Wiederhold Foundation grant to aid Dakin in supporting pets, owners
SPRINGFIELD — Hundreds of animals in Springfield will be helped by a $124,000 grant from the John T. and Jane A. Wiederhold Foundation to Dakin Humane Society.
Springfield residents consider potential intersection safety improvements
SPRINGFIELD — Springfield is working to make its intersections and busy corridors safer, and it has been asking for the public’s help to do so.
Ludlow departments collaborate with CHD to address mental health
In recent years, health professionals, including the U.S. surgeon general, have begun working to curb the nation’s levels of mental health crises. According to the National Institute for Mental Health, in 2021, 22.8% of all U.S. adults had a mental health illness. In the same year, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Academy of Pediatrics and Children’s Hospital Association jointly issued a national state of emergency in children’s mental health.The town of Ludlow has decided to address the issue of mental health with two initiatives that pool the resources of the public and private health professionals, educators and emergency services.
Tight votes on budget, animal control at Ludlow’s Town Meeting
LUDLOW — Ludlow’s May 13 Town Meeting featured vigorous debate on a few of the 35 articles, splitting the voters and requiring standing counts.
Everything goes right in ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ at the Majestic
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Incompetence has never been so funny. “The Play That Goes Wrong” at The Majestic Theater is a tour de force of physical comedy couched in a murder mystery play-within-a-play.