by Bill Zito | Jun 6, 2024 | Amherst, Belchertown, Chicopee, Franklin County, Hadley, Hampden, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Hilltowns, Local Headlines, Local News, Ludlow, Monson, Northampton, Palmer, Springfield, Wilbraham, Worcester County
Following a vigorous May 23 debate session, the nearly $60 billion budget reached unanimous approval by the Massachusetts state Senate. Members adopted more than 400 of the 1,100 amendments filed, resulting in close to $90 million of additional spending with Western Massachusetts lawmakers maintaining the regions stake in funding.
by Sarah Heinonen | May 20, 2024 | Franklin County, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Local Headlines, Local News, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — Hundreds of animals in Springfield will be helped by a $124,000 grant from the John T. and Jane A. Wiederhold Foundation to Dakin Humane Society.
by Doc Pruyne | Apr 11, 2024 | Franklin County, Local News
SUNDERLAND – The warrant for the Annual Town Meeting this year features an unusual article that seeks to allow resident teenagers, 16 and 17 years old, to vote in town elections and meetings. Article 12, a citizens petition, seeks authorization for the Selectboard to...
by Doc Pruyne | Mar 26, 2024 | Franklin County, Local News
The Sun on the Muddy Library Tour visits Sunderland Library on March 30 at 2 p.m.Reminder Publishing submitted photo SUNDERLAND — Puddle pictures, toothbrush poems and library songs, the Sun on the Muddy Library Tour, a unique multi-media event, arrives at the...
by Doc Pruyne | Mar 19, 2024 | Franklin County, Local News
SHUTESBURY — Earlier this month, the M.N. Spear Memorial Library received a $10,000 grant from the American Library Association. The grant will help library staff to figure out how to better serve neurodiverse residents in the new library building, soon to enter the...
by Doc Pruyne | Mar 13, 2024 | Franklin County, Local News
SOUTH DEERFIELD — In her March 5 presentation, Shelley Poreda, director of business administration for the Frontier Regional School District, or FRSD, summarized the intentions behind the fiscal year 2025 budget. “Our goal in budget development is to develop a needs...
