LUDLOW — Just over a year after the Board of Selectmen approved $4.8 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to pay for a new football and soccer field and track at Ludlow High School, the ribbon was cut on the space during halftime at the Oct. 11 football game against South Hadley High School.
SPRINGFIELD — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge) and John Deaton, her challenger for the Massachusetts Senate seat, sparred in a contentious debate in Springfield on Oct. 17.
LONGMEADOW — The Longmeadow Select Board approved the appointment of Deputy Fire Chief John Rigney as the new head of the Fire Department upon Chief John Dearborn’s retirement in November.
SPRINGFIELD — Three nonprofit organizations were awarded a total of $70,000 from Comcast to improve internet accessibility and technology skills training among Springfield residents. The grant is part of the company’s Project UP initiative, a $1 billion commitment to advance digital equity through programs and community partnerships.