by Michael Ballway | Apr 3, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — The last million dollars of pandemic relief funds will upgrade offices and playgrounds at several schools. West Springfield School Committee member Kathleen Alevras, chair of the Facilities Subcommittee, told her colleagues on March 26 that the...
by Miasha Lee | Apr 3, 2024 | Agawam, Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
AGAWAM — The 2024 Agawam-West Springfield CROP Hunger Walk will take place Sunday, April 28, at Feeding Hills Congregational Church. CROP Hunger Walks are community-led interfaith events that raise funds to end hunger locally and around the world. Everyone is welcome...
by Michael Ballway | Mar 27, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Councilors this month wanted more details before they could get behind plans for a new elementary school. The mayor wants to ask for a new school now and fine-tune the details as the proposal moves through the system. Which approach the town takes...
by Michael Ballway | Mar 20, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Mayor William Reichelt made his case for a new school, and members of the Town Council pushed back with several questions at a recent meeting. Councilors cast a critical eye on the need to replace the town’s 1950s and ’60s schools, the taxpayers’...
by Tyler Lederer | Mar 14, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — When it comes to locations for a new police station, “Everything is on the table,” said Town Councilor Anthony DiStefano, chair of the new Police Station Siting Committee. The committee was formed in February as a response to the town’s difficulties...
by Rich J. Wirth | Mar 14, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Vehicles from Red’s Towing, Recovery and Transport have been a staple of West Springfield’s Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade contingent for decades, and this year the company’s owner will lead the way. Committed to promoting the rich history of the...