HOLYOKE — The end is near for Holyoke Public Schools’ status under state receivership as a provisional decision has been announced by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to give the district back local control by next school year.
SPRINGFIELD — American International College student-athletes hosted a Halloween trick-or-treating event for children on Nov. 1 before the football team’s game against Assumption College. In addition to a safe trick-or-treating experience, all families attending were given free admission to the game.
SPRINGFIELD — The noise of construction filled the air in Forest Park during an Oct. 28 press conference with U.S. Rep. Richard Neal and Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno, but this spring those sounds will be replaced with the crack of a baseball bat and the cheer of the crowd.
SPRINGFIELD — The Forest Park Civic Association invited residents of the Forest Park Neighborhood to its annual halloween party and parade at the Garfield Street Triangle at the intersection of Garfield, Fairfield, and Greenleaf streets on Oct. 26.
SPRINGFIELD — Springfield has moved a little closer to becoming the central hub of a statewide passenger rail system known as Compass Rail.