by Amy Porter | Oct 16, 2024 | Hilltowns, Local News, More Articles
CHESTER — By a 10-1 margin, voters on Oct. 7 rejected a Town Meeting proposal to sell Chester’s municipal electric utility. But they had to go outside to do it.
by Michael Ballway | Oct 16, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Another cut-through street is getting speed humps, after an Oct. 7 vote of the Town Council. Chester Street residents made their case for the traffic-calming measure to councilors, who responded with an 8-0 vote in favor. They said drivers seeking a...
by Michael Ballway | Oct 16, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, More Local Headlines, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Hearing primary school pupils ask about drug abuse is “heartbreaking,” a pair of teens told the School Committee, but points to the value of the peer education program known as the Care Coalition. “Walking into the classroom, they were so little, so...
by Michael Ballway | Oct 16, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Residents of can take advantage of mail-in voting and in-person early voting in advance of the Nov. 5 general election. The ballot includes the presidential race, a statewide contested race for U.S. Senate, a contested race for U.S. representative,...
by Mike Lydick | Oct 16, 2024 | Agawam, Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider
AGAWAM — Young ladies who aspire to represent Agawam and their Irish heritage in the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade could be eligible to enter the Agawam St. Patrick’s Committee’s annual colleen pageant competition to select the 2025 colleen and her court.
by Tyler Lederer | Oct 16, 2024 | Agawam, Hampden County, Local Headlines, Local News
AGAWAM — The Agawam City Council has no plans to act on a resolution proposed by a group alleging widespread fraud in Massachusetts elections, said Council President Rosemary Sandlin. At the council’s Oct. 7 meeting, during the time set aside for public comments, five...