State backs Springfield’s Breakfast in the Classroom
SPRINGFIELD — It was 8:30 a.m., the start of another school day. Children filed into their classrooms at Rebecca M. Johnson School.
Chestnut Street warehouse approval includes intersection funds
EAST LONGMEADOW — After several hours of public hearings, points and counterpoints made by lawyers and discussions about the turning radius of large vehicles, the East Longmeadow Planning Board voted 4-0 on Nov. 4 to approve the site plan for a group of warehouses at 330 Chestnut St.
Longmeadow High School program recognized by Anti-Defamation League
Longmeadow high School sophomores Sophia Hernandez and Kendall Broughton look down over a banner recognizing the school’s status as “No Place for Hate.”Reminder Publishing photo by Sarah Heinonen LONGMEADOW — Last year Longmeadow High School announced it received No...
Fighting the loneliness epidemic, one cuddle at a time
NORTHAMPTON — In a gathering space on the third floor of Brushworks Art & Industrial, a factory-turned-artist studio complex in Florence, pillows of all shapes and sizes were piled high in the center of the room.
Western Mass. leaders come together to combat hunger
SPRINGFIELD — When a halt in federal funding for the supplemental nutritional assistance program left 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 formed a coalition to keep the community fed.