Holyoke plans city’s future with new comprehensive plan
HOLYOKE — In an effort to outline a roadmap for Holyoke’s future, the city unveiled an updated comprehensive plan during the Planning Board meeting on Sept. 8.
Chicopee teacher arraigned on child pornography possession, dissemination charges
CHICOPEE — Chicopee teacher Keith Harrison has been charged with two counts of possession of child pornography; one count of attempting to commit a crime, to wit, indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 and one count of dissemination of child pornography.
Restoration of Easthampton’s historic Civil War plaque underway
EASTHAMPTON — Restoration work has begun on the city’s historic Civil War Memorial Plaque outside Old Town Hall, the home of CitySpace, after community supporter Silar Kopf spearheaded the effort.
Longmeadow Select Board approves Future Building Use Task Force’s preliminary recommendation
LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow is moving forward with the Future Building Use Task Force’s distribution of a request for future use without restrictions for Old Town Hall’s development after the Select Board approved the request at its meeting on Sept. 8.
New school year finds Agawam educators in new admin. roles
AGAWAM — When Agawam students and staff returned for classes last week, they found some new faces in familiar places at four schools.
Springfield takes steps to comply with Massachusetts’s kratom ban
SPRINGFIELD — At a meeting on Sept. 3, Health and Human Services Commissioner Helen Caulton-Harris answered questions from the City Council’s Health and Human Services and Public Safety committees about the state’s one-year ban on the sale of products derived from kratom.