Longmeadow residents ask questions about intersection plan
LONGMEADOW — About two dozen people attended an information session on possible changes to the intersections along Bliss Road and Williams Street between Redfern Drive and Bliss Court.
East Longmeadow Town Council uses free cash to pay off debt
EAST LONGMEADOW — The East Longmeadow Town Council voted on Oct. 28 to appropriate $1.34 million from the town’s free cash account to pay off debt for modular buildings at Mountain View Elementary, saving more than $500,000 along the way.
Reichelt wins mayoral reelection against O’Brien in a landslide
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Voters in West Springfield chose to stay the course on Nov. 4, with 71% casting their ballots to reelect Mayor Will Reichelt as the town’s leader. Town Councilor Daniel O’Brien ran a campaign to unseat Reichelt, who has been mayor for 10 years.
Western Mass. leaders create coalition to combat federal SNAP crisis
SPRINGFIELD — With a halt in federal funding for the supplemental nutritional assistance program leaving food insecure people scrambling to feed their themselves and their children, Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno, Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi, Bishop Talbert Swan of the NAACP and the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts have formed a coalition to keep the community fed.
Former Healey Western Mass. deputy director charged with trafficking cocaine
SPRINGFIELD — LaMar Cook was arrested and charged with cocaine trafficking after nearly 8 kilograms of the drug were allegedly delivered to the Springfield State Office Building, 436 Dwight St., where Cook worked at the deputy director of Gov. Maura Healey’s Western Massachusetts office. Cook’s employment has since been terminated.