CHICOPEE — Price Rite Marketplace and Feed the Children partnered with the Boys and Girls Club of Chicopee and Pepsi to provide food and essentials to families experiencing food insecurity in the Chicopee area.
CHICOPEE — Chicopee Public Schools were recently awarded a Teacher Diversification Grant for $30,429.
The pilot grant program supports local School Department efforts to strengthen and diversify existing teacher recruitment and retention programs through federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
CHICOPEE — The Committee of the Whole discussed adopting Chapter 329 of the Acts of 1987, an act increasing local control over the annual school budget, during its May 6 meeting.
CHICOPEE — During the City Council meeting on May 7, the group accepted and discussed the Community Oriented Policing Services Anti-Heroin Grant for $10,000 which is said to be used to locate and investigate illicit activity of the distribution of opioids.
SPRINGFIELD — State Sen. Adam Gomez (D-Springfield) was honored by The Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance with a legislator of the year award.