WESTFIELD — With his father watching on Dec. 11, over a thousand students, most wearing black, gathered together with teachers, administrators, city and state officials, and military service members in the Westfield High School gymnasium.
SPRINGFIELD — While Springfield-based radio station Rock 102 was hosting its annual Mayflower Marathon Food Drive on Nov. 24, hosts Mike Baxendale and Steve Nagle were also mourning one of their own.
HOLYOKE — Sublime Systems announced that it will be pausing its cement plant project in Holyoke and cutting its workforce after the Trump administration rescinded an $87 million award from the Department of Energy for the project.
The Eos Foundation recently released its study, Ending Hunger in Our Classrooms with Breakfast in the Classroom, which explores the state of breakfast at Massachusetts’ high-poverty schools and urges schools to implement the Breakfast in the Classroom program.
AGAWAM — Thanks to the passion and determination of one teacher, the high school has its first therapy dog.
SPRINGFIELD — Springfield is “The City of Homes” and one of those historic homes received a new lease on life with help from the city’s Community Preservation Committee.