EAST LONGMEADOW — East Longmeadow is working to close the digital divide in town with the help of a $55,994 grant from the Massachusetts Broadband Institute’s Municipal Digital Equity Planning Program. A steering committee made up of residents and town staff is working with the consulting firm Kimley-Horn to identify inequities in the ability of residents and businesses to use the internet.
Frigo’s Foods is celebrating 75 years of providing specialty food and deli favorites to Western Massachusetts.
WILBRAHAM — Wilbraham first began exploring alternatives to existing commercial internet options in late 2012. By 2014, voters had approved the creation of a Municipal Light Plant, a structure required to operate town-owned utilities under state law. Ten years later, Wilbraham does not yet have a municipally owned broadband internet network, but that might be changing.
HOLYOKE — Like many cities and towns in Massachusetts and across the country, pedestrian and road safety are two priorities at the top of each municipality’s goals. Holyoke was awarded state and federal grants totaling $247,850 to fund the preparation of a comprehensive speed-management plan to bring about safer streets.
HOLYOKE — The city’s High Street Merchants have launched a Community Toy Drive to benefit area children.
CHICOPEE — When Diana Varypatakis started running 41 years ago, she never imagined that she would run one marathon, never mind 45 marathons. But that’s the amazing milestone she recently accomplished.