by Cliff Clark | Sep 8, 2025 | Hampden County, Local News, More Local Headlines, Southwick
SOUTHWICK — When the Master Plan Implementation Committee met for the first time last December, its chair Norman Cheever summed up what was in store for the committee: “We need to decide how we’re going to conquer this massive thing.”
by Cliff Clark | Sep 8, 2025 | Hampden County, Local News, More Articles, Southwick
SOUTHWICK — For Senior Center Director Lisa Anderson, the addition of a second bus for senior citizens that need rides to doctor’s appointments or to buy groceries was a real need.
by Ryan Feyre | Sep 8, 2025 | Hampden County, Local Headlines, Local News, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — A $20 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency is likely not coming to Springfield after a District Court judge recently dismissed a challenge put forth by a coalition against the Trump administration.
by Ryan Feyre | Sep 8, 2025 | Hampden County, Local News, More Articles, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — Schweb Partners LLC will likely have to pay $2.5 million to the commonwealth and forgive $7.5 million in unpaid rent to affected tenants after Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell alleged in a complaint that the New Jersey-based real estate company violated various housing laws at its Springfield Gardens apartments.
by Ryan Feyre | Sep 8, 2025 | Hampden County, Local News, More Local Headlines, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — In the name of mitigating climate change, a group of constituents are working with the City Council Sustainability and Environment Committee on an ordinance that would place greater protections on the city’s “micro forests.”
by Ryan Feyre | Sep 8, 2025 | Hampden County, Local News, More Articles, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Public Schools are one of the many districts across the commonwealth still reckoning with new competency determination rules now that high schoolers are no longer required to pass the MCAS to graduate.