by Sarah Heinonen | Sep 10, 2026 | Hampden County, Local News, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — Pushy door-to-door salespeople may become a thing of the past in Springfield. The City Council voted on Sept. 8 to take the first step in a two-step process to strengthen the city’s door-to-door-sales ordinance.
by Trent Levakis | Sep 10, 2026 | Easthampton, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Local News, West Springfield
In an effort to reduce the deficit in primary care providers, the Center for Human Development has expanded services at three of its outpatient behavioral health clinics in Western Mass.
by Sarah Heinonen | Sep 10, 2026 | Hampden County, Local News, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — In a year filled with contentious City Council debates, the meeting on Sept. 8 was no different.
by Tyler Garnet | Sep 10, 2026 | Hampden County, Holyoke, Local News
HOLYOKE — In an effort to outline a roadmap for Holyoke’s future, the city unveiled an updated comprehensive plan during the Planning Board meeting on Sept. 8.
by Tyler Garnet | Sep 10, 2026 | Chicopee, Hampden County, Local News
CHICOPEE — Chicopee teacher Keith Harrison has been charged with two counts of possession of child pornography; one count of attempting to commit a crime, to wit, indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 and one count of dissemination of child pornography.
by Peter Tuohy | Sep 9, 2026 | Hampden County, Local News, Longmeadow
LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow is moving forward with the Future Building Use Task Force’s distribution of a request for future use without restrictions for Old Town Hall’s development after the Select Board approved the request at its meeting on Sept. 8.