Agawam
Few choices in Sept. 3 primary election in Agawam
AGAWAM — Only one party’s ballot has a contested race locally, but polls will be open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. across Massachusetts for the state primary election on Tuesday, Sept. 3, including at the usual voting locations in Agawam and Feeding Hills. Additionally, the town...
Agawam art festival features local history, African crafts, more
AGAWAM — The Agawam Community Artists and Artisans will host the fourth annual Pioneer Valley Art Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 24-25, at the Polish American Club, 139 Southwick St., Feeding Hills. This year, there will be two new exhibits:...
Club fosters friendships with shared passion for Model A
Model A clubs, like the Connecticut Valley Working A’s in Southwick, help ensure that the nearly 100-year-old cars will live on. Dedicated to helping club members restore and maintain their cars, the club is one of 270 local chapters of the national Model A Ford Club of America, and also is affiliated with the Model “A” Restorers Club.
Six Flags to build steampunk-themed coaster opening in 2025
The park announced its newest attraction, a straddle coaster called “Quantum Accelerator,” park president Pete Carmichael compared it to “Pandemonium,” a steel spinning coaster with a max speed of 31 miles per hour. Both “Pandemonium” and the new coaster, he said, are thrill rides the whole family could experience together.
Talk will focus on area’s tobacco agriculture history
AGAWAM — As a 14-year-old growing up in Windsor, Connecticut, during the 1950s, Duane Adams earned 61 cents per hour working on tobacco farms. In college and in in the Army, he had difficultly convincing people that tobacco was grown in the Connecticut River Valley.
Agawam to consider stormwater fee, study Pine-Barry intersection
AGAWAM — At the City Council’s Aug. 5 meeting, Mayor Christopher Johnson alluded to the idea of adopting a stormwater fee, something he said the town has been considering for the past six to eight years.
Mayor Johnson gives updates to projects delay, progress
AGAWAM — At the City Council’s Aug. 5 meeting, Mayor Christopher Johnson announced delays to the completion of the police station and Still Brook Park, as well as an indefinite delay to the start of the May Hollow culvert replacement project.
‘Phenomenal’ NNO exceeds expectations with large crowd
AGAWAM — Loren Forastiere Kastner has been coming to Agawam’s National Night Out (NNO) since the town’s police department organized the first one in 2013. She’s never disappointed.
Fun day of golf raises funds to help unwanted farm animals
Ian Ireland was one of 60 golfers who hit the links in Feeding Hills to benefit a sanctuary for unwanted animals in Westfield.
Veterinary clinic offers range of services for pets, their ‘parents’
LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow pet parents now have a comprehensive veterinary clinic to provide the best care for their four-legged family members. On Aug. 5, the experienced trio of Caroline Joos, Kristin Lappetito and Angela DuBois officially opened the doors of Longmeadow Veterinary Clinic, the town’s only veterinary clinic.
