NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton City Council failed to pass Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra’s $137 million fiscal year 2025 budget, which included $40.8 million for schools, during its June 20 regular meeting.
NORTHAMPTON — As a tumultuous budget season approaches its conclusion, members of the Northampton Association of School Employees voted no confidence in Northampton Superintendent Portia Bonner.
In May, a team of five Western Massachusetts police officers honored all fallen cops — 23,785 throughout American history, according to the memorial fund — by pedaling more than 300 miles from northern New Jersey to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C.
SOUTH HADLEY — The Friends of the Mount Holyoke Range, a nonprofit environmental conservation organization founded in 1982, began the Summit House Sunset Concert Series in 1987, which is hosted in Skinner State Park’s historic Summit House. This year marks the series’ 37th year.
SOUTH HADLEY — The South Hadley Plaza on June 19 was the site for a groundbreaking ceremony for a new, expanded Rocky’s Ace Hardware store.
EASTHAMPTON — On June 13, E-Media — formerly known as Easthampton Media — conducted its annual meeting in Eastworks to provide updates on the present and future of the community media center and public access television station.