AGAWAM — Benjamin J. Phelps Elementary School was recently named a School of Recognition by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for demonstrating high student achievement by exceeding accountability targets.
AGAWAM — Julia Nicosia, Agawam’s 2025 colleen, had dreamed of becoming a colleen and doing the princess wave while riding on a float in the Holyoke St. Patrick’s parade ever since she was a young girl.
AGAWAM — Lawrence Scherpa’s first memory of the annual Thanksgiving football matchup between Agawam and West Springfield high schools was the 1956 game when he was eight years old.
AGAWAM — Steel girders for the community wing — the first phase of what will become Agawam’s new, state-of-the art high school — have begun to rise into the sky next to the current high school where students and staff are transforming how students will learn.
When the Eastfield Mall in Springfield closed during the summer of 2023, Ken Harris found himself unemployed — and began reflecting on his professional experiences working at several area malls as a security officer, loss prevention retail guard and special police officer.