Agawam art festival features local history, African crafts, more
AGAWAM — The Agawam Community Artists and Artisans will host the fourth annual Pioneer Valley Art Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 24-25, at the Polish American Club, 139 Southwick St., Feeding Hills. This year, there will be two new exhibits:...
Club fosters friendships with shared passion for Model A
Model A clubs, like the Connecticut Valley Working A’s in Southwick, help ensure that the nearly 100-year-old cars will live on. Dedicated to helping club members restore and maintain their cars, the club is one of 270 local chapters of the national Model A Ford Club of America, and also is affiliated with the Model “A” Restorers Club.
Six Flags to build steampunk-themed coaster opening in 2025
The park announced its newest attraction, a straddle coaster called “Quantum Accelerator,” park president Pete Carmichael compared it to “Pandemonium,” a steel spinning coaster with a max speed of 31 miles per hour. Both “Pandemonium” and the new coaster, he said, are thrill rides the whole family could experience together.
Talk will focus on area’s tobacco agriculture history
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.
Agawam to consider stormwater fee, study Pine-Barry intersection
AGAWAM — At the City Council’s Aug. 5 meeting, Mayor Christopher Johnson alluded to the idea of adopting a stormwater fee, something he said the town has been considering for the past six to eight years.