SPRINGFIELD — A near capacity group of worshippers filled the sanctuary at Temple Beth El on Oct. 7 to mark the passing of the first year since Hamas terrorists killed and kidnapped Israelis, the action that started the current war.
CHESTER — By a 10-1 margin, voters on Oct. 7 rejected a Town Meeting proposal to sell Chester’s municipal electric utility. But they had to go outside to do it.
CHICOPEE — On Oct. 2, Mayor John Vieau, members of the City Council and others from the community joined at City Hall to witness the opening of the 1976 Bicentennial time capsule.
NORTHAMPTON — It was not initially in the cards for Chef Jean-Luc Wittner and his family to open a second creperie about an hour away from their original location, Suzette French Creperie & Café, on 126 Water St. in Worcester.
WESTFIELD — After 11 years of hard work completing the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail, the city of Westfield has received the American Public Works Association’s 2024 Public Works Project of the Year Award.
Agawam’s Sapelli School is one of 57 schools in Massachusetts recognized in September by the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as part of its annual accountability reporting process. The department identified the schools as a 2024 “School of Recognition” for significant growth and academic achievement.