Toy for Joy campaign kicks off 103rd year
When a campaign is still serving the people who need it most after more than a century, its value speaks for itself.
Reichelt wins mayoral reelection against O’Brien in a landslide
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Voters in West Springfield chose to stay the course on Nov. 4, with 71% casting their ballots to reelect Mayor Will Reichelt as the town’s leader. Town Councilor Daniel O’Brien ran a campaign to unseat Reichelt, who has been mayor for 10 years.
Western Mass. leaders create coalition to combat federal SNAP crisis
SPRINGFIELD — With a halt in federal funding for the supplemental nutritional assistance program leaving food insecure people scrambling to feed their themselves and their children, Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno, Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi, Bishop Talbert Swan of the NAACP and the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts have formed a coalition to keep the community fed.
Former Healey Western Mass. deputy director charged with trafficking cocaine
SPRINGFIELD — LaMar Cook was arrested and charged with cocaine trafficking after nearly 8 kilograms of the drug were allegedly delivered to the Springfield State Office Building, 436 Dwight St., where Cook worked at the deputy director of Gov. Maura Healey’s Western Massachusetts office. Cook’s employment has since been terminated.
Hampden’s Town Meeting warrant includes $1.2M in capital expenses, lodging tax
HAMPDEN — Hampden will hold a Town Meeting on Nov. 3 at 6:30 p.m., at the new town offices, 85 Wilbraham St., formerly Thornton W. Burgess School.
Shaker Road construction approved for two East Longmeadow businesses
EAST LONGMEADOW — Two proposed construction projects came before the East Longmeadow Planning Board on Oct 21, one for a warehouse addition and another for a brand-new commercial building on Shaker Road.