by Tyler Garnet | Jun 30, 2026 | Hampden County, Holyoke, Local News
HOLYOKE — Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, Mayor Joshua Garcia, First Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Fitzgerald, and Ed Caisse were a few of the many who joined the community for OneHolyoke CDC’s second annual “Building & Sustaining Livable Communities” event on June 29.
by Amy Porter | Jun 29, 2026 | Hampden County, Local News, Westfield
WESTFIELD — During a special budget reconciliation meeting on June 17, the City Council voted in favor of almost all of the Finance Committee’s recommendations to reduce Mayor Michael McCabe’s fiscal year 2026-27 budget by more than $1.5 million,
by Tyler Garnet | Jun 29, 2026 | Chicopee, Hampden County, Local News
CHICOPEE — Holly Cote and Stephanie Shaw were recognized on June 26 as nominees for the Deborah Sampson award, which honors women veterans with exceptional leadership and continued service.
by Cliff Clark | Jun 29, 2026 | Hampden County, Local News, Southwick
SOUTHWICK — Erin Fahey-Carrier, the regional school district’s current director of curriculum and former Powder Mill School principal, has been chosen by the School Committee to become the new superintendent.
by Chris Maza | Jun 29, 2026 | Local News, Southwick, Westfield
WESTFIELD — Because many of the commonwealth’s municipalities incurred some of the largest cost ever to remove ice and snow from their roads, Westfield and Southwick were included in an $80 million allocation included in the state’s fiscal year 2027 budget to offset the cost.
by Amy Porter | Jun 29, 2026 | Hampden County, Local News, Westfield
WESTFIELD — One hundred residents jammed City Council chambers on June 18 for the public hearing and City Council vote on whether to impose a temporary one-year moratorium on data centers in the city, which passed unanimously following the hearing.