by Peter Tuohy | Jan 7, 2026 | East Longmeadow, Hampden County, Local News
EAST LONGMEADOW — Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni visited Birchland Park Middle School’s eighth grade class in East Longmeadow to continue this year’s “Adopt-a-Class” program on Jan 6.
by Tyler Garnet | Jan 7, 2026 | Hampden County, Holyoke, Local News
HOLYOKE — Holyoke City Councilor Israel Rivera has caught the attention of two unions that represent the Holyoke Police Department after his OUI arrest on Dec. 20.
by Peter Tuohy | Jan 7, 2026 | Hampden, Hampden County, Local News
HAMPDEN — With the November 2025 move into the new Town Hall at 85 Wilbraham Road, the building formally known as the Thornton W. Burgess School, the Hampden Selectboard began the conversation of what will become of the old Town Hall in its Jan. 5 meeting.
by Sarah Heinonen | Jan 7, 2026 | Hampden County, Local News, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — The city of Springfield has reached a settlement with the families of two children in two civil suits stemming from 2023 criminal child sex abuse charges against Robert Gayle, a then-social studies teacher at STEM Middle Academy in Springfield.
by Peter Tuohy | Jan 7, 2026 | East Longmeadow, Hampden County, Local News
EAST LONGMEADOW — For three weeks from November through mid December, The Nest, a boutique gift store at 60 Shaker Road, collected items for their first stocking charity event.
by Amy Porter | Jan 7, 2026 | Hampden County, Hilltowns, Local News, Westfield
WESTFIELD — The Healey-Driscoll Administration recently announced $350,000 to support dam removal studies in seven municipalities.