HOLYOKE — On Feb. 17, the Holyoke City Council voted against a proposal that would allow councilors to be removed from any leadership position on the City Council if they are charged with a crime.
SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield St. Patrick’s Parade Committee has been working over the past year to bring the annual St. Patrick’s Day festivities to the community.
SPRINGFIELD — City Council President Tracye Whitfield survived a vote of no confidence held by the council one month after she presided over the body’s discussion of a petition by her son to discontinue a street, a move that would have financially benefited the company she co-owns.
NORTHAMPTON — The city will receive $154,650 toward restoration work on the Nashwannuck Brook thanks to $1.4 million in state funding awarded to support priority restoration projects across the commonwealth.
CHICOPEE — Advancing Chicopee Together/Adelantando Chicopee Juntos community coalition hosted a launch event on Feb. 27 to introduce their organization and its goals to bring residents, organizations and local leaders together to help improve health and advance equity in Chicopee.
For more than three decades, the Scantic Spring Splash has marked the changing of the seasons in Enfield and Somers — not with flowers, but with paddles slicing through cold March water.