Agawam

AGAWAM — Daniel Nguyen recently received a prestigious award for academics at Agawam High School.

AGAWAM — The town’s draft Housing Production Plan proposes more condos and mixed-use buildings to increase the number of low-cost dwellings.

AGAWAM — Facing a room full of residents with opinions both for and against allowing hens on residential lots, the City Council voted 10-1 on Dec. 18 to approve the proposed zoning ordinance.

AGAWAM — The annual Thanksgiving football game between the Agawam Brownies and the West Springfield Terriers has been a tradition for nearly 100 years. But there’s now a new football rivalry that is becoming a new Thanksgiving football tradition at AHS.

AGAWAM — In his final week in office, former Mayor William Sapelli described his six-year tenure as “a rollercoaster, quite frankly.”

AGAWAM — Bethany Assembly of God won’t have the traditional “singing Christmas tree” this year, but the church is performing a free Christmas show called “He’s Here,” detailing the birth of Jesus through music and drama.

AGAWAM — At a Nov. 20 meeting, City Councilor Robert Rossi pointed to inefficiencies and oversights in the town’s business licensing system.

AGAWAM — Connor McAnanama loved hockey so much that he got his first hockey stick when he was 14 months old. It sparked a dream to one day play pro hockey.

AGAWAM — A new project would add pickleball courts, a new pavilion, and an handicap-accessible paved walkway to Borgatti Field, on River Road between Lawnwood Street and Chestnut Lane.

AGAWAM — Both residents and businesses will see an increase in their taxes, even though the City Council approved lower tax rates for both.