HOYLOKE — A decades-long tradition in Holyoke will continue after the City Council elected to amend city ordinances to allow the World War II air raid siren at 109 Lyman St. to sound every Friday at noon.
EAST LONGMEADOW — Parts of the current East Longmeadow High School are being prepared to come down as the new ELHS prepares to open for the 2026-2027 school year.
WEST SPRINGFIELD — A resident called a general ordinance amendment ‘taxation without representation’ during a public hearing at the West Springfield Town Council meeting on March 16.
CHICOPEE — The City Council approved a $250,000 free cash appropriation for phase 2 of the Abbey Brook Revitalization project, which aims to restore and improve the entire Abbey Brook corridor.
For the past few years, six area chambers of commerce have banded together to address a need that affects the people they serve across Hampden County — food insecurity.