Chicopee

By Tyler Garnet | May 21, 2024

DPW Committee hosts meeting to discuss residents’ complaints

CHICOPEE — On May 14, the DPW Committee met with the Building Department and the Board of Health director to discuss problem properties in the city that have issues that need to be addressed.

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By Tyler Garnet | May 21, 2024

Chicopee to begin hosting monthly cleanup events in May

CHICOPEE — Starting on Thursday, May 23, Chicopee will begin its Clean City Initiative by hosting monthly cleanup events in different areas of the city through September.

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Chicopee teachers speak out over concerns for their safety

By Tyler Garnet | May 21, 2024

Chicopee teachers speak out over concerns for their safety

CHICOPEE — The School Committee meeting on May 15 was standing room only as faculty from Chicopee Public Schools used the public comment portion of the meeting to express their concerns with the way students are acting.

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Price Rite and Feed the Children help battle food insecurity

By Tyler Garnet | May 21, 2024

Price Rite and Feed the Children help battle food insecurity

CHICOPEE — Price Rite Marketplace and Feed the Children partnered with the Boys and Girls Club of Chicopee and Pepsi to provide food and essentials to families experiencing food insecurity in the Chicopee area.

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By Tyler Garnet | May 14, 2024

Chicopee Schools receive Teacher Diversification Grant funds

CHICOPEE — Chicopee Public Schools were recently awarded a Teacher Diversification Grant for $30,429.
The pilot grant program supports local School Department efforts to strengthen and diversify existing teacher recruitment and retention programs through federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.

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By Tyler Garnet | May 14, 2024

Harms nominated for MIAA Distinguished Service Award

CHICOPEE — Chicopee High School Guidance Counselor and coach Melissa Harms was nominated for the Massachusetts Women In Athletics Distinguished Service award. Every year, the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Women in Leadership Committee...

By Tyler Garnet | May 14, 2024

Chicopee Committee discusses more local control over school budget

CHICOPEE — The Committee of the Whole discussed adopting Chapter 329 of the Acts of 1987, an act increasing local control over the annual school budget, during its May 6 meeting.

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Chicopee PD receives grant to help with opioid crisis

By Tyler Garnet | May 14, 2024

Chicopee PD receives grant to help with opioid crisis

CHICOPEE — During the City Council meeting on May 7, the group accepted and discussed the Community Oriented Policing Services Anti-Heroin Grant for $10,000 which is said to be used to locate and investigate illicit activity of the distribution of opioids.