by Cliff Clark | Jul 2, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, More Local Headlines, Southwick
SOUTHWICK — Plans to build a Dollar General store on College Highway have hit a roadblock, as the Planning Board on June 25 fell one vote short of the number needed to approve the project.
by Cliff Clark | Jul 2, 2024 | Hampden County, Hilltowns, Local Headlines, Local News, Southwick
SOUTHWICK — While administrators were responding to alleged incidents of racism at Southwick Regional School in February, School Committee Chair Robert Stevenson said he wanted to create a committee of community members to strengthen bonds among stakeholders in the district.
by Cliff Clark | Jun 25, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, More Local Headlines, Southwick
SOUTHWICK — Town officials have permission to take down three trees in the North Pond Conservation Area. They just don’t have the money to do it. “I have no idea how we’re going to fund it,” Southwick Conservation Coordinator Sabrina Pooler said about the estimated...
by Cliff Clark | Jun 19, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Southwick
SOUTHWICK — Congamond Lake has high enough PFAS contamination that the state recently issued an advisory recommending that individuals should eat fish caught in the three ponds no more than once a week. Swimming poses no significant pollution risk, the state...
by Cliff Clark, Sarah Heinonen and Tyler Garnet | Jun 17, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News
According to the Greater Boston Food Bank’s annual study on the state of hunger in Massachusetts for 2023, 48% of people in Hampden County face food insecurity.
