by Michael Ballway | Feb 1, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Parents and neighbors of Mittineague School are still collecting signatures, hoping to stop or even slow down the recent decision to close the town’s oldest and smallest current elementary school.
by Cliff Clark | Feb 1, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Southwick
SOUTHWICK — The town has released its municipal aggregation plan prepared by the Colonial Power Group that can lower electricity costs for residents and businesses.
by Dennis Hohenberger | Jan 31, 2024 | Chicopee, Hampden County, Local News
CHICOPEE — Ahmed Faisal, a tennis player who achieved national ranking, was honored with a proclamation by the City of Chicopee in a ceremony in the Council Chambers on Jan. 23. Mayor John Vieau presented the proclamation to Faisal. The player’s journey...
by Sarah Heinonen | Jan 31, 2024 | East Longmeadow, Hampden County, Local News
EAST LONGMEADOW — A joint meeting between the East Longmeadow Town Council and the School Committee on Jan. 23 became a debate about the purpose and power of the Finance Oversight Committee.
by Sarah Heinonen | Jan 31, 2024 | Hampden, Hampden County, Local News
HAMPDEN — In the wake of Hampden’s Cemetery Commissioners resigning en masse at the end of 2023, the Board of Selectmen appointed residents Joan Shea and Duane Mosier to the Cemetery Commission, to serve until elections are conducted in the spring.
by Sarah Heinonen | Jan 31, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Wilbraham
The music of Carla Patullo’s 2023 album, “So She Howls,” is haunting yet hopeful.