Organizations team up to host Holiday Used Toy Exchange
AGAWAM — The Agawam Zero Waste Club, Agawam High School’s SAVE Club and National Honor Society are hosting the ninth annual Holiday Used Toy Exchange.
Award reflects Landon’s commitment to hockey, area
SPRINGFIELD — As a star goalie for the Springfield Kings, beginning in 1969, Bruce Landon spent five years with the team, stopping hundreds of pucks from entering the sacred domain of the net he guarded.
Downtown Westfield designated as one of three cultural districts
WESTFIELD — The Mass Cultural Council has designated Westfield as one of three new cultural districts, along with Holyoke and Watertown, capping a recent two-and-a-half-year effort by city officials, area arts organizations, individual artists and the Westfield Merchants Association. For some, the effort goes back more than a decade.
Remember Hilltown charities on Giving Tuesday
GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Since then, it has grown into a year-round global movement that inspires people to give, collaborate and celebrate generosity.
Breakfast with Santa back at WSU
WESTFIELD — The eggs, home fries and carved ham may be enough to draw parents to Westfield State University on Dec. 7, but the children will be there to see the guest of honor — Santa Claus.
Big Y bag purchases to benefit Our Community Food Pantry
SOUTHWICK — With the holiday season in full swing, Our Community Food Pantry has been chosen by the Big Y in town to receive a portion of the sales of its reusable bags through the end of November.