by Sarah Heinonen | Oct 7, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, More Articles, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — Patients are not the only ones who receive care at Baystate Children’s Hospital. Family members often live and sleep alongside their children while they receive treatment. Now, there is a place of their own to refresh and relax for a time, without leaving their children.
by Chris Maza | Oct 7, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — Following two more in a recent spate of phony threats and reports of violence against Springfield public schools, officials met with the media on Oct. 3 to declare their new zero tolerance approach to those behind those hoaxes.
by Sarah Heinonen | Oct 1, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — Recently, amid a casual atmosphere with a light dinner of pizza and sandwiches at Wesley United Methodist Church, residents and law enforcement took part in the challenging work of coming together to find middle ground and a way to move forward.
by Sarah Heinonen | Sep 23, 2024 | Dining and Entertainment, Features, Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider, Springfield
The exhibit, “Gone Now, to Springfield,” on display at the Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History through Sept. 29.Reminder Publishing photo by Sarah Heinonen SPRINGFIELD — It is a well-trodden cliche to say that America is a country of immigrants, but...
by Tyler Garnet | Sep 23, 2024 | Chicopee, Hampden County, Local News, More Articles, Springfield
Dawn DiStefano (left) and Harry Dumay (right) officially sign a memorandum of understanding between Square One and Elms College.Reminder Publishing photos by Tyler Garnet CHICOPEE — On Sept. 17, Elms College in Chicopee and Square One in Springfield signed a...
by Laura Mason | Sep 23, 2024 | East Longmeadow, Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider, Springfield
It started with a conversation between commission members. Elizabeth Bone and Dawna Jenne, both members of the Longmeadow Recycling Commission, were speaking one day when Jenne told Bone about her work with Springfield Public Schools’ Tools 4 Teaching, a nonprofit that organizes the donation of gently used school supplies to Springfield teachers.