by Sarah Heinonen | Apr 3, 2026 | Hampden County, Local News, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — There is more love available to Springfield area residents looking for someone to listen, since the expansion of Listening With Love, a counseling and mental health care business in Indian Orchard.
by Sarah Heinonen | Apr 3, 2026 | Hampden County, Local News, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Prep Charter School has a new executive director, but she may look familiar to students and staff.
by Sarah Heinonen and Tyler Garnet | Apr 3, 2026 | Chicopee, Hampden County, Holyoke, Local News, Springfield, West Springfield
Municipal police departments around Hampden County have long received help from the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department, but Sheriff Nick Cocchi recently announced that his department can no longer fund those partnerships.
by Sarah Heinonen | Apr 3, 2026 | Hampden County, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — U.S. Rep. Richard Neal and state officials joined legislators from Worcester County, the Berkshires and the Pioneer Valley at a roundtable to discuss updates to Compass Rail.
by Sarah Heinonen | Mar 31, 2026 | Hampden County, Local News, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — While Fikiri Amisi recently became an American citizen, he remembers the struggle of coming to the United States as a refugee.
by Sarah Heinonen | Mar 30, 2026 | Hampden County, Local News, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — About 1,000 people, bundled up against the cold, stood shoulder-to-shoulder in Court Square, with colorful signs lifted overhead that read “No Kings,” and “Defend Democracy.”