Chicopee hosts inaugural Parkinson’s Awareness Month flag-raising
CHICOPEE — With April being Parkinson’s Awareness Month, Chicopee hosted a flag-raising ceremony at City Hall on April 11.
Chicopee Fire Department receives safety education grants
CHICOPEE — The Healey-Driscoll administration announced that more than 300 Massachusetts fire departments, including Chicopee, will receive grants to support safety equipment for firefighters and life safety education for kids and older adults.
Yummy Asian Cuisine celebrates grand opening
CHICOPEE — Owner Vicky Chen and her staff hosted a grand opening of Yummy Asian Cuisine at 108 West St. on April 16, introducing her second location to the Chicopee community.
Chicopee educators bring contract fight to School Committee
CHICOPEE — On April 16, dissatisfaction with their contract negotiations forced members of the Chicopee Education Association and supporters to rally at City Hall before then participating in public comment at the School Committee meeting that night.
Florence favorite ‘Poetry & Pie’ event to return
FLORENCE — In honor of National Poetry Month, the Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity in Florence will once again host a thoroughly unique Western Massachusetts celebration of the art of poetry with “Poetry and Pie” on Saturday, April 26 at 7 p.m.
Welcome Home Northampton closed, citing federal cuts
NORTHAMPTON — Welcome Home Northampton, the refugee resettlement program through the Catholic Charities Agency, has been closed, citing federal budget cuts affecting its team like other resettlement and foreign aid agencies are seeing in the recent months.