WARE — The union representing educators in Ware recently declared a vote of no confidence in the leadership of Superintendent Michael Lovato at a meeting that quickly devolved into chaos.
SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Museums recently opened its 15th annual gingerbread holiday exhibit with a theme of Gingerbread in Toyland.
SPRINGFIELD — After being vacant for roughly two decades, 461 Boston Rd. is now home to a new retail cannabis dispensary.
Mayor Domenic Sarno joined the Community Music School of Springfield, the Springfield Redevelopment Community for the fourth annual tree lighting ceremony at Union Station. After wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and holiday season, Sarno lit the tree and sent the Amherst Railway Society’s model train around the evergreen. The Community School of Music, under the direction of String City Orchestra co-director Will Losch, performed holiday songs before the tree lighting.
EAST LONGMEADOW — Drizzling rain and gloomy skies did not dampen the spirits of onlookers as elected officials, members of the East Longmeadow School Department, students and professionals from every stage of the East Longmeadow High School project hoisted shovelfuls of dirt to celebrate the project’s groundbreaking.