Hatfield Comprehensive Plan Committee finds overlapping challenges
HATFIELD — On Jan. 24, near the end of a Comprehensive Plan Committee meeting, Angelica Dewey said, “We’re the connecting the dots committee.”
Public safety acres may expand to serve other needs in Southampton
SOUTHAMPTON — On Jan. 23, a half dozen boards and committees were convened during the Selectboard’s meeting for a discussion on land acquisition.
Holyoke City Council debates rulings addressing chamber seats
HOLYOKE — Rules regarding the seating of city councilors were discussed during the City Council’s Jan. 22 Special Meeting following a point of order called to start the meeting.
Ortiz Family Cafe to host fundraiser to purchase dessert food truck
HOLYOKE — The Ortiz Family Café will be hosting a bingo fundraiser on March 2 at the Unicorn as part of efforts to purchase a new dessert food truck and grow the business.
Pearl Harbor vet’s remains identified, return home to Holyoke
HOLYOKE — The 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor has lived on in American history as a defining moment on what it means to serve the country, and now over 80 years later a Holyoke native who died serving during this historic attack will have his remains brought home and laid to rest.
Activists spearhead Bigger Than Roe rally in Northampton
NORTHAMPTON — Generation Ratify Amherst and local high schooler Alice Jenkins spearheaded a “Bigger Than Roe” rally on the steps of Northampton City Hall on Jan. 20 to remind people that the fight for reproductive rights lives on.