Food insecurity is an ongoing problem across the country, and Western Massachusetts is no different. According to an annual report from the Greater Boston Food Bank, 2023 saw 48% of people in Hampden County facing food insecurity. The same was true for 37% of Hampshire County residents.
SPRINGFIELD — Teed-off in Las Vegas. That’s how Carlos Resto, a Shriners Children’s New England patient from Springfield, is describing his time in the sports and gambling mecca.
SPRINGFIELD — Thousands of area school children had the opportunity to see the Springfield Thunderbirds play their annual School Day Game with a 10:30 a.m. puck drop on Nov. 6.
SPRINGFIELD — A fire at the shuttered Vibra Hospital building at 1400-1414 State St. on Oct. 28 was the most recent development in the city’s ongoing struggle regarding the property.
For the 15th year, the March for Food Bank with Monte Belmonte will take place on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 25 and 26 to help raise funds for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts.