Decorating your home for the holidays
MONSON — From the snow-covered town on the mantel to the lit-up garland intertwined within the railing, there are many ways to decorate your home for the holidays.
Festival of Trees kicks off the festive season
SPRINGFIELD — For more than two decades the Springfield Boys and Girls Club’s Festival of Trees has brought joy and festivity to the community while serving as the organization’s biggest fundraiser each year.
Residents, City Council discuss ‘controversial’ proposed truck stop
CHICOPEE — During the City Council meeting on Nov. 19, multiple residents wearing a “Stop the Truck Stop” sticker used the public comment portion of the meeting to speak against a proposed truck stop that has already been voted against once.
New HWRSD finance head plans to be ‘transparent,’ ‘open and honest’
WILBRAHAM — After an exhaustive search, the Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School Committee authorized Superintendent John Provost to hire Douglas Slaughter to be the district’s new assistant superintendent of Finance, Operations and Human Resources.
East Longmeadow High School construction begins
EAST LONGMEADOW — Drizzling rain and gloomy skies did not dampen the spirits of onlookers as elected officials, members of the East Longmeadow School Department, students and professionals from every stage of the East Longmeadow High School project hoisted shovelfuls of dirt to celebrate the project’s groundbreaking.
Father of late ELHS grad creates $30,000 scholarship in her name
EAST LONGMEADOW — Thanks to the father of a late East Longmeadow High School graduate, students pursuing a career in medicine could now be awarded a scholarship of up to $30,000.