by Sarah Heinonen | Feb 12, 2025 | Hampden County, Local News, Longmeadow, Photo Slider
LONGMEADOW — It is not every day that state legislators praise and celebrate someone for doing their job. Then again, most people do not spend 50 years working for the same school department.
by Sarah Heinonen | Feb 12, 2025 | Hampden, Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider, Wilbraham
WILBRAHAM — Each year, when putting together a budget, the Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School Committee invites leadership from both towns and the state legislators who represent them to a budget roundtable.
by Tyler Garnet | Feb 10, 2025 | Chicopee, Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider
CHICOPEE — The Chicopee Police and Fire departments will lace up their skates to compete in the ninth annual Battle of the Badges charity hockey game.
by Tyler Garnet | Feb 10, 2025 | Chicopee, Hampden County, Holyoke, Local News, Photo Slider
With about a month to go until St. Patrick’s Day festivities in Holyoke, Chicopee and Holyoke will both be hosting events where they will name a colleen and court to represent their city.
by Mike Lydick | Feb 10, 2025 | Agawam, Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider
AGAWAM — When Julia Nicosia realized she had been selected as Agawam’s 2025 colleen, she broke into a huge smile. It was a dream come true.
by Sarah Heinonen | Feb 10, 2025 | Agawam, Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider
AGAWAM — Although it may not look like much now, the building at 1070 Suffield St. in Agawam is well on its way to becoming a modern police station, capable of providing for the town’s public safety needs now, and in the years to come.