MONSON — Fran Nothe, president of the Monson Bellmen Antique Fire Apparatus Museum, presented an idea to the Monson Select Board at its Aug. 13 meeting to gift the museum to the town following difficulties in private maintenance.
WILBRAHAM — The Wilbraham Senior Center will be opening a memory café in September to support individuals in the surrounding communities impacted by memory loss through “a safe, supportive environment and social gathering,” the center said.
EAST LONGMEADOW — Newly opened East Longmeadow counseling business, Creative HeARTS Counseling, is welcoming new patients for its creativity-focused therapy services.
EAST LONGMEADOW — The East Longmeadow Town Council voted not to continue the all-liquor license for Elmcrest Country Club during its Aug. 13 meeting as a result of the business’ noncompliance with town departments.
AGAWAM — As a 14-year-old growing up in Windsor, Connecticut, during the 1950s, Duane Adams earned 61 cents per hour working on tobacco farms. In college and in in the Army, he had difficultly convincing people that tobacco was grown in the Connecticut River Valley.