Agawam School Committee poised to adopt $53 million school budget
AGAWAM — There are layoffs and user fee increases for athletics coming to many school districts in the region for the 2025-26 school year. However, Agawam is not one of them.
Chicopee gearing up for clean sweep 2025 on May 3
CHICOPEE — Chicopee is getting ready to roll up its sleeves for a morning of civic pride and community cleanup during the annual Clean Sweep event, set for Saturday, May 3 from 9 a.m. to noon. Now in its fifth year, the event continues to grow, fueled by a shared mission to beautify the city and strengthen neighborhood spirit.
All Hamptons Read programming running this month
All Hamptons Read 2025 has officially kicked off and throughout the rest of April, libraries across Hampshire County are collaborating on community events in celebration of reading and literature.
East Longmeadow to celebrate American Revolution’s 250th anniversary
EAST LONGMEADOW — The story is well known. Battles between members of colonial militias and British soldiers broke out in the towns of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. It was, as Ralph Waldo Emerson described it, the “shot heard ‘round the world.” The American Revolution had begun.
Wilbraham Friends of the Library launch annual spring plant sale
WILBRAHAM — The much-anticipated Spring Plant Sale, hosted by the Wilbraham Friends of the Library in partnership with Wistariahurst Museum, is now underway — and pre-orders are coming in fast.
Water, sewer shortfall will mean one-time meter rate hike
LONGMEADOW — Addressing the fallout from a 2024 change to the way water and sewer usage is billed, the Longmeadow Select Board voted on April 7 to use a combination of retained earnings, a reduction to the water operating budget and an increase in water meter rate to cover a combined $530,000 shortfall.