by Sarah Heinonen | Apr 24, 2024 | East Longmeadow, Hampden County, Local News
EAST LONGMEADOW — Dozens of residents came to the Center Town District Steering Committee’s first meeting on April 22 skeptical of the process and the project as a whole.
by Sarah Heinonen | Apr 17, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Longmeadow
LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow Artist Stuart Warshaw only has to visit the town’s Adult Center to see the fruits of his work this month as an exhibit of his cartoons and drawings is on display throughout April. The exhibit features roughly 30 works, each with vivid colors...
by Sarah Heinonen | Apr 17, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield City Council recently approved the use of $900,000 from the city’s free cash account to cover a legal settlement with the estate of Madelyn Linsenmeir, a woman who died while in custody in 2018. Maura O’Neill, the administrator of...
by Sarah Heinonen | Apr 17, 2024 | Hampshire County, Local News, Ware
WARE — Historical Commission member Claudia Kadra told a joint meeting of the commission and the Hospital Review Committee on April 11 that 33 “large acute care providers” had been contacted in an effort to find a new operator for the Mary Lane Hospital campus. None...
by Sarah Heinonen | Apr 17, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Palmer
PALMER — Each April, people take to the streets, rivers and fields to pitch in to clean up their patch of the planet. On April 20, the town of Palmer will host its annual townwide Earth Day Cleanup event. Palmer has been hosting townwide community clean-ups for Earth...