by Lauren LeBel | Jan 31, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — Stories of Black men and women living in Springfield and the surrounding areas in the 1700s and 1800s will be shared during an upcoming event with Cliff McCarthy, an archivist from the Springfield Museums’ Library and Archives.
by Dennis Hohenberger | Jan 31, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Springfield
In a concerted effort to address the housing affordability crisis, Gov. Maura Healey’s administration has announced significant support for housing initiatives across Massachusetts.
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.
by Sarah Heinonen | Jan 31, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Longmeadow
LONGMEADOW — Amid billowing smoke and flames reaching out from a side door to lick at the roof of 1446 Longmeadow St., Longmeadow Firefighters trained their hoses on the Jan. 20 nighttime blaze.