SPRINGFIELD — Calling the results an illustration of “geographic politics,” Springfield City Councilor and local attorney Michael Fenton failed in his second attempt for the Eighth District seat on the Governor’s Council.
SPRINGFIELD — Uproarious applause rang throughout The Cedars banquet room on 375 Island Pond Road as Pittsfield’s numbers appeared on the NBC News telecast just before 11 p.m.
With the state’s recent classification of kratom and its derivatives as Schedule I substances, the Boards of Health in Westfield and Southwick are having the potentially dangerous herbal extract removed from shelves of mostly convenience stores or gas stations in both communities.
WESTFIELD — The School Committee officially approved an electronic policy for both high schools, with amendments, on Aug. 24, just before approving the handbooks for the 2026–27 school year.
WESTFIELD – The groundbreaking ceremony held Tuesday marking the start of construction of the city’s new police station was a “long time coming,” said Mayor Michael McCabe.
CHICOPEE — U.S. Rep. Richard Neal and challenger Jeromie Whalen argued about corporate money, public appearances across the commonwealth and experience during their first head-to-head debate on Aug. 26 at the WWLP TV-22 Studios.