by Amy Porter | Jun 25, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, More Articles, Westfield
WESTFIELD — The Wyben Fourth of July Committee has announced that Annette and James “Jim” Bemis, “outstanding members of the Wyben community,” will be the 2024 grand marshals for this year’s parade. Sue Crane, a member of the parade committee, said the selection is well deserved.
by Staasi Heropoulos | Jun 25, 2024 | Chicopee, Easthampton, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Holyoke, Local News, Ludlow, Photo Slider, South Hadley, Westfield
In May, a team of five Western Massachusetts police officers honored all fallen cops — 23,785 throughout American history, according to the memorial fund — by pedaling more than 300 miles from northern New Jersey to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C.
by Cliff Clark | Jun 25, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, More Local Headlines, Southwick
SOUTHWICK — Town officials have permission to take down three trees in the North Pond Conservation Area. They just don’t have the money to do it. “I have no idea how we’re going to fund it,” Southwick Conservation Coordinator Sabrina Pooler said about the estimated...
by Michael Ballway | Jun 25, 2024 | Hampden County, Local Headlines, Local News, Southwick
SOUTHWICK — Some of the biggest names in off-road motorcycling will test their mettle at Southwick’s storied motocross track on Saturday, June 29, as the AMA Pro Motocross Championship visits the Wick 338 for the Crestview Construction Southwick National. “The...
by Amy Porter | Jun 25, 2024 | Hampden County, Hilltowns, Local News, More Articles
CHESTER — Volunteer and Project Coordinator Meredyth Babcock from the Wild and Scenic Westfield River Committee made quite a splash at the Chester Elementary School as they engaged students in a three-hour hands-on river ecology and stream study on June 14, said school Principal Vanna Maffuccio.
by Michael Ballway | Jun 25, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Despite the billboard, the mailers and the warnings of “false promises” and “blank checks,” town councilors on June 17 voted unanimously to borrow $11 million to continue building a municipal fiber-optic network.