HOLYOKE — Community leaders and members gathered at the site of the former Peck Middle School on June 24 for an official “topping off” ceremony as the final, and highest, steel beam of the framed two-story new middle school building was placed.
EASTHAMPTON — Just a few days after the first official heat wave of the summer hit the books, Nonotuck Park welcomed some much-needed refurbishments to one of its most cherished amenities.
NORTHAMPTON — The School Committee unanimously approved a statement in support of Superintendent Portia Bonner exactly two weeks after the Northampton Association of School Employees submitted a vote of no confidence in the superintendent amidst a contentious budget season.
NORTHAMPTON — As a tumultuous budget season approaches its conclusion, members of the Northampton Association of School Employees voted no confidence in Northampton Superintendent Portia Bonner.
On the afternoon of June 22, areas of Hampden and Wilbraham were impacted by a severe thunderstorm that swept through the region.
In May, a team of five Western Massachusetts police officers honored all fallen cops — 23,785 throughout American history, according to the memorial fund — by pedaling more than 300 miles from northern New Jersey to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C.