by Tyler Lederer | Oct 9, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider, Westfield
John Fisher was born and raised in Westfield, a fourth-generation resident. His family still lives there. He worked at one of the city’s Big Y supermarkets. Now, his candles are sold in both the city’s stores, as well as Big Ys across the Pioneer Valley.
by Cliff Clark | Oct 9, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Southwick
SOUTHWICK — Cows, goats, sheep, ox and just about any other farm animal one might think of, and even a few dogs and cats, will be hoofing it down College Highway on Oct. 19 during the Southwick Civic Fund’s sixth annual Farm Parade fundraiser for the town’s...
by Tyler Lederer | Oct 9, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — For Bryan Doe, outreach specialist for the Springfield Vet Center, the organization’s summer cookout on Sept. 6 was not just a fun event, but a community building exercise and foot in the door for local veterans.
by Michael Ballway | Oct 9, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, More Local Headlines, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Before the school year is out, the cellphone pouches introduced at the high school this September may end up at West Springfield Middle School, too. It won’t happen without parent and student input, however, middle school Principal Peter Gillen...
by Mike Lydick | Oct 9, 2024 | Agawam, Hampden County, Local Headlines, Local News
AGAWAM — When Clark W. “Cracker” Jones joined the Agawam High School football team in 1929, he became a legend as part of the team’s first “golden” era under fabled head coach Harmon Smith. Jones will be among the star athletes who played on the team whose feats will...
by Mike Lydick | Oct 9, 2024 | Agawam, Chicopee, Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider, Springfield
AGAWAM — Teenagers from Chicopee, Springfield and Suffield who attend a Feeding Hills dance studio soon will be making a trip to Poland to perform before an international audience as members of a U.S. dance team.
