by Staasi Heropoulos | Jul 2, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Emma Chapman was in the car with her mother on the way to being dropped off at West Springfield Middle School in June when mom told Emma the principal wanted to see the eighth grader that morning.
by Mike Lydick | Jul 2, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Book lovers can exercise their bodies and minds while discussing books in a new program offered by the West Springfield Public Library that puts a new spin on the traditional book group.
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.
by Tyler Lederer | Jun 25, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, More Local Headlines, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — A Connecticut-based Southern fried chicken chain is planning to open a franchise in West Springfield this month. It will be located at 164 Elm St., the former location of Ichiban Asian Bistro. “We’re coming for Massachusetts,” said Lou Sterling,...
by Michael Ballway | Jun 25, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Four town councilors stood by their school budget cuts, but it wasn’t enough to override the mayor’s veto, averting layoffs to five “interventionist” educators. “The need for interventionists in our schools is huge, to make up for the lost academic...
by Mike Lydick | Jun 25, 2024 | Agawam, Hampden County, More Articles, West Springfield, Westfield
WESTFIELD — Ava Skowron, a sixth grader at Doering School in Agawam, is one of two statewide winners of an annual Americanism essay contest to be sponsored by the Westfield-West Springfield Lodge of Elks.
