CHICOPEE — Advancing Chicopee Together/Adelantando Chicopee Juntos community coalition hosted a launch event on Feb. 27 to introduce their organization and its goals to bring residents, organizations and local leaders together to help improve health and advance equity in Chicopee.
HOLYOKE — With St. Patrick’s Day on the horizon, the Ancient Order of Hibernians James A. Curran Division 1 and the Ladies Order of Hibernians Division 2 of Hampden/Hampshire Counties gathered at Holyoke City Hall on March 2 to celebrate Irish American Heritage Month.
HOLYOKE — On Feb. 27, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal joined Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia, state Rep. Patricia Duffy and local officials at the Holyoke Water Pollution Control Facility to announce $800,000 in federal funding for the city’s combined sewer overflow system and sewer separation project.
SOUTH HADLEY — With town-altering cuts proposed for fiscal year 2027 and years to come, South Hadley residents met on Feb. 25 during a Special Town Meeting to voice their support for a Proposition 2 1/2 override to save jobs, town buildings and extracurricular activities.
SOUTH HADLEY — On the latest episode of “So That Reminds Me,” hosts Ryan Feyre and Dennis Hackett sat down with Mount Holyoke College Jazz Ensemble Director Mark Gionfriddo and Maureen Sullivan, who handles PR for the Big Broadcast, to discuss the upcoming event on Saturday, March 7.