by Sarah Heinonen | Jan 8, 2025 | Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider, Wilbraham
WILBRAHAM — It was standing room only at the Jan. 6 Select Board meeting as about two dozen residents attended to express their concern about the future of the community garden. For several years, Melissa Graves, the administrative assistant for Wilbraham’s Conservation Commission, has managed the garden outside her normal duties. With Graves’ impending retirement, Wilbraham’s gardeners are wondering what will become of their pastime.
by Sarah Heinonen | Jan 8, 2025 | Hampden County, Local News, Longmeadow, Photo Slider
LONGMEADOW — Hebrew singing carried over the Town Green as scores of families, elected officials and community leaders watched as Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy’s Rabbi Noah Kosofsky lit the sixth torch atop the community’s menorah, commemorating Hanukkah.
by Miasha Lee | Jan 8, 2025 | Enfield, Local News, Photo Slider, Somers
The new year is here, and the Enfield Public Library and Somers Public Library have several new offerings for the community.
by Sarah Heinonen | Jan 7, 2025 | Agawam, Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider
AGAWAM — After Dawn McBride was laid off from her job at MGM Springfield due to the coronavirus pandemic in 2021, she leaned back on her culinary experience with cooking Italian and American food and bought a food truck — The Saucy Mama. Now, she and her husband, Michael McBride, have opened The Saucy Mama grab-and-go kitchen at 1 Cooper St.
by Tyler Garnet | Jan 7, 2025 | Hampshire County, Local News, Photo Slider, South Hadley
SOUTH HADLEY — With 2024 in the past, the South Hadley Select Board discussed its remaining American Rescue Plan Act funds during its meeting on Dec. 17.
by Trent Levakis | Jan 7, 2025 | Chicopee, Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider
CHICOPEE — The Kwanzaa Collective in the Valley stopped in Chicopee on Dec. 27 to educate the public and celebrate the second day of Kwanzaa.
