LONGMEADOW — After a “robust application and interview process,” according to Town Manager Lyn Simmons, Ryan Paxton was officially appointed to be the next director of public health in Longmeadow at the Select Board meeting on Nov. 3.
SPRINGFIELD — Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell visited Springfield recently to participate in a roundtable listening session with community organizers and former tenants of Springfield Gardens.
WESTFIELD — On Nov. 18, the Planning Board unanimously approved a site plan for a warehouse on Cycle Street to be occupied by Aero Fastener, an aerospace manufacturing company currently located on Servistar Industrial Way.
As the Toy for Joy campaign drives its mission of helping children and families share in the joy of the season, Eversource is among those companies that step up and pitch in.
AGAWAM — Benjamin J. Phelps Elementary School was recently named a School of Recognition by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for demonstrating high student achievement by exceeding accountability targets.
SPRINGFIELD — Springfield City Councilor Sean Curran has introduced an ordinance to ban the sale of kratom, a drug derived from the leaf of the Mitragyna speciosa evergreen plant, and its synthetic counterpart, 7-OH.