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...
by Staasi Heropoulos | Mar 14, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — When West Springfield High School girls softball players take the field this spring, they will already have seen thousands of practice pitches fired over home plate by a new pitching machine, and will be wearing crisp new uniforms. The school was...
by Tyler Lederer | Mar 14, 2024 | Agawam, Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
AGAWAM — West Springfield Mayor William Reichelt told the business community at a recent West of the River Chamber of Commerce breakfast that the town’s budget outlook was “grimmer than it has been in the past.” Specifically, he cited state representatives telling him...
by Michael Ballway | Mar 12, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Joseph Biden and Donald Trump widened their leads in the presidential nomination races on March 5, and voters in both Massachusetts as a whole, and West Springfield in particular, placed themselves firmly in the front-runners’ corners. Both...
by Michael Ballway | Mar 8, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Mittineague School will stay open, for now, the School Committee recently confirmed in a largely symbolic vote. But the committee also voted to start what could be a decade-long process of building a new elementary school in town, likely replacing...
