Backyard hen ordinance passes despite neighbor concerns
AGAWAM — Facing a room full of residents with opinions both for and against allowing hens on residential lots, the City Council voted 10-1 on Dec. 18 to approve the proposed zoning ordinance.
AGAWAM — Facing a room full of residents with opinions both for and against allowing hens on residential lots, the City Council voted 10-1 on Dec. 18 to approve the proposed zoning ordinance.
AGAWAM — The annual Thanksgiving football game between the Agawam Brownies and the West Springfield Terriers has been a tradition for nearly 100 years. But there’s now a new football rivalry that is becoming a new Thanksgiving football tradition at AHS.
AGAWAM — In his final week in office, former Mayor William Sapelli described his six-year tenure as “a rollercoaster, quite frankly.”
AGAWAM — Bethany Assembly of God won’t have the traditional “singing Christmas tree” this year, but the church is performing a free Christmas show called “He’s Here,” detailing the birth of Jesus through music and drama.
AGAWAM — At a Nov. 20 meeting, City Councilor Robert Rossi pointed to inefficiencies and oversights in the town’s business licensing system.
AGAWAM — Connor McAnanama loved hockey so much that he got his first hockey stick when he was 14 months old. It sparked a dream to one day play pro hockey.