


ELHS basketball team collects food, life lessons this December
EAST LONGMEADOW — For the third year, the East Longmeadow High School boys varsity basketball team will be collecting non-perishable goods for the Pleasant View Senior Center. However, the food drive is also an opportunity to enrich the lives of all involved.
Holiday Toy Shop provides gifts for youth in Dec.
SOMERS — Somers Human Services is running a Holiday Toy Shop, a toy drive for families who need help this season, to ensure that all Somers families have a joyful holiday season.

West Springfield makes first connection to municipal fiber
WEST SPRINGFIELD — West Springfield flipped the figurative switch on Nov. 20, connecting the first customer to the municipal fiber network, operated by Whip City Fiber from Westfield Gas & Electric.

West Springfield honors veterans with parade, ceremony
WEST SPRINGFIELD — On Veterans Day, all of West Springfield came out to show its support for veterans with a parade and ceremony at the Municipal Building.

Holyoke honors veterans while pledging to do more to help
HOLYOKE — The Holyoke community gathered for the yearly Veterans Day ceremony inside the War Memorial Building on Nov. 11, put on once again by the Patriotic Events Committee of Holyoke.