by Sarah Heinonen | Sep 16, 2024 | More Local Headlines, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — The battle to mitigate damage done to communities by the opioid epidemic is fought by hundreds of organizations across the state. Two such organizations in Springfield recently received state funding to aid them in their work.
by Sarah Heinonen | Sep 16, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — Memories are made of sights, smells and sounds. Twenty-three years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, members of Springfield first responder community remembered where they were on what John Sjoberg, chair of the Spirit of Springfield, called, “A day when time stood still, but our first responders did not.”
by Sarah Heinonen | Sep 11, 2024 | Hampden County, Local Headlines, Local News, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — On Sept. 15, rain or shine, hundreds of people will step off from the corner of Main and Wason streets at 11 a.m. with flags, floats and music for the 34th annual Springfield Puerto Rican Parade.
by Sarah Heinonen | Sep 11, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — Children need safe, healthy spaces to grow and learn. One childcare center in Springfield will receive upgrades to its spaces as part of an $8.5 million state investment in early education and out-of-school time facilities.
by Sarah Heinonen | Sep 11, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — Three months after the Pioneer Valley Project, a Springfield-based activist organization, shared what appeared to be discrepancies between the status of voters in different city wards, the Springfield City Council Subcommittee on Race and Civil Rights conducted a meeting to discuss the data and the processes for categorizing voters.
by Chris Maza and Tyler Garnet | Sep 11, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — It was a victory for incumbent state Rep. Bud Williams, but not necessarily a resounding one.