-2026 time capsule on Aug. 6.

LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow is calling out to residents and families for a celebration of the town’s first responders in a dual event with the Longmeadow Police and Fire departments.

LONGMEADOW — The Longmeadow Middle School Building Committee is inching closer to the start of construction on the new middle school after unanimously approving to submit 90% of design documents into the Massachusetts School Building Authority for consideration.