by Michael Ballway | Feb 1, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Parents and neighbors of Mittineague School are still collecting signatures, hoping to stop or even slow down the recent decision to close the town’s oldest and smallest current elementary school.
by Michael Ballway | Jan 24, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Students at West Springfield High School will soon have to join their counterparts at the regional vocational school in locking away their cellphones during the day.
by Staasi Heropoulos | Jan 24, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Forty years ago, Ellen Buoniconti began giving piano lessons to children in the basement of her home. She took on five students at first, starting the business with modest expectations.
by Tyler Lederer | Jan 17, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — State funds earmarked for improvements to the Piper Road and Monastery Avenue intersection have been cut in half from $200,000 to $100,000, as part of Gov. Maura Healey’s Chapter 9C budget cuts announced Jan. 8.
by Rich J. Wirth | Jan 17, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Middle schoolers are rounding out the fourth year of an innovative pilot program designed to teach students about professional skills for success.
by Michael Ballway | Jan 17, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Mittineague School’s final year is more than halfway done. The School Committee voted 4-2 to close the school and reassign its students to Coburn and Tatham schools.