by Bill Zito | Jun 12, 2024 | Hampden County, Local Headlines, Longmeadow
LONGMEADOW — The town’s June 11 election decided contested positions within the Select Board and School Committee while other seats ran with solo or no candidates listed on the ballot.
by Sarah Heinonen | Jun 12, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Longmeadow, More Local Headlines
LONGMEADOW — The Wildcat Pantry at Bay Path University recently received a $20,000 in recognition of the impact it has had on campus and to further grow the initiative.
by Laura Mason | Jun 12, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider, Wilbraham
WILBRAHAM — Seventh grade Wilbraham Middle School student Ian Stratton was honored as the second-place winner for level two of the 2024 Letters About Literature program during a May 21 ceremony at the Massachusetts State House.
by Sarah Heinonen | Jun 12, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — Substance use disorder is an area of mental health that is often shrouded in shame and stigma. Springfield Mercy Medical Center has been working to treat the disorder through its addiction consult services program since 2018. Now, a $1.1 million grant will allow even more people to seek treatment without judgement.
by Chris Maza | Jun 12, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — Public and police officials turned their anger and frustration toward the court system the day following a series of events that left a Springfield police officer with serious injuries and resulted in numerous arrests and firearm seizures.
by Sarah Heinonen | Jun 12, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Public Schools Superintendent Daniel Warwick resigned on Thursday, June 6, after the June 5 release of an unintentional voicemail recording in which he disparaged at-large School Committee member LaTonia Monroe Naylor and her family, calling them “freaking scumbags.”