by Amy Porter | Feb 1, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Westfield
WESTFIELD — School administrators recently announced that Jill Phelan, principal of Highland Elementary School, has been named the principal of the new elementary school being built on Franklin Street.
by Tyler Lederer | Feb 1, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Walter DeFilippi, the retired West Springfield legislator famous for his cowboy hats, died Jan. 15 at the age of 97.
by Michael Ballway | Feb 1, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Parents and neighbors of Mittineague School are still collecting signatures, hoping to stop or even slow down the recent decision to close the town’s oldest and smallest current elementary school.
by Sarah Heinonen | Jan 31, 2024 | Enfield, Local News
ENFIELD — People living south of Springfield, along the Massachusetts-Connecticut border, will no longer have to drive 30 or more minutes to shop at L.L.Bean. The outdoor retailer, headquartered in Freeport, Maine, will open a location at the Brookside Plaza in...
by Dennis Hohenberger | Jan 31, 2024 | Chicopee, Hampden County, Local News
CHICOPEE — Ahmed Faisal, a tennis player who achieved national ranking, was honored with a proclamation by the City of Chicopee in a ceremony in the Council Chambers on Jan. 23. Mayor John Vieau presented the proclamation to Faisal. The player’s journey...
by Tyler Garnet | Jan 31, 2024 | Belchertown, Hampshire County, Local News
BELCHERTOWN — Belchertown will be getting a second marijuana establishment in town after the Planning Board approved Kalyx LLC’s special permit at its Jan. 23 meeting.
