by Mike Lydick | Oct 9, 2024 | Agawam, Chicopee, Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider, Springfield
AGAWAM — Teenagers from Chicopee, Springfield and Suffield who attend a Feeding Hills dance studio soon will be making a trip to Poland to perform before an international audience as members of a U.S. dance team.
by Mike Lydick | Oct 9, 2024 | Agawam, Hampden County, Local News, More Articles
Agawam’s Sapelli School is one of 57 schools in Massachusetts recognized in September by the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as part of its annual accountability reporting process. The department identified the schools as a 2024 “School of Recognition” for significant growth and academic achievement.
by Miasha Lee | Oct 9, 2024 | Agawam, Hampden County, Local News
AGAWAM — A new business in town, bringing back the old-school video game arcade, has something both for the kids who grew up feeding quarters into the likes of Centipede, Pac-Man, Asteroids and Galaga, and for the youngsters of today who may find those games just as...
by Tyler Lederer | Oct 2, 2024 | Agawam, Hampden County, Local News, More Local Headlines
AGAWAM — When Agawam resident Suzanne Smith started participating in the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk in 2014, she went with a team of four people. A decade later, her team, 4U, has grown into 25 people and has raised about $200,000 for cancer research. “It now...
by Mike Lydick | Oct 2, 2024 | Agawam, Hampden County, Local News, More Articles, West Springfield
Bill Toelken said as a neighboring community, it’s important that the Big E recognize Agawam with a special day: “There’s a lot of work that goes on to support the fair on both sides of the river, not just in West Springfield.”
by Mike Lydick | Sep 25, 2024 | Agawam, Hampden County, Local News, More Local Headlines
AGAWAM — The School Committee recently got an update on the progress of the new high school project, one of the town’s largest capital improvement projects in decades. At the committee’s Sept. 10 meeting, Mayor Christopher Johnson said the project has already gone...
